Brazil takes over rotating presidency of the UN Security Council

Last Friday (Jul. 1), Brazil took over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The country will be in charge of the main multilateral body responsible for international peace and security for the entire month of July. This is Brazil's 11th elective term during the 2022-2023 biennium.

Under Brazil's presidency, the UNSC will examine the security situation in Ukraine, Syria, West Africa, the Sahel region, Colombia, Lebanon, Sudan, the Middle East, Haiti, Yemen, Cyprus, Libya, and Central Asia, in addition to handling resolutions on the UN missions in Haiti, Yemen, Cyprus and Libya, and on sanctions regimes in force for Libya and the Central African Republic.

Among the actions to be carried out by Brazil this month are two debates. The first, on July 12th, will focus on the importance of strategic communication in peacekeeping operations, and the second, on July 19th, on children and armed conflicts. This last debate will be chaired by the Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Fernando Simas Magalhães.

“During Brazil’s mandate at the UNSC, and especially during the presidency in July, Brazil will seek to expand spaces for negotiation and dialogue, promote a constructive agenda and invest in initiatives that contribute in a concrete way to the maintenance of international peace and security, in accordance with the relevant constitutional precepts,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.