Celso Amorim

Program on etalks.tv:

“Brazil and the New International Order”

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Brazil’s Foreign Minister Celso Amorim was born in 1942 in Santos, Brazil. He has served as Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva since 2003, adding to his previous term as Foreign Minister under President Itamar Franco’s government (1993-1994).

He graduated from the Brazilian Diplomatic Academy in 1965. In 1987, he was appointed Secretary for International Affairs in the Ministry of Science and Technology. Two years later, he was made Director-General for Cultural Affairs in the Ministry of External Relations.

While serving as permanent representative of Brazil to the United Nations in New York (1995-1999) and in Geneva (1991-1993, 1999-2001), Mr. Amorim represented Brazil on the Security Council panel on Iraq in 1999. He was named Ambassador to the U.K. in 2001.

(www.international.gc.ca)

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Selected Literature on Amazon:

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“A Different Kind of War: The UN Sanctions Regime in Iraq” by Hans v. Sponeck

Foreword: Celso N. Amorim