Ana Paula Marra and Nelson Motta
Reporters Agência Brasil

Brasília – The Ministry of Foreign Relations has announced that Brazil will pay off its UN debt of US$135 million. That will bring the country's annual dues up to date (they are three years in arrears), and pay for peace operations and criminal courts in the former Yugoslavia and in Ruanda. According to the ministry, with the payment Brazil will not be in arrears with any UN payments for the first time in over ten years.

Translation: Allen Bennett