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Vieira

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first: 2015-09-30
most recent: 2023-11-29
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“That should also be considered as we strive to strengthen special political missions, which have been doing important work to prevent and mediate conflict and to sustain peace, but lack the predictable and sizable financial support of peacekeeping operations. In his New Year address, the Secretary-General rightly underscored that trillions of dollars are spent on waging war. Allow me to add that billions are also spent in peacebuilding operations worldwide. Resources should be more efficiently invested in strengthening the United Nations peacebuilding architecture and special political missions, which can play an invaluable role in prevention.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“As for how to increase the focus on prevention, the incoming Secretary-General has rightly outlined the measures needed: address the root causes through a balanced approach to the three pillars of the United Nations. Such an endeavour will require enhanced coordination between the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly. The Secretary-General will also have an important role in preparing the report to be presented to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session on options to increase, restructure and better prioritize funding allocated to peacebuilding activities, including through assessed contributions.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“The revised working methods foresee that in preparation for briefings of the Security Council, the Commission may consider visits to the fields, including, when invited by the Council, joint visits with the Security Council. It is our opinion that the Council would benefit from the long-term perspective of the Commission in those joint visits. Peacekeeping operations and special political missions should also adopt the long-term perspective required for sustaining peace. On a more operational level, the Council could do more to prioritize prevention in its activities. Regular horizon-scanning exercises focused on potential hotspots and cross-cutting thematic concerns should be resumed. This can certainly be done in a way that helps to stave off conflict rather than stoke tensions.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“Without falling into the trap of securitizing development, enhanced coordination between the United Nations development system and the architecture to sustain peace should be pursued. As for the steps to be taken to ensure more effective, complete prevention by the Security Council and across the wider United Nations system, Brazil is of the view that better coordination and cooperation between the Security Council and the Peacebuilding commission is needed. As we have stated on various occasions, Security Council members must take full advantage of the role of the Peacebuilding Commission and contribute to an improved United Nations engagement. In this regard, we welcome the adoption of the review of the working methods of the Peacebuilding Commission, which calls for enhanced cooperation between these two bodies.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“It has long been the Brazilian view that the United Nations engagement to promote peace and security should go beyond addressing the immediate causes and drivers of conflict, sending peacekeeping operations and providing aid relief. Strategies to sustain peace must also focus on the structural prevention of the outbreak of, or relapse into, conflict, including by fighting poverty, ensuring youth employment and gender equality, promoting socioeconomic development, building full-fledged institutions, and promoting national reconciliation, improved governance and more inclusive societies. These actions should be carried out in close coordination with national authorities and taking into account the priorities established and the need for national ownership at all stages.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“These documents highlight the fact that United Nations engagement needs to adopt a comprehensive approach to sustaining peace that should also focus on conflict prevention. I wish to underscore in particular the findings of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture, which paved the way for the notion of sustaining peace. This concept, enshrined in General Assembly resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution 2282 (2016), on the review of the peacebuilding architecture, encompasses the dimension of conflict prevention and marks an evolution in relation to the original paradigm of peacebuilding, which focused exclusively on countries emerging from conflict.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“As conflicts multiply and become more complex, the major weakness of the United Nations remains its inability to prevent conflicts. The best way to protect civilians, who are the main victims, is to focus primarily on prevention. Secretary-General Guterres accurately remarked that the United Nations was born from war and that we must now focus on peace. Not long ago, the United Nations went through a process of reviewing its activity with a view to adapting the Organization to the challenges faced regarding the maintenance of international peace and security. The recommendations contained in the three resulting reports hinged on one common element: the primacy of politics.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and the Swedish presidency of the Security Council for having organized this debate on conflict prevention and sustaining peace. I should like also to welcome the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, as this is the first time he is participating in a Security Council debate in that capacity, and to commend him for the leadership he has shown since his first day in office and the drive to reform and adapt the Organization to the demands of the twenty-first century. This open debate is timely and takes place at a moment of transition in the United Nations. Brazil would like to echo the new Secretary-General's appeal for all of us to put peace first in this new year. To that end, prevention must come first, and calls to prevent conflict and sustain peace must be translated into concrete deeds.”
