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…
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 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…
The conclusion of the United Nations
Decade of Disabled Persons and the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the
World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons constitute an excellent
opportunity for each Government, and for the international community at large,
to strengthen, and to brin…
The representative of Argentina has
already expressed on behalf of the Rio Group, to which Brazil has the honour
of belonging, the basic considerations of our delegations on the document "An
Agenda for Peace" (A/47/277).
While fully endorsing those views, which reflect to a large extent the
con…
Brazil has been following with close
attention and great concern all the aspects related to the developments in the
situation in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and we
remain ready to support efforts to achieve a peaceful solution to the conflict.
Reasons for special anguish…
