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Rousseff supports reforms in the UN Security Council and in the IMF
Criado em 24/09/13 17h08
e atualizado em 24/09/13 17h09
Por Danilo Macedo
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Fonte:Agência Brasil
Brasília – Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff defended on Tuesday (September 24), at the 68th United Nations General Assembly, the reforms in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United Nations Security Council, and said that both organizations should place more importance in the major role played by emerging and developing countries, as delaying these reforms makes these organizations less legitimate and efficient.
Rousseff deems as worrying the limited representation of the UN Security Council ahead of the new challenges of the 21st century, which increase the need for an “urgent” reform: “It is imperative to avoid the collective defeat inflicted by a 2015 without a Security Council capable of fully carrying out its responsibilities in today’s world.”
Rousseff mentioned as an example the great difficulty in offering a solution to the Syrian conflict and the “paralysis” in dealing with the Palestinian/Iraeli issue. “The Council should adopt voices at once independent and constructive. Only by increasing the number of permanent and non-permanent members and admitting developing countries under both categories can the current representation deficit be eliminated.”
The Security Council is the only international organization with the power to make decisions mandatory for all the member countries of the UN to follow, which includes authorizing military interventions in order to carry out their resolutions. Out of the fifteen member countries, five are permanent members: the US, the UK, France, Russia and China, and ten are non-permanent, i.e., they make part of the organization for only two years, after which they are replaced. The negative vote of only one permanent member is enough to veto a possible resolution of the Council.
As regards the IMF, Rousseff drew an overview of the global economic scenario, after the most critical phase of the crisis, it is still fragile, with “unacceptable” unemployment rates: 200 million people, according to the International Labor Organization.
Rousseff further emphasized that this happens in both developed and developing countries, and that it is necessary to reinforce growth trends in the economy, which already shows signs of recovery: “The emerging countries alone cannot ensure the recovery of the world’s economy. More than ever, we must take coordinated action to reduce unemployment and reestablish the dynamics of international trade. We’re all in the same boat.”
According to the president, Brazil has three strategies to help promote the economic recovery: “commitment to solid macro-economic policies, the maintenance of socially inclusive policies and the adoption of measures for increasing its productivity, and, as a result, its competition.
Editors: Juliana Andrade / Lícia Marques
Translators: Fabrício Ferreira
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