First of all, let me congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. Under your able and wise guidance the work of the Security Council has been conducted in a highly effective way. I would also take this opportunity to express my appreci…
I wish to thank the current President of the Security Council, the Permanent Representative of Chile, for having presented this year’s report (A/52/2) on the Council’s activity with his usual eloquence and brilliance. The improvements that have been introduced into the annual reports in recent years…
I would like to start by thanking the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Judge Schwebel, for his introduction of this year’s report to the General Assembly. We welcome the opportunity afforded by the annual presentation of the ICJ’s report to the General Assembly as a valuable oc…
It is with particular satisfaction that I take the floor on item 46, “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development”. At the outset, I should like to associate my delegation with the statement made by the representative of Tanzania on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, a…
On behalf of the Brazilian delegation, I would like to congratulate you, my dear colleague, Hennadiy Udovenko, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. Brazil has a significant and active community of Ukrainian origin. We Bra…
Let me begin by once again paying a sincere tribute to the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Maître Blondin Beye, for his sustained efforts to keep the Angolan peace process on track. The important role of the observer countries of the troika is also duly acknowledged.
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The delegation of Brazil takes particular satisfaction today in speaking under agenda item 40. We have received news from throughout the world indicating the persistence or resumption of conflicts. Elsewhere, we see signs that support for the Organization's activities is vacillating. That is why we …
At the outset, let me congratulate you, Ambassador Lavrov, on this very last day of the month of June, on your presidency of the Security Council.
We take this opportunity to renew our tribute to the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, Maître Blondin Beye. He has played, as we have constant…
Allow me to express my great satisfaction at the conclusion of the work that will lead to the adoption of the Agenda for Development by the General Assembly. We are very grateful to you, Ambassador Razali, and to the Co-Vice-Chairmen, Ambassadors Mangoaela and Powles, as well as to their predecessor…
First of all, I would like to thank the representative of the Netherlands for his kind words addressed yesterday to Ambassador José Maurício Bustani, recently elected Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The Government of Brazil feels very honoured tha…
It is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. Your competent guidance, which has already assisted the Security Council in discharging its responsibilities effectively during the first half of your tenure, …
I should like, first of all, to congratulate you, Ambassador Mahugu, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. We are confident that under your wise guidance the work of the Security Council will be conducted in a highly effective way. Let me also take t…
As a country in which ethnic and religious diversity has only contributed to enrich its culture, Brazil has repeatedly welcomed the major achievements witnessed in the situation in the Middle East in the last few years.
I also wish to stress the importance of the signing of the Agreement between Is…
In the 13 years that this Organization has been dealing with the situation in Central America, this is the first time that it can be said that that region is at peace. More importantly, it is the first time in 30 years that we see a Central America that is not only at peace but one that is also firm…
I would like to reiterate the strong commitment of Brazil to the purposes and objectives of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic and, therefore, to draft resolution A/51/L.16, which was introduced by the Ambassador of South Africa on behalf of the States members of the zone.
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My country believes that the settlement of disputes among States must be undertaken, first of all, through peaceful means. Any other forceful measures, such as sanctions or embargoes, constitute exceptions to this general rule. They should be resorted to only when all other means are exhausted and, …
The mid-term review of the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN-NADAF) is a major opportunity to address issues that are critical not only to the African people, but to the international community as a whole. The report contains an assessment…
I should like to start by thanking Ambassadors Breitenstein and Jayanama for their competent Vice-Chairmanship during the past year of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council, and by placing on record our appr…
Nicaragua has made great progress since this item was included on the agenda of the General Assembly’s forty- seventh session. Brazil has been closely following the progress made in Central America and especially in Nicaragua. As a member of the Support Group of the countries of the Contadora Group,…
I have the honour to speak on agenda item 45, “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development”. I wish to start by associating my delegation with the statement made by the
Important changes have taken place in recent months with regard to the follow-up of the Copenhagen Wo…
