Official Speeches

Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota – seminar on UN Security Council reform

Excerpts from the opening remarks made on behalf of Brazilian foreign minister Antonio Patriota at the seminar ‘Current Challenges to International Peace and Security: the Need for United Nations Security Council Reform’ – Salvador, 26 April 2013. Read more

Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota – UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Speech by the Brazilian foreign minister, Antonio Patriota, at the 39th session of the World Food Security Committee of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Rome, 17 October 2012. Read more

Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti - UN General Assembly

Speech by the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations, Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, to the General Assembly — New York, 13 February 2012. Read more

Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota - UN Security Council

Speech by the Brazilian foreign minister, Antonio Patriota, at the High Level Open Debate of the UN Security Council on the interdependence between security and development — New York, 11 February 2011. Read more

President Dilma Vana Rousseff - Inauguration Speech

Speech by the President of Brazil, Dilma Vana Rousseff, at her inauguration — Brasília, 1 January 2011. Read more

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - 64th UN General Assembly

Speech by the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at the General Debate of the 64th UN General Assembly — New York, 23 September 2009. Read more

Central Bank of Brazil Governor Henrique Meirelles - Chamber of Commerce in GB

Speech by the Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil, Henrique Meirelles, at the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain luncheon — London, 23 June 2008. Read more

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - UN food summit

Speech by the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference on world food security — Rome, 3 June 2008. Read more

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - UN Economic and Social Council

Speech by the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at the special meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on the world food crisis — New York, 20 May 2008. Read more

Foreign Minister Celso Amorim – Bali Conference

Speech by the Foreign Minister of Brazil, Ambassador Celso Amorim, at the High Level Segment of the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 3rd Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol — Bali, Indonesia, 12 December 2007. Read more

Foreign Minister Celso Amorim - Annapolis Conference

Speech by the Foreign Minister of Brazil, Ambassador Celso Amorim, at the Annapolis Conference — Annapolis, Maryland, 27 November 2007. Read more

Foreign Minister Celso Amorim - Seminar for Peace and Reconciliation

Speech by the Foreign Minister of Brazil, Ambassador Celso Amorim, at the Seminar for Peace and Reconciliation — Oslo, Norway, 14 September 2007. Read more