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Leitao da Cunha

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS LEITAO DA CUNHA

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1964-09-24
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1965-09-24
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  1. “All the new nations—and I consider as new nations all the developing countries—need to avoid being held back by ideas and systems of sheer conservatism; they have an overwhelming urge to achieve social and political evolution. Aa we on the American continent are doing, they are setting up regional communities which can contribute a great deal towards harmonizing and strengthening the efforts of individual nations, being at the same time a factor for world peace. 10. Inspired by its inter-American, Western and universalist calling, Brazil wants peace, along with security and freedom.”

    1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)

  2. “We are united with those nations by enduring links of geography and history, by common traditions and aspirations, and we shall do everything in our power to bring our continent ever closer together. Secondly, we can never act counter to the Western roots of our culture and of our institutions. This leads us to affirm our state in the preservation of the democratic way of life which the West seeks to uphold. Nor can we neglect our ties with so many other nations in Africa—which has contributed so much to the formation of the Brazilian people—as well as in Asia, whose needs for development are similar to our own, and with which we share ideals of liberty, progress and justice.”

    1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)

  3. “Every element is present for brotherly co-operation and a broad understanding between Brazil and the peoples who have just recently attained their freedom and are prepared to maintain it. Co-operation, understanding, and harmony of interests, this is what we seek, with all countries and all peoples, with all due respect for the hierarchies compatible with national interests. These are basic principles of the Organization of the United Nations in which we participate so actively. Despite its shortcomings, the United Nations is, in today’s world, the essential tool for the maintenance of peace. Without if nothing is possible." 9. Our position is clearly defined: the ties that bind us to the brotherhood of the Latin American republics form our first line of international solidarity.”

    1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)

  4. “An independent foreign policy in a world increasingly characterized by the interdependence of problems and interests means that Brazil must have its own way of thinking and its own course of action, without subordination to any interest external to Brazil. The interests of Brazil coincide, in many cases and in widening circles, with those of Latin America, of the American continent and of the Western community. Acting independently, we shall not fear to lend our solidarity to other nations. Within the context of this independence and this solidarity, our foreign policy will be active, timely, and adjusted to the conditions of our times and the problems of our day. "Regarding Africa and Asia, our purpose is not trade alone.”

    1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)

  5. “Castello Branco, in a recent speech defined the governing lines of our foreign policy as follows: "We should not shape our attitudes on the basis of a homespun Machiavellism or on a policy of extortion. On the other hand, we should not give a priori support to the attitudes assumed by any of the great Powers—not even by those Powers which form the bulwark of the Western world—for, in the foreign policy of the latter, a distinction must be drawn between the fundamental interests of the preservation of the Western system and the specific interests of a great Power. In short, a foreign policy is independent in the sense that the policy of a sovereign State must perforce be so.”

    1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)

  6. “Brazil has now resumed the broad path of its genuine traditions, after a brief attempt had been made to divert it from them. In a great surge of national renewal, my country has regained all its possibilities for progress and order, allowing us once more, without denying the past, to face the future with confidence. 6. The corner-stone of both our international and national policies is the fullest possible exercise of our right to self-determination, by means of which the Brazilian people made a basic choice, which they uphold—that of spiritual and political loyalty to the system of representative democracy. 7. The President of the United States of Brazil, Mr.”

    1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)

  7. “The honour I have in opening this debate is even greater as I can recall those days in a distant past when I took part in the work of the Preparatory Committee and at the first session of the General Assembly, in London in 1945-1946. It is thus very clear in my mind how much the international scene has changed during those nineteen years and how much has been accomplished by the United Nations in that span of time. One thing has not changed, however, the main principles which guide us and which are embodied in our Charter. The loyalty of Brazil to these principles has not been altered either, for they are part of the political philosophy of our nation. The unswerving loyally of my country to the aims and principles of the United Nations I reiterate here today with firmness and renewed confidence. 5.”

    1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)

  8. “I heard with great appreciation the inspiring words of your acceptance speech, reflecting how very well you grasp your duties and the duties before us. You mentioned the voices of Africa. In my country, this has a very familiar sound indeed. One of the classics of Brazilian literature is a poem entitled "Voices of Africa", composed by Antonio de Castro Alves, a champion of the cause of African freedom. It bears witness to the imprint left by your people in the blood and in the soul of our people. 4. Now, as in every previous year, we are meeting to examine the vast field of activities of the United Nations and to attempt to arrive at favourable solutions for the great problems for which answers can be found through international co-operation.”

    1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)

  9. “1. Mr. President, allow me to offer you the warm congratulations of Brazil on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. The unanimity of the choice made by the membership of the Organization in selecting you for this high office has particular significance. It testifies to the wide renown in which your name is held in the United Nations. and the certainty that your statesmanlike qualities will enable you to guide the Assembly to the best advantage in this hour. 2. It is no coincidence that a distinguished representative from Africa presides over this session. In your person, the General Assembly looks with hope and confidence to the contribution that the young States of Africa bring to the grave issues that trouble the world. 3.”

    1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)