Brazil took the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a one-month term in the beginning of October. Chief among the topics to be defended by the country is the importance of bilateral, regional, and multilateral institutions to prevent, resolve, and mediate conflicts.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira will chair a hearing on the subject on October 20.
“This month we’re going to bring up the idea that the Security Council should deal more extensively with the instruments that the United Nations, the countries, and regional organizations face in preventing conflicts rather than just dealing with them after they arise, in a bid to step up bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomacy to stop conflicts from breaking out,” explained the Secretary for Multilateral and Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Ambassador Carlos Márcio Cozendey, in an interview for Agência Brasil.
As an example, he cited the Treaty of Tlatelolco, signed in 1967 by 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries to guarantee the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region.
Other issues, he went on to say, will be addressed over the course of the month during Brazil’s term as president of the Security Council: the possible mission to support the security forces in Haiti, the maintenance of the UN mission overseeing peace negotiations in Colombia, and possibly issues regarding the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Source: Agência Brasil
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