Tag: UN

UN Rapporteur Touched by Favela Experience in Brazil

The Maré shantytown complex in the northern zone of Rio de Janeiro, with 60% ...

Brazil Celebrates UN’s Role as the Planet’s Peace Keeper

The United Nations is indispensable to world peace, remarked the Brazilian Minister of Foreign ...

Brazil Decries UN’s ‘Democracy Deficit’

The Security Council suffers from a “democracy deficit” and needs to include more permanent ...

You Can’t Have Peace With One Billion Hungry People, Brazil’s Lula Tells UN

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressed the third meeting of the United ...

UN to Buy Brazilian Food to Distribute Worldwide

Brazil’s National Supply Company (Conab, Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento) has received accreditation from the ...

Brazil’s Lula Wants Urgent ‘Democratization’ of the UN

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that the participation of developing countries ...

African Union Rains on Brazil’s UN Parade

African leaders at special summit Thursday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, sent a ...

Brazil Presses Ahead to Reform and Get Permanent Seat at UN

Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, says he has felt a “reform impulse” ...

Brazil and G4 Accused at UN of Selfishness Disguised as Altruism

The United Nations General Assembly today debated a set of competing proposals for reforming ...

Brazil and G4 Try New Push for UN Security Council Expansion

Brazil, Germany, Japan and India have submitted a resolution to the U.N. General Assembly ...