2017-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7857 (2017) · source
“Brazil also reiterates that the criminalization of irregular migration is unacceptable, since it ultimately fuels human trafficking and disrespect for the fundamental rights of migrants. As my country's experience in granting humanitarian visas for Haitians since 2012 has shown, one of the most effective means of dismanting criminal human trafficking networks is by providing regular and safe ways of entry for those forced to move. Let us all work together towards ensuring that human trafficking can be brought to a definitive end and that its victims can resume their lives with dignity and, most of all, hope.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“In that context, Brazil wishes to recall a fundamental assertion made by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism in his most recent report, to the effect that "push-back operations, criminalized irregular migration and abandoned pledges to accept refugees . contribute to the establishment of chaotic and covert movements of people, including through trafficking, which might ultimately assist those intent on committing acts of terrorism." (A/7I/384, para. 11) The international community has a responsibility to act to find a solution to the refugee crisis. It is incoherent to defend the responsibility to protect and the protection of civilians all the while turning our backs on those fleeing conflict and persecution.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“The remedies to overcome this scourge outside the context of conflict situations might be different from those to be applied in armed conflicts. For the United Nations to effectively address human trafficking in all its forms, the Security Council should be mindful ofthe mandate and technical expertise of the General Assembly and ofthe Human Rights Council, as well as of the crucial role of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in this realm. In any case, the international community should exercise the utmost caution not to confuse the criminalization of trafficking in persons with the criminalization of migration itself. Our actions should aim at protecting the rights of, and providing assistance to, those people who are forced to leave their homes and fall prey to human traffickers, so as not to victimize them yet again.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“Insufficient regard and resources for sustaining peace in crisis or post-conflict situations, as well as an ill-conceived bias for military solutions, help fuel rather than mitigate the instability behind the current movements of refugees and migrants. Although human trafficking occurs in scenarios plagued by armed conflict, there are no intrinsic or automatic linkages between those two phenomena. As stated in the Secretary-General's report (S/2016/949), obviously the interrelationship between them may arise under specific circumstances, but it should in no way be deemed universal. It is important to acknowledge that human trafficking is also regrettably taking place in situations that do not constitute a threat to international peace and security, such as situations of displacement following natural disasters.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“By courageously speaking out and fighting for those who have endured these unlawful and degrading actions, she serves as an example for other victims and inspiration for us all. The international community can do much more to combat this scourge. Closer cooperation among States and international agencies can help rescue victims and bring traffickers to justice. We must redouble our efforts to fulfil the Sustainable Developments Goals pertaining to the issue. We must equally acknowledge that long-term solutions can arise only from multilateral approaches to peace and security that set dialogue and mediation as priorities and place vulnerable populations at the centre of concern.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“When committed in conflict situations, human trafficking might even amount to a war crime. Brazil is particularly appalled by the incidents of human trafficking committed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, Boko Haram and other terrorist organizations, which are frequently associated with sexual enslavement. Trafficked persons are treated as objects, not as human beings. They are often subject to organ harvesting, sexual exploitation, domestic service and forced marriages. Brazil supports efforts aimed at recovering the dignity of the victims of this heinous crime and ensuring that they have access to justice.In that regard, we welcome the appointment of Ms. Nadia Murad Basee Taha as Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“Mr. Vieira (Brazil) (spoke in Spanish): I wish to begin by thanking Spain for organizing this open debate and by thanking Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict for their briefings. (spoke in English) We would also like to offer our deepest condolences to the Russian Federation following the assassination of Ambassador Andrey Karlov in Ankara yesterday. Brazil strongly condemns all acts of terrorism, regardless of their motivation. Human trafficking is among the most despicable crimes known to humankind, as it affects the most vulnerable, such as migrants and internally displaced persons, especially women and girls.”
