We commend Pakistan for having convened this debate, which constitutes an excellent opportunity to highlight the importance of strengthening a comprehensive approach to counter terrorism. Brazil joins previous speakers in expressing our condolences to you, Mr. President, to your country and to the P…
We are pleased to see you, Madam President, presiding over this meeting. Your presence with us today is an illustration both of the importance of the peacebuilding theme and of that which Colombia and all of us attach to building solid and lasting foundations for peace and security through socio-eco…
I thank the United States for having organized this open debate. I also express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his briefing.
The wide range of problems related to illicit cross-border trafficking and movement has a grave impact on people throughout the world, in developing and develo…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mariano Fernández for his briefing and, more important, for his continued dedication and firm support to the Haitian people in their efforts to consolidate democracy and stability, make further progress in post-disaster recovery a…
The Brazilian Government is deeply troubled by the rapidly deteriorating situation in Syria. The level of violence we are now seeing in Syria is extremely serious. Recent episodes in Homs and other cities are particularly disturbing. We reiterate our repudiation of the violence and human rights viol…
It is a pleasure to see you, Mr. President, preside over this meeting today. Let me thank Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez- Taranco for his comprehensive briefing. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements.
The briefi…
I would like to thank South Africa for organizing this open debate.
As this is the first time that Brazil participates in a Security Council meeting since the end of our mandate, let me reiterate our pledge to continue to cooperate with Member States in advancing the role of the Security Council in…
I join previous speakers in thanking the Permanent Representative of Colombia, Ambassador Néstor Osorio, for his briefing and for his leadership of the activities the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
Brazil appreciates the work of the Panel of Experts, as s…
I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to share my views on the work of the two subsidiary bodies that I had the honour to chair in the past two years, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004), concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Se…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate on working methods of the Security Council. Brazil has long been
supportive of improvements in working methods that make the Council more transparent, inclusive and accessible. As a Council member, we have remained attentive and r…
I welcome His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and thank him for his statement. I also welcome Mr. Farid Zarif and congratulate him on his appointment. I thank him for his briefing and wish him a successful tenure as Head of the United Nations Interim Administratio…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/66/L.24, entitled “Global health and foreign policy”, under agenda item 126.
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for submitting, in collaboration with the Director-General of the World Health Organization, the report contained in document A/66/497…
Brazil was an early supporter of the initiative to erect, at a place of prominence at United Nations Headquarters, a permanent memorial to remember the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. In this regard, we reiterate our appreciation of the leading role that the Caribbean Community…
I thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for his informative briefing and for the report before us (see S/2011/682). We welcome his work and his contribution to peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Brazil is firmly committed to the sovereignty and te…
I thank you for holding this important meeting, Mr. President. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abou Moussa, for his informative briefing on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and on actions to address the threat posed…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister for External Relations of Brazil, who is unable to participate in today’s meeting as he had hoped, due to unforeseen circumstances that required his presence in Brazil. I will now proceed to read…
The issue of Security Council reform is high on the agenda of the General Assembly. During the general debate last September, more than 100 Member States mentioned in their statements the need for the United Nations to adapt to new political realities and embrace reform, including an enlargement of …
I wish to thank the Permanent Representative of Portugal, Ambassador José Filipe Moraes Cabral, for his presentation of the report of the Security Council (A/66/2). I would like to
acknowledge the presence at today’s meeting of His Excellency Representative Damian Feliciano, member of the Brazilian…
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and to wish you every success. I would like also to express our great appreciation to Ambassador Joy Ogwu of Nigeria, and to her team, for the excellent conduct of our work in October.
Let me thank Prose…
I wish at the outset to thank Ms. Judy Cheng-Hopkins for her presentation on recent developments to further the United Nations peacebuilding agenda.
Brazil associates itself with the statement made by Ambassador Sylvie Lucas on behalf of the Chairs of the country-specific configurations.
We welcom…
