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STORY: UNGA79 / BRAZIL
TRT: 02:10
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: PORTUGUESE / NATS
DATELINE: 24 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
1. Various shots, United Nations Headquarters
2. Wide shot, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walks up to GA rostrum
3. Med shot, Brazilian delegation
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President, Brazil:
“In Ukraine, with regret, we are seeing the war extending without any prospect of peace. Brazil has firmly condemned the invasion of the Ukrainian territory. It is already clear that neither side will be able to achieve all of their objectives through military means. The use of increasingly destructive weapons brings to mind the darkest days of the sterile Cold War confrontation.”
5. Med shot, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President, Brazil:
“What began as a terrorist action by fanatics against innocent Israeli civilians, has become a collective punishment for the entire Palestinian people. There have been over 40 thousand fatal victims, mostly women and children. The right to defense has become the right to vengeance, which prevents an agreement for the release of hostages and postpones the ceasefire.”
7. Med shot, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President, Brazil:
“Excluding Latin America and Africa from permanent seats on the Security Council is an unacceptable echo of domination practices from the colonial past. I have no illusions about the complexity of a reform like this, which will face crystallized interests in maintaining the status quo. It will require enormous negotiation effort. But that is our responsibility.”
9. Wide shot, General Assembly applause
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva today (24 Sep) told the General Assembly’s General Debate that “excluding Latin America and Africa from permanent seats on the Security Council is an unacceptable echo of domination practices from the colonial past.
In a speech covering a variety of topics, including climate change, artificial intelligence, and inequality, as well as peace and security and UN reform, Lula said in Ukraine “we are seeing the war extending without any prospect of peace.”
He noted that Brazil “firmly condemned the invasion of the Ukrainian territory,” but stressed that “it is already clear that neither side will be able to achieve all of their objectives through military means.”
“The use of increasingly destructive weapons,” the Brazilian President added, “brings to mind the darkest days of the sterile Cold War confrontation.”
On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he said, “what began as a terrorist action by fanatics against innocent Israeli civilians, has become a collective punishment for the entire Palestinian people. There have been over 40 thousand fatal victims, mostly women and children.”
The right to defense, Lula said, “has become the right to vengeance, which prevents an agreement for the release of hostages and postpones the ceasefire.”
On Security Council reform, he said, “I have no illusions about the complexity of a reform like this, which will face crystallized interests in maintaining the status quo. It will require enormous negotiation effort. But that is our responsibility.”