Celso Amorim
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Celso Amorim
Celso Luiz Nunes Amorimis a Brazilian diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Relations from 1993 to 1995 under President Itamar Franco and again from 2003 to 2011 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and as Minister of Defence from August 2011 to December 2014 under President Dilma Rousseff...
against believe brazil commit fight fully movement necessary others poverty prepared step
We feel that these should not be tit-for-tat negotiations, this is something everyone should understand. Brazil and others are prepared to make some movement of our own and do everything that is necessary to move forward. This is an important step in the fight against poverty and I believe it is something that we must commit fully to achieving.
account table taking work
What's on the table today, taking into account all aspects, isn't sufficient. There's a lot more work to do.
hands years two
Talks have reached a critical stage and negotiators need to reach a deal on agriculture in the next two weeks if efforts to restart the Doha round by the end of the year are to succeed. Some speak of a deadlock in the talks, .. I prefer to talk of a padlock, and the key is in the hands of the EU.
apology would-be shock
It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies.
full human respect
has to be done with full respect for human rights.
haiti help moment
This is not the right moment to leave. It is the moment to stay, to help Haiti go through this transition.
imply numbers putting table
The numbers that we, as the G-20, will be putting on the table will imply real cuts,
ambition content lowering mean
I think that we may have to be content with a little less, ... But if that happens, it does not mean lowering the ambition of the round.
applied cuts proposal
What you have in our proposal is real cuts in applied levels,