Regrettably, we are here once again to discuss a veto cast against the virtually unanimous call by the international community for peace in the occupied Gaza Strip. The Algerian draft resolution vetoed by the United States (Security Council draft resolution S/2024/173) urged the immediate cessation …
Brazil deeply regrets that the General Assembly is meeting once again to discuss the situation in Ukraine without any prospect
of an end to the hostilities. On the contrary, we are witnessing the intensification of the fighting, causing greater civilian casualties and more destruction. The continue…
I speak on behalf of the Peacebuilding Commission.
Let me thank, through you, Mr. President, the Secretary-General for presenting his report on the work of the Organization and his priorities for 2024 (A/78/1).
The report of the Secretary-General contains references to the work of the Commission a…
In the last days of its 2022–2023 mandate as an elected member of the Security Council, Brazil voted in favour of both resolution 2720 (2023) and the amendment proposed by the Russian Federation. We regret that there is still no consensus among Council members, despite repeated calls by the majority…
Brazil thanks Ecuador for convening this important meeting and the United Arab Emirates for its timely request to do so. We also thank the briefers for their insightful and distressful updates and comments, shedding further light on the harrowing realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
I wil…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing, and I
welcome the representatives of Ukraine, Poland and the European Union to this meeting.
We learned with dismay of yesterday’s air strikes on several Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Odesa and Lviv. We mourn the dozens of civ…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing, and I welcome the representatives of Syria, Iran and Türkiye to this meeting.
Today’s meeting takes place after the adoption of decision C-28/DEC.12 by the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention on 30 November. The decision in question …
Brazil welcomes today’s adoption of resolution 2720 (2023). We thank the United Arab Emirates for tirelessly conducting and facilitating the negotiations and also for organizing the trip to Rafah, which made possible a first-hand account of the challenging humanitarian work being carried out in the …
Brazil welcomes the adoption of resolution 2719 (2023) and commends the three African members of the Security Council — Gabon, Ghana and Mozambique — for their leadership in its negotiating process. We also extend our appreciation to Council members for their constructive engagement in achieving the…
Brazil aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Switzerland in our capacity as co-penholders on the Syrian humanitarian file. We also thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and Director Lisa Doughten for their briefings.
I will now speak in my national capacity on the political asp…
I thank Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva, Director Ramesh Rajasingham, Executive Director Shaharzad Akbar and the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011), Ambassador José de La Gasca for their insightful remarks and their commitment to a stable, p…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing, and I welcome the participation of the representatives of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at this meeting.
Brazil condemns, in the strongest terms, the launch of an intercontinental ballistic mis…
I welcome the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to this meeting.
As this is the last opportunity that my delegation will have to address the Security Council on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilizatio…
I too thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Major General Gauchat for their briefings.
Brazil deeply regrets that resolution 2334 (2016) continues to be disregarded, a fact that only aggravates the negative trends imperilling the two-State solution. Regrettably, that is the case with almost ever…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing and Malta for its work as Security Council Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I also thank the Head of the Delegation of the European Union for his briefing.
As usual, we carefully read the latest report o…
I thank Ecuador for organizing this timely open debate. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu for briefing the Council, and Ms. Aptel and Ms. Mutota for bringing their valuable perspectives.
The illicit trafficking and diversion of small arms and light weapons and their ammunition pose sig…
I thank Special Representative Nicholas Haysom and Ambassador Michel Biang for their comprehensive briefings. I welcome the South Sudanese delegation to this meeting.
Brazil remains concerned that the conflict in the Sudan continues to affect the situation in South Sudan. The considerable influx of…
I would like to thank Special Representative Abdou Abarry for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in Central Africa.
Brazil commends the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa for its role in fostering preventive diplomacy and mediation and enhancing cooperation with regional org…
I thank the presidency for convening this briefing at the timely request of the United Arab Emirates and the Russian Federation. I also thank the Secretary-General for his important briefing.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is appalling and without precedent. For the first time since the beginni…
Brazil voted in favour of the draft resolution proposed by the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the Group of Arab States (S/2023/970), which we also co-sponsored. We regret that it did not receive the necessary approval, despite the 13 votes in its favour.
The unprecedented level of the humanitari…
