Brazil supports the territorial integrity of Georgia and does not recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. We acknowledge the difficulties arising from the high number of internally displaced persons and refugees and from the humanitarian pressures since the conflict with Russia in …
I thank you, Mr. President, for inviting me to address the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). Allow me to congratulate the people of Guinea-Bissau on their peaceful and active participation in the second round of preside…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this open debate. We appreciate the fact that the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea is personally presiding over today’s meeting. I also wish to thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for his briefing.
Brazil firmly believes that the mere existence of weapo…
Let me express my delegation’s satisfaction, Sir, at having you preside over our proceedings today. I thank you for organizing this debate on an issue of such crucial importance to a number of situations on the Council’s agenda. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
As recognized in …
I wish to thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate on the important matter before us. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his remarks and for his report (S/2014/181). I am also grateful to Special Representative Zainab Bangura for her presentation, and I wish to commen…
I thank the Acting President for presiding over these discussions on the very important issue of road safety. We need to raise awareness in the United Nations of the fact that road and transit accidents are a leading cause of death in many very populous countries, including my own. Day after day, th…
I am very pleased to follow Ambassador Drobnjak’s statement.
Today’s debate represents an annual opportunity for the wider membership of the United Nations to reflect on an increasingly significant aspect of the United Nations response to post-conflict challenges. The plight of millions of people l…
I thank you for convening this debate, Madam President. I would like to thank Special Representative Sandra Honoré for her detailed presentation. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Haiti, Ambassador Denis Régis, for his statement.
The Secretary-General’s most recent report (S/2014/162) in…
Let me thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this special meeting. Let me also thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson for his statement and for reading out a statement on behalf of the Secretary-General. Let me also thank Ms. Gay McDougall for her very inspiring words.
I wi…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate, and through you I wish to express our appreciation of Minister Jean Asselborn’s personal leadership in this matter. I should like to thank the Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leila Zerro…
I thank you for convening this meeting, Madam President, and for the invitation to brief the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. José Ramos-Horta, for …
I thank you especially, Madam President, for organizing this open debate. Brazil warmly welcomes the participation of Minister for Foreign Affairs Moreno Charme of Chile. I also recognize the speakers who preceded me: the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia and the First Deputy Minister for Forei…
I thank you, Madam, for convening this timely and important debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I would also like to thank High Commissioner Navi Pillay, Under-Secretaries-General Valerie Amos and Hervé Ladsous, and Director-General Yves Daccord for their presentations.
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Let me start by congratulating you, Mr. President, on convening this open debate and on encouraging reflection on this important matter. Brazil welcomes the concept note (S/2014/30, annex) circulated by your delegation and welcomes the recommendations contained therein. I am also grateful to Under-S…
Brazil remains fully committed to the protection of all individuals against violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms wherever they may be perpetrated. That attitude is consistently reflected today in national policies and programmes dealing with the protection of human rights defenders, t…
The Government of Brazil is extremely appreciative of the work carried out by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Emergency Relief Coordinator, and is honoured to co-sponsor the draft resolution on strengthening the coordination of the United Nations humanitarian s…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting and for the invitation to brief the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-
General, Mr. José Ramos-Horta, for his briefi…
I express my thanks to the President for convening today’s important debate in the broader setting of the General Assembly. We are confident that, under his determined guidance, we will be able to make progress towards a more representative, legitimate, efficient, effective, transparent and accounta…
Let me congratulate the Republic of Korea for assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I also thank you, Sir, for having convened this timely and important high-level debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
I would like to greet Her Excellency Mrs.…
Let me start by expressing my satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council and by conveying President Dilma Rousseff’s regret at being unable to attend today’s debate. She asked that I transmit her respectful greetings and congratulations for having chosen this important topi…
