Brazil assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a one-month term at the beginning of October. Among the main themes to be advocated by the country is the importance of bilateral, regional, and multilateral institutions to prevent, resolve, and mediate conflicts.
The Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira will preside over a hearing on the subject on October 20.
“This month we will bring the idea that the Security Council should address more broadly the instruments that the United Nations, countries, and regional organizations have to prevent conflicts, rather than just dealing with them after they arise, with the aim of intensifying bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomacy to prevent conflicts from breaking out,” explained the Secretary of Political Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Carlos Márcio Cozendey, in an interview with Agência Brasil.
As an example, he cited the Treaty of Tlatelolco, signed in 1967 by 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries to ensure the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region.
Other topics, he continued, will be addressed throughout the month during Brazil’s presidency of the Security Council: the possible mission to support security forces in Haiti, the maintenance of the UN mission that supervises peace negotiations in Colombia, and possibly issues related to the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Source: Agência Brasil