🇧🇷 Brazil - President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 78th Session | #UNGA

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 19 - 26 September 2023). This video is available in multiple languages. Click the settings ⚙️ button to change the language track. ------- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said, “The UN’s broadest and most ambitious collective action aimed at development – the 2030 Agenda – could become its biggest failure.” He added, “We are halfway through the implementation period and still far from the defined goals.” Addressing the General Assembly’s General Debate today (19 Sep), da Silva stressed that reducing inequalities within countries requires including the poor in government budget and making the rich pay taxes proportionate to their wealth. He added, “In Brazil, we are committed to implementing all 17 Sustainable Development Goals in an integrated and indivisible manner.” He also said, “Acting against climate change involves thinking about tomorrow and facing historical inequalities. Rich countries grew based on a model with high rates of climate-damaging gas emissions. The climate emergency makes it urgent to correct course and implement what has already been agreed upon. We speak of common but differentiated responsibilities for no other reason.” He continued, “We want to arrive at COP 28 in Dubai with a joint vision that reflects, without any coaching, the priorities for preserving the Amazon, Congo, and Borneo-Mekong basins based on our needs. Without mobilizing financial and technological resources, we cannot implement what we decided in the Paris Agreement and the Global Biodiversity Framework. The promise to allocate 100 billion dollars – annually – to developing countries remains just that, a long promise.” He stated, “The unequal and distorted representation in the management of the IMF and the World Bank is unacceptable. We have not corrected the excesses of market deregulation and the ideology of the minimum state. The foundations of new economic governance have not been laid.” He concluded, “We shall continue to criticize any attempt to divide the world into zones of influence and to revive the Cold War. The UN Security Council has been progressively losing its credibility. This fragility is the specific results of actions from its permanent members that wage unauthorized wars aimed at territorial expansion or regime change.” ------ The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote. The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter. The UN has evolved over the years to keep pace with a rapidly changing world. But one thing has stayed the same: it remains the one place on Earth where all the world’s nations can gather together, discuss common problems, and find shared solutions that benefit all of humanity. General debate website: ---------------------------------------- مشاهدة هذا الفيديو باللغة العربية على موقع البث الشبكي للأمم المتحدة 请在联合国网络电视（UN Web TV）观看中文版视频 Regardez cette vidéo en français sur UN Web TV Vean este video en español en UN Web TV Смотрите это видео на русском на UN Web TV Screenshot credit: UN Photo/Cia Pak #UNGA #UnitedNations