2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source
“As the Secretary-General himself once said, and the Deputy Secretary-General repeated earlier today, "there are no right hands for the wrong weapons". It is imperative that the international community take concrete steps to achieve long-overdue nuclear disarmament.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“General Assembly First Committee draft resolution A/C.1/7l/L.4l, adopted by more than two thirds of the delegations present and voting in the Committee, calls for the convening of a conference in 2017, open to all States, international organizations and civil society, to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. Time and again the international community has been confronted with the argument that security concerns hamper the objective of disarmament. That is a false dichotomy. Relying on nuclear-deterrence doctrines and strategies undermines the medium- and long-term security of all States. The risk that non-State actors may wish to acquire nuclear weapons is only one among many examples of such long-term security challenges.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“Disarmament measures are indistinguishable from any reasonable strategy to prevent those weapons from falling in the hands of non-State actors. Over the past 50 years, the international community has succeeded in adopting multilateral legally binding instruments that ban biological and chemical weapons. In the light of the unimaginable suffering that such weapons are capable of inflicting, it is perplexing that the same approach has not been applied in the case of nuclear weapons, as clearly mandated by article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. In October, the General Assembly's First Committee took a decisive step in filling that gap.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“We acknowledge the important work carried out by the 1540 Committee and its Group of Experts, particularly in trying to match cooperation offers and requests. In order to address some of the shortcomings in that process, countries in a position to do so should help countries in formulating their assistance requests. Brazil has taken part in cooperation and assistance initiatives that contribute to the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), particularly in the drafting of national legislation on chemical and biological weapons and related materials. Notwithstanding the importance of resolution 1540 (2004), confining international efforts only to the countering of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is ineffective.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“The Brazilian Government promotes ongoing and structured outreach in order to inform the private sector of applicable restrictions and controls. Brazil has followed with interest the current comprehensive review of resolution 1540 (2004), which has just been concluded, and took part in the open consultations convened in June by the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). As the comprehensive review's final report recognizes, the full implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) is a long-term task that will require continuing efforts at the national, regional and international levels. We are pleased that both the final report and resolution 2325 (2016), which was just adopted, also attribute a key role to international cooperation and assistance to the full implementation of resolution 1540 (2004).”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“It should be highlighted, moreover, that States have the primary responsibility for control over the tangible or intangible goods that leave or enter their territories. Our Constitution forbids the conduct of any non-peaceful nuclear activity in Brazilian territory. Brazil is a party to all of the major treaties and conventions in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation. We have incorporated into our national legislation all obligations deriving from those instruments, as well as those based on resolution 1540 (2004). Brazilian legislation clearly safeguards the peaceful applications of sensitive and dual-use goods and items, especially in activities related to industry, research and development.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“The mere existence ofweapons of mass destruction constitutes a threat to humankind, and therefore to international peace and security. The possibility that those weapons might fall into the hands of non-State actors, particularly terrorists, is a matter of special concern, as the recent use of chemical weapons in Syria and Iraq by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant demonstrates. As a member of the Security Council at the time, Brazil actively participated in the discussions leading to the adoption of resolution 1540 (2004), and we have remained firmly committed to its implementation. The international community must maintain a balance between development and security, without obstructing the legitimate right to development and the use of technology for peaceful purposes.”
