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UN Security Council Summit Meeting · 5261st session of the Security Council (S/PV.5261)

Statement by Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (Security Council, 5261st meeting)

Lula in a meeting with representatives of the National Newspaper Association, at the Planalto Palace, on September 9, 2005 (photo from the previous week; it does not show the speech at the UN).
Lula in a meeting with representatives of the National Newspaper Association, at the Planalto Palace, on September 9, 2005 (photo from the previous week; it does not show the speech at the UN).Photo: José Cruz / ABr, CC BY 3.0 BR

Available records

The prepared text may differ from what was actually said. Any significant difference is recorded below.

Quotations are our translation from the Portuguese; the original wording is in the source excerpt.

Security Council reformterrorismHaitiAfricahunger

Documentary record

Lula spoke as President of Brazil at the summit meeting of the United Nations Security Council.[1]

Topics, with excerpts from the speech

Each topic is backed by the literal excerpt, given in the source note.

Lula spoke in Portuguese; the UN record carries the English text provided by the delegation.[2]

The document S/PV.5261 consulted is the provisional version of the record of the meeting; it states that the final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council.[3]

There is a Portuguese text of the speech published by FUNAG in "O Brasil nas Nações Unidas 1946-2011," titled as a speech at the Summit Meeting of the United Nations Security Council, dated New York, September 14, 2005.[4]

Resenha de Política Exterior do Brasil No. 97 (MRE) also publishes the speech in Portuguese, under the heading "Visita do Presidente da República à Organização das Nações Unidas" (Visit of the President of the Republic to the United Nations).[5]

In the published text, Lula says that this was the third Summit meeting of the Council in its 60 years of existence.[6]

In the published text, Lula says that terrorism will not be defeated by repression alone.[7]

In the published text, Lula says he saw, in the fourteen African countries he visited, important institutional and economic progress in the region.[8]

In the published text, Lula says that there is a historic opportunity to expand the composition of the Council in an equitable way and that, for most UN member countries, this means increasing the number of permanent and non-permanent members, with developing countries from all regions in both categories.[9]

In the published text, Lula says that there will be no peace and security as long as one billion people are oppressed by hunger, which he calls the most devastating weapon of mass destruction.[10]

The 5261st meeting of the Security Council, at which Lula spoke, took place on September 14, 2005, in New York.[11]

Sources and evidence

Excerpts are quoted in the original language of the source.

  1. 1. Lula spoke as President of Brazil at the summit meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

  2. 2. Lula spoke in Portuguese; the UN record carries the English text provided by the delegation.

  3. 3. The document S/PV.5261 consulted is the provisional version of the record of the meeting; it states that the final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council.

  4. 4. There is a Portuguese text of the speech published by FUNAG in "O Brasil nas Nações Unidas 1946-2011," titled as a speech at the Summit Meeting of the United Nations Security Council, dated New York, September 14, 2005.

  5. 5. Resenha de Política Exterior do Brasil No. 97 (MRE) also publishes the speech in Portuguese, under the heading "Visita do Presidente da República à Organização das Nações Unidas" (Visit of the President of the Republic to the United Nations).

    • Resenha de Política Exterior do Brasil, nº 97, 2º semestre de 2005 · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FUNAG/CHDD digital edition) Official record
      Where: table of contents, entry for p. 86. Accessed October 14, 2026.
      “Visita do Presidente da República à Organização das Nações Unidas Discurso do Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva na Reunião de Cúpula do Conselho de Segurança das Nações Unidas, em Nova York, em 14 de setembro de 2005”
    • Resenha de Política Exterior do Brasil, nº 97, 2º semestre de 2005 · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FUNAG/CHDD digital edition) Official record
      Where: p. 87, paragraph on the reform of the Council. Accessed October 14, 2026.
      “Para a maioria dos países membros da ONU, isso significa aumentar o número de membros permanentes e não permanentes com países em desenvolvimento de todas as regiões, nas duas categorias.”

  6. 6. In the published text, Lula says that this was the third Summit meeting of the Council in its 60 years of existence.

  7. 7. In the published text, Lula says that terrorism will not be defeated by repression alone.

  8. 8. In the published text, Lula says he saw, in the fourteen African countries he visited, important institutional and economic progress in the region.

    • O Brasil nas Nações Unidas 1946-2011 (3ª ed., org. Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corrêa) · Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG) Government communication
      Where: PDF pp. 883 to 886 (speech at the UNSC Summit Meeting). Accessed October 14, 2026.
      “Nos quatorze países africanos que já visitei e nos numerosos contatos em Brasília com lideranças do Continente, pude comprovar o importante progresso institucional e econômico em curso na região.”

  9. 9. In the published text, Lula says that there is a historic opportunity to expand the composition of the Council in an equitable way and that, for most UN member countries, this means increasing the number of permanent and non-permanent members, with developing countries from all regions in both categories.

    • O Brasil nas Nações Unidas 1946-2011 (3ª ed., org. Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corrêa) · Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG) Government communication
      Where: PDF pp. 883 to 886 (speech at the UNSC Summit Meeting). Accessed October 14, 2026.
      “Para a maioria dos países membros da ONU, isto significa aumentar o número de membros permanentes e não permanentes, com países em desenvolvimento de todas as regiões nas duas categorias.”

  10. 10. In the published text, Lula says that there will be no peace and security as long as one billion people are oppressed by hunger, which he calls the most devastating weapon of mass destruction.

    • O Brasil nas Nações Unidas 1946-2011 (3ª ed., org. Luiz Felipe de Seixas Corrêa) · Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG) Government communication
      Where: PDF pp. 883 to 886 (speech at the UNSC Summit Meeting). Accessed October 14, 2026.
      “Estou convencido de que não haverá um mundo com paz e segurança enquanto um bilhão de pessoas forem oprimidas pela fome. Insisto que este mal é a mais devastadora arma de destruição em massa.”

  11. 11. The 5261st meeting of the Security Council, at which Lula spoke, took place on September 14, 2005, in New York.