I should like to express my gratitude for the efforts and dedication of the Nigerian chairmanship of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors in the negotiation process on the resolution before us. Having been in the same position in the previous year, Brazil knows how hard i…
I join previous speakers in thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate.
The declaration adopted by the Security Council summit reaffirms at the highest level a comprehensive set of goals and commitments. As many speakers have remarked before me, some progress in specific areas has …
Let me express our appreciation for the way in which you, Sir, have been conducting the work of the Council. This open debate is yet another important contribution by Tunisia to the work of the United Nations in the search for peace and stability in Africa.
We warmly welcome the presence of Ministe…
As one of the major contributors to the regular budget of the United Nations, Brazil participated in the negotiations on the scale of assessments in the spirit of flexibility, fully aware of their importance to the future of this Organization. We are facing extraordinary challenges and we all feel t…
I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution entitled “Assistance for humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and development for East Timor”, on behalf of the 29 sponsors listed in document A/55/L.65.
Allow me to announce that the delegations of Angola, Argentina, Austria, Benin, Bolivia, Bulga…
Brazil is following with interest the ongoing consolidation of peace and stability in Central America. A society secure in its destiny is being established through the strengthening of democratic institutions and the modernization of economic structures. The elected Governments of the region have be…
We thank the Secretary- General for the report contained in document A/55/476, which records the activities of many organs of the United Nations system in the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic.
Since the States members of the zone held their fifth ministerial meeting, at Buenos Ai…
Both natural and man- made disasters continue to cause pain and suffering, whereas the resources to alleviate their consequences fall short of what is needed.
Although emergency relief after natural disasters is essential, preparedness is also crucial. International assistance is key in this regard…
The call for renewed efforts to reform the Security Council was prominent in the statements made by our leaders during the Millennium Summit. We are encouraged to see that this
call is echoed by the participation of more than 100 Member States in our debate today.
Let me repeat the basic tenets of…
The various conferences and seminars held in recent months on the dialogue among civilizations have illustrated the worldwide support for the General Assembly’s decision to proclaim the year 2001 the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations. Such a debate is timely and relevant as we ente…
Brazil welcomes the Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN-NADAF). First of all, I wish to highlight the need to establish follow-up mechanisms and frameworks to ensure the consistency of ongoing initiatives fo…
Brazil is very pleased to participate in this debate. For more than a century now, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has been an incremental force in promoting cooperation and understanding among parliamentarians of different nations. Like parliaments, the United Nations is about democracy and par…
On behalf of the delegations of the countries of the Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR) — Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay — and of the associated countries, Bolivia and Chile, I would like to express our satisfaction with the report introduced by the Director General of the International…
I had the privilege and joy of holding the office of Secretary- General of the Organization of American States (OAS) for 10 years. Therefore, it is a great honour for me to speak as a member of the Brazilian delegation on an item that is very familiar to us: cooperation between the United Nations an…
It is a great honour for me to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States to congratulate the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on its admission as a member of the United Nations. The resolution just adopted crowns a process of remarkable democratic changes experienced by the F…
I am pleased to take the floor, on behalf of the countries of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) — Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay — and the associated countries, Bolivia and Chile, to address the Assembly on the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and…
I wish to thank the German delegation for its timely initiative of introducing the item on global partnerships into the agenda of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session.
In trying to keep pace with globalization and interdependence, the United Nations system has been interacting more inten…
Brazil welcomes the Report of the International Court of Justice. It offers a comprehensive picture of the Court’s achievements, as well as the full dimensions of the challenges ahead.
Last year we completed the United Nations Decade of International Law and we celebrated the centennial of the Firs…
We are very gratified to speak in the discussion on the new agenda item, “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)”, introduced on the initiative of the delegation of the Netherlands.
Two days ago, the Southern Common Market countrie…
Ten years ago, the largest gathering of world leaders in history until that time agreed on the Declaration on the Survival, Protection
and Development of Children and a Plan of Action to implement that Declaration in the 1990s. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted only one year earlie…
