I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and for inviting me to brief the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the U…
Brazil voted in favour of resolution 67/234 B, which requests that the Secretary-General open the text of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) for signature as of 3 June 2013. We wish to congratulate Ambassador Peter Woolcott of Australia on his able leadership and conduct of the Final United Nations Confere…
This debate on the annual reports of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) is a valuable occasion for us to reflect on the work we undertook last year and on the challenges that lie ahead. I take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Abulkalam Abdul Momen for his leaders…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this important debate. I also thank Mr. Nigel Fisher for his briefing and for his excellent work as Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Interim Head of the United Nations Stabilization
Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). I appreciate the contribution…
At the outset, I would like to welcome President Evo
Morales Ayma and congratulate him on his initiative to declare 2013 as the International Year of Quinoa.
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As pointed out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), quinoa, which is of Andean origin, …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on post- conflict peacebuilding. We hope that the discussions
today will help to further strengthen the United Nations support to countries emerging from conflict. We thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2012/746) and for his brief…
Brazil congratulates Palestine on this special occasion and reaffirms its full support for and commitment to the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. Brazil has firmly supported the legitimate aspiration of the Palestinian people for a …
We very much value the opportunity to discuss in the wider setting of the General Assembly the recent work of the Security Council and to reflect on ideas to make that body more representative, democratic and transparent.
Brazil aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by Ambassador Raymo…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate, and, like the Ambassador of Portugal, I would like to deliver my statement in Portuguese.
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I would like to welcome Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation José L…
I wish to reiterate Brazil’s satisfaction at seeing Guatemala presiding over the work of the Security Council.
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In the interest of time, and heeding your appeal, Sir, I am going to read out a short version of my statement. The full text will be available in the Chamber.
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I would like to congratulate Guatemala on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the first time, which is, as has been said, very auspicious. I also thank Mr. Mariano Fernández Amunátegui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his presentation and to reiterate my…
I appreciate the opportunity to provide an account of the consultations on the constitution of the working group on sustainable development goals. In discharge of the task you have entrusted to me, Sir, I started a process of consultations with the Chairs of the regional groups in mid-July. This pro…
I thank the Secretary- General for his briefing on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 66/253 B on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic. We welcome the new Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, and thank hi…
Brazil is proud to have hosted and presided over the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). I would like to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, to the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, to the Secretariat as a whole, to the co-Chairs of the preparatory process, A…
I would like to thank you for the invitation to address the Security Council on the current situation in Guinea-Bissau and to inform on the progress made by the Peacebuilding Commission in support of peacebuilding efforts in that country.
Following the recommendation of the Council, the Organizatio…
