My delegation would also have preferred that the decision be adopted by consensus, but that was not possible. We are less than a month away from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), however, so we do think that the decision had to be taken at this point in time.
My del…
Brazil is a sponsor of resolution 66/68, on sustainable fisheries. Like others, we wish to put on the record our appreciation of the remarkable way in which the consultations were conducted by Ms. Holly Koehler of the United States. We wish her all the best in her new endeavours. We also welcome Ms.…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this annual debate on oceans and the law of the sea under item 76 of the agenda. Brazil had the honour to coordinate the informal consultations on the draft resolution on oceans and the law of the sea (A/66/L.21), and thus has the renewed privilege of introducing the …
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his reports on the four agenda items under discussion in the General Assembly this afternoon. Due to time constraints, we will focus on this occasion mainly on the follow-up to the Millennium Summit. The current joint debate offers us an important oppo…
We are gathered here today to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the first human space flight. In a letter to Galileo Galilei, written in 1609, Johannes Kepler observed that
“Ships and sails proper for the heavenly air should be fashioned. Then there will also be people who do not shrink from th…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this joint debate on the implementation of and international support to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries. I take this opportunity to convey our sincere appreciation for t…
Brazil welcomes the agreement reached on today’s resolution and appreciates the efforts of all Member States in the negotiations that led to this consensus text. Despite some shortcomings in the text before us, Brazil joins the consensus out of respect for and solidarity with the small island develo…
