Lula da Silva ratified that Brazil will continue to denounce measures adopted without the protection of the UN Charter, such as the economic and financial blockade imposed on Cuba and the attempt to classify that country as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Lula da Silva: "We will continue to criticize any attempt to divide the world and create a new cold war."

Lula's mentions of 'Brazil's comeback', reducing deforestation and criticizing the embargo on Cuba were applauded in New York. The President spoke at the UN again after 14 years.

The Brazilian president spoke for 21 minutes to an audience made up of presidents, prime ministers, ministers of state, diplomats, parliamentarians and other members of the countries' delegations.

Lula was also applauded when he took to the pulpit to begin his speech and at the end, when he called for "indignation at hunger, poverty, war, disrespect for human beings". And he advocated working together to overcome inequalities in the world.

In his speech, the Brazilian head of state addressed topics that he has been discussing at other events with leaders of other countries, such as the importance of preserving the environment and fighting inequality.

The president was applauded, for example, when he mentioned reducing deforestation in the Amazon and when he criticized the financial embargo imposed by the US on Cuba for decades.

Lula da Silva: "Our mission is to unite Brazil and rebuild a sovereign, fair, sustainable, supportive, generous and joyful country. Brazil is reuniting with itself, with our region, with the world and with multilateralism. As I never tire of repeating, Brazil is back".

Lula da Silva: "Reducing inequalities within countries requires including the poor in national budgets and making the rich pay taxes in proportion to their wealth. In Brazil, we are committed to implementing all 17 sustainable development goals in an integrated and indivisible way. We want to achieve racial equality in Brazilian society through an eighteenth goal that we will adopt voluntarily."

"Inspired by the Brazilian Bertha Lutz, a pioneer in the defense of gender equality in the UN Charter, we approved the law that makes equal pay for women and men in the same job mandatory."

"We have resumed a robust and renewed Amazon agenda, with actions to monitor and combat environmental crimes. Over the last eight months, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has already been reduced by 48%."

"Amid its rubble, far-right adventurers are emerging who deny politics and sell solutions that are as easy as they are wrong. Many have succumbed to the temptation to replace a failed neoliberalism with a primitive, conservative and authoritarian nationalism."

"It is essential to preserve freedom of the press. A journalist like Julian Assange [convicted of releasing confidential US documents] cannot be punished for informing society in a transparent and legitimate way."

"Brazil will continue to denounce measures taken without the support of the UN Charter, such as the economic and financial embargo imposed on Cuba and the attempt to classify that country as a state sponsor of terrorism."

Lula da Silva also denounced the coup attempts in Guatemala, Israel's invasions of Palestine and the war in Ukraine.