We thank the Russian Federation for organizing this important debate on the situation in Haiti. I would also like to thank Ms. Sandra Honoré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her briefing and to reiterate my Government’s gratitude and respect for her work and continuing support t…
Let me start by thanking the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting and reiterating Brazil’s support for the Secretary-General’s zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse. It is extremely important to address the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse collectively,…
I thank the President for organizing this open debate. Let me also thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, the Special Representative of INTERPOL and Mr. Koblentz for their briefings, and let me congratulate the Secretary-General for a particularly eloquent and sharp intervention.
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I have the honour to take the floor today on behalf of the Group of Four (G-4), consisting of India, Japan, Germany and my own country, Brazil.
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting today. The reform of the Security Council is one of the most pressing issues still pending on the agenda of th…
Let me start by referring to the selection of the next Secretary- General. We appreciate that the current process was formally started by a joint letter from the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council inviting Member States to submit proposed candidates. The unpr…
Mr. President, I thank you for convening this open debate. I also wish like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and acknowledge the interventions of the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine.
The ongoing conflict in Syria continues to ge…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized the open debate.
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I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his leadership on this important issue, as well as President Faustin Archange Touadera and Peter Maurer of the International Committee of the Red Cross for thei…
Fifteen years ago, our countries met in this same plenary in the context of the first special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS. It is encouraging to acknowledge the impressive progress achieved globally. The fact that this meeting is all about ending AIDS in the next decades, in line with…
Brazil recognizes the territorial integrity of Georgia and expects that the dispute between Georgia and the Russian Federation can achieve a peaceful resolution in the shortest term. We express our solidarity with all victims of forced displacement in Georgia and reiterate our conviction that overco…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate.
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I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, as well as Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, Ms. Maria Grazia Giammarinaro and Ms. Lisa Davis for their briefings.
The scourge of sexual violence in conflict continues to jeop…
Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate which is very well timed, as it allows us to go further into issues that were discussed a few weeks ago at the Geneva Conference on Preventing Violent Extremism and at the high-level debates organized by the President of th…
With today’s adoption of resolution 70/262, on the review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, we have a renewed opportunity to engage Member States, the United Nations and other stakeholders collectively in a global effort to build lasting peace. We concur with the Permanent Representa…
Let me thank China, Angola and Senegal for proposing this debate, as well as Mr. Zerihoun for his briefing.
Piracy and armed robbery at sea are serious crimes. They involve not only the theft of private property, but also a disrespect of many fundamental rights and obligations, since in some cases …
I commend the Russian Federation for introducing the draft resolution on road safety and for facilitating the negotiations over the past few weeks. I would also like to thank the Sultanate of Oman and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jean Todt, for their leadership. And I welcome the …
It is an honour to address this plenary meeting to introduce draft resolution A/70/L.42, which proclaims 2016-2025 the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition.
Last year the world committed to ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture, wh…
Slavery and the slave trade victimized over 15 million people. Spanning over 400 years, the transatlantic slave trade was the largest and most inhuman forced migration in recorded history. It was not an isolated incident, but part of a man-made system that connected Europe, Africa, the Americas and …
I would like to congratulate Angola and Foreign Minister Chikoti on having organized today’s open debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes
Region, and the represent…
I should like to congratulate the Mission of Venezuela for having brought to the attention of the Security Council an issue that is very important to Brazil.
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Let me thank the current Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador Kamau of Kenya, as well as Ambassador Ol…
Let me start by thanking you, Sir, for inviting me today and giving me the opportunity to address the Council in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), in the presence of Mr. Miguel Trovoada, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and …
I would like to thank Minister for Foreign Affairs Delcy Rodríguez Gómez of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for having organized this important debate, as well as to express our appreciation for the Venezuelan proposal to reflect on the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the Un…
