Brazil welcomes this meeting devoted to the follow-up to the International Year of Volunteers and the commemoration of its tenth anniversary.
We associate ourselves with the statement made at the earlier meeting by the representative of the Dominican Republic on behalf of the Member States of Latin…
Brazil welcomes this special meeting devoted to the official launch of the International Year of Cooperatives 2012. The Brazilian Mission is very pleased to participate in today’s meeting and commends the excellent statements that have been made on this important issue.
Allow me at the outset to ex…
In his first official visit to the African continent, in 2003, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva acknowledged our historic debt to our neighbours across the Atlantic. Over nearly three centuries, millions of African slaves were forcibly brought to Brazil’s shores, where they invariably faced extre…
