Renata Giraldi Reporter Agência Brasil

Brasília – The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, will be in Brasília for two days. This is his third visit to the country.

The top UN official will met with Brazil’s Foreign Minister, Antonio Patriota, and president Dilma Rousseff, along with the leaders in the Brazilian Congress, deputy Marco Maia, and senator Jose Sarney.

Ban Ki-Moon has generously praised Brazil’s international presence but refrained from endorsing a permanent seat on the Security Council, sidestepping the question diplomatically by saying any changes will have to be approved by the council.

He will discuss a long list of topics with Brazilian authorities running from defense of Brazil to UN Security Council reform, touching upon sustainable development, hunger combat peace and security. He also has what might be called a UN agenda: the Millennium Goals and UN projects in Brazil. He will have a meeting with the former senator and presidential candidate, Marina Silva, who is on the UN Millennium Goals committee.

Ban Ki-Moon is campaigning for reelection and has been to Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay. His travels were somewhat upset by the volcanic ash from the Chilean volcano forcing him to travel by bus in Argentina and by boat in Uruguay.

Allen Bennett – translator/editor The News in English
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