Brazil

Mr President of the General Assembly, Philemon Yang, I extend my greetings to Secretary-General António Guterres and to each Head of State and Government, as ...

I would like to greet the President of the General Assembly. Ambassador Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago. It is also a great pleasure to be preceded by Sec...

I would like to greet the Secretary-General, whom I have the renewed pleasure of addressing in our common language. I begin by congratulating you, Ambassador Cs...

It is an honour to once again open the General Assembly. I come here to show a Brazil that is different from the one portrayed in newspapers or television. Braz...

Mr. President of the United Nations General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, whom I am pleased to greet i...

First of all, I thank God for my life, for the mission of presiding over Brazil and for the opportunity to re-establish truth, which is a good thing for all of ...

It is an honour for Brazil and it gives us great pleasure to officially open this general debate. I am pleased to greet the President of the General Assembly, M...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election. You can count on the continued support of the Brazilian delegation. I am also ...

Brazil brings its natural spirit of openness to the United Nations and to the world. We are a country that is built on and by the strength of diversity. We beli...

It is a privilege to address the General Assembly this year as the United Nations celebrates its seventieth birthday. My first remarks are to congratulate you, ...

It is a great satisfaction for Brazil, which has the honour and privilege of opening this debate, to have as the President of this session of the General As...

I would first like to briefly express my pleasure at seeing the representative of Antigua and Barbuda, a country that is part of the Caribbean and is very de...

Once again, a woman’s voice is opening the general debate of the General Assembly. For many, we women are “half the sky”. However, we wish to be half the Earth...

For the very first time in the history of the United Nations, a female voice is opening the general debate. It is the voice of democracy and equality that re...

It is a great honour for me to come to this rostrum to speak on behalf of the people and Government of Brazil. I bring the greetings of President Lula. Wi...

The General Assembly has been and must continue to be the great forum for general debate concerning humankind’s major problems. I wish to discuss three cru...

It is my great pleasure to greet my dear friend Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the General Assembly. I wish you much success in your mission. ...

I congratulate the Secretary-General on his assumption of such a high office within the international system. I welcome his decision to encourage high-level ...

When I first addressed the Assembly from this rostrum, in 2003, I stressed the need for urgent and relentless action to fight the scourge of hunger and pover...

I should like to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, Ambassador Jan Eliasson of Sweden, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly ...