Allow me, first, to express how honoured we are to be accompanied at this meeting of the General Assembly by member of Congress Arnaldo Jordy, who represents the Brazilian state of Pará, which is situated in the area we call the legal Amazon. Coming from that region, he follows with great interest t…
I also thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for their informative briefings and reports.
This debate is timely, especially in view of the upcoming elections for the roster of judges o…
I would like to thank the President for having convened this joint debate on the implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations and the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly. This plenary meeting provides an opportunity for the discussion of issues that are directly related to …
Allow me at the outset to commend the work of the Group of Friends of Sport for Development and Peace at the United Nations, headed by the delegations of Monaco and Tunisia, which is aimed at strengthening the role of sports as a means to promote citizenship and friendship, which is within the reach…
Allow me, at the outset, to acknowledge the presence of Brazilian parliamentarians at this meeting of the General Assembly. They have come a long way from various regions of Brazil to lend their support to our work. In particular, I would like to thank Senator Petecão from Acre, Deputy Leréia, Presi…
I welcome His Excellency Mr. Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, and thank him for his statement. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2011/514). I would like to express our appreciation to Acting Special Representative of the Secretary- General Farid Zar…
First and foremost, echoing my Government’s note issued early this morning, I would like to express my country’s condemnation and regret regarding the terrible attack against the United Nations in Abuja. We express our condolences to the families of the victims, to the people and Government of Niger…
I also wish to thank Mr. Yury Fedotov for his detailed briefing.
Drug trafficking and organized crime compromise the full enjoyment of human rights by millions of people around the world, including through their negative effects on economic and social development. The international community must c…
We thank Under- Secretary-General Patricia O’Brien for her very informative briefing.
Piracy is a serious scourge affecting the situation in Somalia. It has further aggravated the grave crisis in the country. The consequences of piracy extend far beyond Somalia’s borders and threaten the stability …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Haile Menkerios, for his update of the situation on the ground in the Sudan and commend him for the latest developments. I also join previous speakers in extending a warm welcome to President Thabo Mbeki for participating in our deliberati…
I thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their informative briefings and reports (see S/2011/316 and S/2011/317). Brazil commends their efforts towards fulfilling the remaining …
I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General de Mistura for his briefing and for his leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I warmly welcome Ambassador Tanin and thank him for his remarks on the priorities set by his Government. We took due consid…
I wish to thank Special Representative Staffan de Mistura for his briefing and for the work he and his team have been carrying out in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I also thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin for his statement. I would also like to join my colleagues in expres…
On behalf of the seven founding members of the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative, namely, Norway, South Africa, Thailand, France, Senegal, Indonesia and Brazil, and as the current coordinator of the group, Brazil has the honour to introduce draft resolution A/65/L.27, entitled “Global heal…
At the outset, allow me to express our gratitude to Ambassadors Sanja Štiglic of Slovenia and Jorge Argüello of Argentina for their diligent work at the helm of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the General Assembly during the sixty-fourth session. Under their wise leadership, the Ge…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the delegations of Argentina and Brazil on the situation in the Middle East. I wish in particular to explain the votes of the delegations of Argentina and Brazil on resolution 65/18, on the Syrian Golan, which the General Assembly has just adopted.
Argentina …
I have the honour to acknowledge the presence of two representatives of the Brazilian Parliament in the General Assembly Hall, namely, Senator Sérgio Zambiasi from the state of Rio Grande do Sul and Senator Antonio Carlos Valadares from the state of Sergipe.
The annual debate of the General Assembl…
I would like to thank the President for convening this meeting and for the elaboration of the draft resolution that the Assembly will adopt today (A/65/L.7). I would also like to thank the co-facilitators of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) review process for the work they have undertaken. Their r…
I thank Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing and able leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I also welcome the presence among us of His Excellency Mr. Zalmai Rassoul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, a…
I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his report on the work of the Organization (A/65/1). It presents the activities of the United Nations during a period in which the world’s demands of and expectations for the Organization were very high. We appreciated the continued efforts of the Secretary-…
