Tag: UN

Brazil Goes to Buenos Aires Asking for UN Votes

Brazil’s ex-Minister of Defense, Ambassador José Viegas, had a meeting with the vice-chancellor of ...

Brazil’s Voice in the World Counts a Lot, Says Sachs

Brazil plays an important leadership role in matters of global security and economic development, ...

Housing and Sanitation, Pressing Problems for Brazil

By 2020 the member countries of the United Nations (UN) should halve the number ...

Dire Poverty Main Cause of Haiti Plight, Says Brazil

The leader of the United Nations Security Council fact-finding mission just back from Haiti ...

What Brazil Needs Most Is Wealth Transfer

Among the experiences presented in BrasÀ­lia at the 32nd Session of the United Nations ...

Brazil Raps UN for Not Including Women in Millenium Goals

In a speech at the 49th Session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on ...

Brazil Gets UN Security Council’s Presidency

Brazil assumed the presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council this past Monday, ...

Brazil Gets UN Prize for Anti-Poverty Project

At a glittering ceremony February 1st, in Dubai, the Executive Director of the UN ...

Brazil Wants Veto Power for UN’s New Security Council Members

The Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Celso Amorim, said, December 2, that, between the ...

UN: In Brazil, Justice Is Slow and Impunity High

The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers of the United Nations ...