I wish to start by conveying a warm welcome to you, Sir, as you preside over this meeting of the Security Council.
The delegation of Brazil welcomes the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 914 (1994). It is indeed a positive development that the Council has agreed on the troop reinforcement s…
The Brazilian delegation finds itself in full agreement with the main objectives of the resolution that the Security Council has just adopted. Those objectives are the attainment of a cease-fire in and around Gorazde, to be followed by a general cease-fire throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina with a vi…
Brazil voted in favour of resolution 911 (1994) because we are convinced that the Security Council should continue to lend its resolute support to the efforts to bring the parties in Liberia together and to open up a new era of peace and stability in that country. In this regard, my delegation is de…
Sir, allow me first of all to congratulate you warmly on your assumption of the office of President of the Security Council for the month of April. The delegation of Brazil is particularly pleased to see you presiding over our work. Your diplomatic skills and proven leadership will contribute decisi…
The quest for lasting peace in the territories of the former Yugoslavia has all too often seemed like a never-ending task. The volume and frequency of the decisions of the Security Council on the matter, and of resolutions, presidential statements and letters, are among the elements bearing witness …
My delegation voted in favour of resolution 906 (1994). The situation in Georgia continues to be of great concern. We regret that no political settlement has been achieved despite all the diplomatic efforts carried out to date. My delegation firmly believes that the territorial integrity and soverei…
The delegation of Brazil has lent its support to resolution 904 (1994), just adopted by the Security Council, as a clear demonstration of its revulsion at the appalling massacre of peaceful Palestinian worshippers in the Mosque of Abraham in Hebron on 25 February 1994 during the month of Ramadan.
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My delegation will vote in favour of the draft resolution because we strongly support the continued United Nations presence in Angola, as it contributes to the advancement of the peace process currently under negotiation. The extension of the mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission…
The Security Council is honoured today by the presence of the Head of State of Georgia, His Excellency Mr. Eduard Shevardnadze. On behalf of the Brazilian Government, I wish to convey the warmest welcome to him.
This meeting has been convened as we enter a highly important phase of the negotiations…
The delegation of Brazil fully shares the widespread sense of frustration at the inability to put an end to the murderous conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a State Member of the United Nations, and we respect the initiative of the sponsors of draft resolution A/48/L.50. Many of its elements have o…
The question we are gathered here today to consider - a question we have been discussing for more than 40 years now - lies at the heart of the purposes and principles of this Organization. It has to do with peace and justice. It has to do with self-determination and decolonization, with human rights…
Brazil attaches particular importance to this debate in the General Assembly on the law of the sea. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea represents a model of international cooperation related to the use of areas covering over two thirds of our planet. More and more countries are adap…
More than two years ago the international community condemned in the strongest possible terms the coup d’état against the legitimate Government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The United Nations and the regional organization - the Organization of American States (OAS) - have acted with firmness…
Since its inception seven years ago, the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic has contributed to fostering cooperation and strengthening peace. It represents an important effort to implement joint projects aimed at promoting the well-being of the peoples of the South Atlantic region.
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The agenda item we are addressing today is emblematic of the new international atmosphere and of the renewed role the United Nations is expected to play in it.
In response to resolution 47/62, more than 70 Governments have submitted their observations concerning the "Question of equitable represent…
It has become commonplace to mention the end of the cold war as a
The moment when that vision can be realized continues to fade into the future, and, in the meanwhile, we are forced to spend our energies on enhancing palliative measures to the detriment of permanent solutions. And to compound the f…
The subject of drugs belongs to a class of problems about which two things can be said with certainty. The first is that we recognize the global scope of the problem. The second is that we are aware that any proposed solutions require broad international cooperation.
For this reason, both the clear…
It is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, and the Republic of Guyana, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its
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In 1986, when the General Assembly
adopted resolution 41/11, by which it declared the South Atlantic a zone of
peace and cooperation, it launched a common undertaking with a view to
providing new tools for the enhancement of the intraregional links and
understandings between African and South Am…
The close historical, cultural, economic
and political ties that link Brazil to the African continent, and to southern
Africa in particular, make the question of apartheid and its destructive
consequences in southern Africa an issue of particular concern to the people
and the Government of Brazi…
