Lula questions the role of international organizations in conflicts

Lula government

They are bankrupt,” said the president at a press conference in France.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva evaluated, in a press conference this Saturday (24th), in Paris, that the model of the Summit on the New Global Financing Pact, as well as other world organizations, needs revision. “Institutions are bankrupt, he stated. Brazil participated in the closing of the meeting, on Friday (23), in the French capital. The Brazilian completed a schedule in Italy and France this week and returns to Brazil today.

“Institutions, which were created after the Second World War, no longer represent what they were created for. The World Bank no longer represents, the IMF [Fundo Monetário Internacional] no longer represents and the UN itself [Organização das Nações Unidas] no longer represents. The UN, when it was created, had the strength to create the state of Israel, today it does not have the strength to maintain the demarcation of land for the Palestinians”, he pointed out.

Lula also regretted that wars are thought out and determined by members of the UN Permanent Council.

“When the United States invaded Iraq, they did not consult anyone, when Sarkozy [ex-presidente da França] and Britain invaded Libya, they didn’t consult anyone, and when Putin invaded Ukraine, he was a member too, and he didn’t consult anyone. So it means that the institutions are bankrupt. The world of 2023 needs other institutions that are stronger, more representative and with greater participation,” he said.

ukraine war

As for the criticisms of the French newspaper Liberation Regarding Lula’s position in relation to the war in Ukraine, he stated that the distance from the place of war leads him to have another vision.

“I will not lead Macron to think like me because he is close to the battlefield and I have an Atlantic Ocean difference. I don’t get upset when a European thinks differently than I do. It is very normal that they are much more nervous because they are experiencing the war, seeing the consequences and worrying about what will happen.”

he pondered.

The president also said that he hopes for the end of the war and peace.

“My thinking is simple, I’m against war, I want peace, we condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to foment war. It turns out that peace will only happen when the two combatants reach a conclusion, so I will wait for that moment when the countries will need interlocutors with a lot of responsibility to try to negotiate, and Brazil is participating”

he added.

Lula highlighted that the special advisor for international affairs Celso Amorim is in Copenhagen “He is in a meeting of several countries to try to establish discussions about peace. This has been my thought for over a year now, I am for peace and not for war.”.

He declined to comment on reports of the announcement of an armed rebellion carried out by a Russian mercenary against Putin’s army.

“I don’t know the size of the rebellion, I can’t comment on something I haven’t read, that I don’t know. It would be rash of me to make a value judgment on the matter. I intend not to talk about such a sensitive thing without having the necessary information”

he declared.

Haiti situation

President Lula also commented on his concern with Haiti, a Caribbean country located in Central America. “Haiti is a problem for all of us and we should have an attitude of, at the very least, helping the country to get out of the situation it is in”. He was keen to point out that Brazil spent 13 years providing humanitarian aid in the country. “In partnership with Cuba, we built a large Emergency Care Unit in Haiti”.

In France, the president had an audience with the Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry.

“We had a good meeting. It’s that meeting where you feel embarrassed because the world should have a concern for Haiti. The world should take a little more responsibility.”

he declared.

Lula said that he took the agenda to the French president.

“I spoke with President Macron about the need for someone to push an agenda and put Haiti at the center of the discussion, I intend to take this discussion to the G20, because Haiti cannot remain on its own, that is, this country pays the price of being the first country to gain independence, pays the price of being the first country where blacks are freed and Haiti cannot walk”

lamented.

The country is experiencing a serious political and electoral crisis, in addition to gang violence and serious diseases such as cholera.

*With information from Agência Brasil

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