2016-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7837 (2016) · source
“This tendency detracts attention from the issues on which the Council can and is mandated to make a difference, namely, the protracted and more recent conflicts that have resulted in the direst humanitarian situation since the end of the Second World War.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“These experiences and other regional initiatives bear witness to the potential of coordinated water management as an instrument to prevent and resolve disputes, as well as a catalyst for prosperity. Rather than treat access to water resources as a threat to international, peace and security, our focus should be on addressing serious violations of international humanitarian law regarding water, particularly the issue of attacks on water installations in armed conflicts. It is of utmost importance that all parties to conflict abide by their obligations not to attack, destroy, remove or render useless drinking water supplies and irrigation works, as expressly stipulated in Additional Protocols I and II to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The securitization of sustainable development issues is detrimental to the functioning of the Council itself.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“Among other provisions, the Treaty established an Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee to promote joint projects in one of the world's largest river basins. Two of these are the Guarani aquifer and the waterway transport system of the River Plate basin. A decade later, in 1979, a landmark tripartite agreement among Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, regarding the hydroelectric power plants of Itaipu and Corpus Christi, ended a long-standing controversy and paved the way for deeper integration and cooperation in our region. Likewise, Brazil created, along with Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, which has made great strides in promoting cooperation and sustainable development in the Amazon basin.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“Despite some misperceptions that transboundary water basins tend to engender hostility rather than collaborative solutions, water is mainly an untapped resource of fruitful cooperation. Nurturing the opportunities for cooperation in water management among all stakeholders can help build mutual respect, understanding and trust among countries, and maintain public health, food security and social, environmental and economic stability. It can also build sustainable peace. As my delegation highlighted during the Arria Formula meeting on this subject in April, our regional experience illustrates the potential of cooperation concerning water resources. Brazil signed, in 1969, the Treaty of the River Plate Basin with four of its neighboring countries.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“The logic of cooperation, not coercion, should therefore guide efforts to ensure the just and efficient use of limited water resources. Agencies and initiatives such as United Nations-Water, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Land and Water Division, the World Water Assessment Programme and the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO are well placed to provide technical expertise to prevent and resolve issues concerning water resource management. The Peacebuilding Commission, its Support Office and Fund can also contribute to designing and supporting projects aimed at fostering peace and reconciliation through the fair allocation and ownership of, as well as access to, water resources at the national level.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII) declared that the right of peoples and nations to permanent sovereignty over their natural resources must be exercised in the interests of their national development and of the well-being of the people of the State concerned. Building on this legal right enjoyed by each Member State, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development recognized that, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, States have the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and development policies. These principles will have a key role to play in the universal implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 6, on water and sanitation.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“I thank you, Sir, an Senegal for convening this meeting. I also thank the Secretary- General, Mr. Danilo Turk, Ms. Chrstine Beerli and Mr. Sundeep Waslekar for their interventions. The relationship between water, peace and security should be considered with prudence and caution by the Council. Like climate change, to which it is intimately connected, water scarcity is primarily a sustainable development challenge. While it may be one element contributing to conflict and instability in some particular circumstances, it does not necessarily represent a threat to international peace and security.”
2016-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7818 (2016) · source
“Brazil has been an enthusiast of multilateralism and everything the United Nations stands for since 1945. We hope that over the next 70 years and beyond, the international community can live up to the promise, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, to rid future generations of the scourge of war and all forms of meaningless suffering.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“The Council has a primary responsibility in encouraging political dialogue and addressing the root causes of conflicts. It is our duty to restore the Council's capacity to fulfil its duty to uphold international peace and security. Its effectiveness and continued authority require that it be Viewed as legitimate and representative. After 70 years ofwork, areformed Security Council, with new permanent and non-permanent members, would be better positioned to adequately address the challenges of a multipolar world and lead a new phase of active diplomatic engagement to resolve those disputes. The opportunity is before us. We need look no further than the situations that have been discussed in today's debate to realize how urgent the task is.