| Membership | Full member |
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| Since | 1945 |
| UNSC seat | Non-permanent (2010-2011) |
| Ambassador | Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti |
Brazil is a founding member of the United Nations and participates in all of its specialized agencies.[1] Brazil is among the twenty top contributors to United Nations peacekeeping operations[2], and has participated in peacekeeping efforts in the Middle East, the former Belgian Congo, Cyprus, Mozambique, Angola, and more recently East Timor and Haiti.[3] In 2010-2011, Brazil occupies a non-permanent seat in the Security Council for a two-year mandate. Along with Japan, Brazil has been elected more times to the Council than any other UN Member State.[4]
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Brazil has traditionally played a relevant role in the United Nations General Assembly. In 1947, foreign minister Oswaldo Aranha chaired the First Special Session of the General Assembly and the Second Session of the General Assembly. Since 1947, Brazil has been the first country to speak at the General Debate.[5] The opening speeches delivered by the Brazilian representatives often present an assessment of the international situation as a backdrop to express the Brazilian point of view on the main issues.[6] On September 21, 2011, President Rousseff became the first woman to open a General Debate since the U.N. was founded.[7]
Brazil has been elected ten times to the UN Security Council, and is currently tied with Japan as the country that has served for the most number of years as an elected member.
List of terms as an elected member to the Security Council:
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Brazil is currently seeking a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. It is a member of the G4, an organization composed of Brazil, Germany, Japan, and India, all nations who are currently seeking permanent representation. According to their plan the UN Security Council would be expanded beyond the current fifteen members to include twenty-five members. This would be the first time that permanent status has been extended to a South American nation and supporters of the G4 plan suggest that this will lead to greater representation of developing nations rather than the current major powers.
A founding member of the United Nations, Brazil has a long tradition of contributing to peacekeeping operations. Brazil has participated in 33 United Nations peacekeeping operations and contributed with over 27,000 troops. Currently, Brazil contributes with more than 2,200 troops, military observers and police officers in three continents.[4]
Brazil is one of the main contributors to the UN regular budget (USD $18 million for the 2007 Assessment)[8].
Brazil maintains a permanent mission to the United Nations in New York, which is headed by Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti.[9] The mission is responsible for Brazil's participation in all United Nations events that concern the country in meetings of the General Assembly, Security Council, and other U.N. agencies headquartered in New York. [10]
Brazil maintains a permanent mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva, headed by Ambassador Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo.[11] The delegation is responsible for representing Brazil at the agencies headquartered in Geneva.[10]
In Rome, Brazil maintains a delegation to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), led by Ambassador Antonino Marques Porto e Santos.[12]
At the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris, the Permanent Delegation of Brazil is headed by Ambassador Marcia Donner Abreu.[13] Brazil joined UNESCO in 1946, and has been a member of its Executive Board several times, most recently 2007-2009.[13]
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