🇧🇷 Brazil - President Addresses General Debate, 74th Session

Jair Messias Bolsonaro, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, addresses the general debate of the 74th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 24 – 30 September 2019).
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Addressing the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations Headquarters, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro rejected the “sensationalist attacks” he said his country has received following a surge in fires occurring in the Amazon rainforest.

Bolsonaro explained that “this time of the year, dry weather and winds favour both spontaneous and criminal fires.”

He said, “it is also important to mention that indigenous and local populations also use fire as part of their culture and means of survival,” adding that “all countries have their issues. “

The Brazilian President said these perceived attacks from the “international media” have aroused "our patriotic sentiment.”

He said it was “a fallacy to state that the Amazon is a world heritage; and it is a misconception, as scientists attest, to say that our forest is the lung of the world.”

Bolsonaro said “some countries, instead of helping, have followed the lies of the media and behaved disrespectfully, with a colonialist spirit.”

He called on the United Nations not to accept “this mentality to return to these halls and corridors under any pretext” and I reiterated that “any initiative to help or support the preservation of the Amazon rainforest, or other biomes, must be treated in full respect of Brazilian sovereignty.”

More that 80,000 wildfires were reported this year all over the Brazilian territory.

Jair Messias Bolsonaro was elected in October 2018. This was his first address to the General Assembly, where Brazil traditionally speaks first.

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