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“There can be no more delay in achieving an inclusive political solution in Syria. A first step to encourage dialogue and avoid the aggravation of conflict should be halting the flow of arms into the country. We look forward to a renewed political process, led by the United Nations, to deal with the situation in Syria. Brazil wishes for a territorially united, sovereign, plural and democratic Syria to emerge from the ashes of war. In Libya and Yemen, the international community should be united in condemning violence, avoiding the use of unilateral force and working with the parties to promote dialogue, bridge differences and reach a peaceful and durable solution. Diplomacy, cooperation and multilateralism should guide us in the quest for a more stable and peaceful Middle East and North Africa.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran's Nuclear Programme, and Security Council resolution 2235 (2015) on Syria's chemical weapons demonstrate that when political will is present, reaching an agreement is possible even on complex and highly sensitive issues. Brazil commends all those involved in those efforts and their persistence in dialogue and negotiation. That sets a positive trend that should help us to effectively address the ongoing conflicts in the region. We should look up to those examples of successful diplomatic engagements and redouble our collective efforts to halt and settle the conflicts in the Middle East. Peace talks between Israel and Palestine must be urgently resumed under parameters that could lead to a two-State solution.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“As President Dilma Rousseff pledged before the General Assembly at its seventieth session (see A/70/PV.13), Brazil will continue to host those who had to flee their home country and need a place to restart their lives. As the home of the largest Syrian diaspora in the world and a country committed to international peace and security, Brazil is ready to shoulder its responsibilities on the diplomatic and humanitarian fronts. Even in light of those tragic facts, there is still reason for hope, hope generated by a renewed belief in the virtues of diplomacy.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“What we really need is better diplomacy to face the numerous challenges that still lie ahead. The humanitarian tragedy that emerged from the conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa remains a matter of great concern. We commend the work done by the United Nations agencies and its partners to help millions of people in need, as well as the outstanding generosity of many countries in the region, including Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Turkey, which have been receiving the bulk of Syrian refugees. Brazil has been striving to contribute to these humanitarian efforts. We have issued more than 7,700 entry visas for Syrian residents affected by the crisis and provided food and medicine to help alleviate the dire situation faced by refugees and displaced people in the region.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“Iraq and Libya are two clear examples of the failure of any approach based on vicious cycles of threats, sanctions and violence. Military interventions led only to weak national institutions, increased sectarianism, power vacuums and arms proliferation, paving the way for the rise of radical groups such as the Islamic State. Those groups thrive in the absence of the State and they benefit from the flow of weapons to non-State actors. It is high time that the Security Council assess the inventory of preventable tragedies and learn from past mistakes. We should all commit to demonstrate our resolve to focus on political dialogue and preventive actions. The use of sanctions and military force should always be the last resort and, when it occurs, it must be in line with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“There are simply nojustifiable grounds for terrorist acts. The Brazilian Government was appalled by the acts of provocation that resulted in the senseless destruction of cultural and historic heritage sites in Syria, Iraq, Mali and elsewhere. It should be noted that the common trait to all those situations is the international community's failure in dealing with the underlying causes of conflicts. As long as we disregard poverty and the fragility of national institutions as drivers of armed conflict, there will be no lasting solution in sight. Time and again, we have seen the harmful effects of bending the rules and invoking exceptional rights in order to justify military interventions. Those strategies have enfeebled the multilateral system and aggravated the situation on the ground.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“As Brazil has consistently upheld in this Council, we must address those problems by conceiving an overarching strategy based on a combination of diplomacy and peacebuilding efforts. Last year, we witnessed the third tragic war in five years in Gaza. The peace process between Israelis and Palestinians has remained stalled. Violence reached unimaginable levels of brutality in Syria, and the prospects for resolving the conflict remain elusive. The so-called Islamic State took control of large parts of Iraq and Syria and has been perpetrating the most barbaric crimes against innocent civilians. Both Libya and Yemen are falling into a spiral of political disputes and violence, resulting in destruction and serious humanitarian crises. Let me state in no uncertain terms Brazil's utmost repudiation for all forms of terrorism and extremism.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source
“I congratulate you, Mr. President,- for convening this open debate and for bringing us together to discuss the serious challenges that the world faces today in promoting peace and stability in the Middle East and North Africa. We also appreciate that the concept note prepared by the Russian Federation (S/2015/678, annex) encourages a more in-depth reflection on the primary causes of conflicts and terrorism. The threats to international peace and security in the Middle East and North Africa have been a recurring topic in the Council. The increase in the number and complexity of threats in those two strategic regions attests to our collective inability to solve long-lasting conflicts and to prevent the outbreak of new ones.”
2015-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7527 (2015) · source