text: cultures, regimes andideologies. Gandhi, theMahatma, saidthatthetruemission ofthemanoflawistothrow abridgeacrosstheabyssthatseparates adversaries. TheUnitedNationsisthe law;wearethemenofthelaw. Newwindsareblowing overourcontinent andarebreathing newlifeintoour democratic tradition, asreflected incommitments thatpreceded thecreation ofthe UnitedNations. •SK/4 A/4WP~. 8 (President Sarney) Wetherefore champion theprinciple ofthe~elf-determination Ofpeoples and ofthedutyofnon-intervention, ofthepeaceful settlement ofdisputes andofthe relaxation ofEast-West tension. Werejectthesharpantagonisms ofbloc politics. Weadvocate theprimacyofnegotiation overperilous demonstrations of force. Intruedemocratic spirit, wehavecampaigned formanyyearsonbehalfof disarmament andwehaveshunned asprecarious, violent andirrational theideaofa peacemaintained bytheparityofatomicarsenals. Brazil believ~3 thattherecan benoquibbling overtheseideals, norcananyconcession bemadetotheir suspension, atanylevelorforanyreasonwhatsoever. Itisalsobecauseofourloyaltytothe~iversalist creedofdemocracy that weareanti-racist -profour.dly, viscerally andintransigently anti-racist. Brazilisagreatmelting potofanation..onethatisproudofits identity. Someofthemosthighlycreative expressions ofourculture comefrom racial mixtu~e andfromethniccross-fertilization. Thegreatest, mostsensitive authorwehaveproduced, Machado deAssis,wasamestizo, aswerealso,inthe plasticarts,thegreatbaroque sculptor Aleihadinho, andinmusic,the world-renowned Villa-Lobos. IwishtoremindtheAssembly howmuchBrazil's popularculture owestothegenuisoftheblacksandt~thespiritoftheAmerican Indian. Brazilhasdetermined thatracialdiscrimination isnotonlyillegitimate, but illegal;itisacrimecovered bythepenalcode. Weconsider repulsive the upsurge ofracialconflict dictated byracistintolerance orthepersistence of colonial configurations. Isolemnly reiterate ourtotalcondemnation ofapartheid and~~runreserved support fortheimmediate emancipation ofNamibia underthe aegisoftheUnited Nations~SK/4 A/40YPV~'4"" 9-10: (President Sarney) Wecannot"conceive oftheUnitedNat'lons code.orating" its'age'ofreason without anall-out Offensive againstallthevestiges' ofracisJao~'earth.· Aspresident: ofmycountrY, Ireconfinaed fewweekSago"thebanonexports of, oilanditsby-products andofarmsandammunitiOn and'onlicences andpatents to SouthAfricaandIsuspended allcUlturaliattistic orsportsactivities withthe Government inPretoria. Racismisagainst humanity andagainst thefuture. Racism, adifferent versionofcolooia1iSlll, whichisbothamoral andperverted, mustnotbeSlUirch the. goldenpageofdecolonization. Decolonizlstion willriseabovethehecatombs ofworldconflicts andthe sterile confr~~tations ofthecoldwarasthegreatest contribution ofthe twentieth centllJry tothehistory ofmankind.AW/gmr ."~.A/40/PV••. 11 (President sarney) Thesuccess- ofdeco1onization w~stheresultofthecommoninternational will.AsimUarsearch forconsensus solutions willpavethewaytowards overcoming thefrustration whichwecurrently experience andwhichhasbeencaused bytl)echallenge ofthear!l5raceandtheproliferation oftensions andconflicts. Humanrightshaveafundamental dtmension whichisintimately linkedtothe varypractice ofcoexi'stcnce andpluralism. Theworldthatthecreators ofthe LeagueofNations didnotlivetosee,thestructuring ofwhichwestillawait,is aworldofrespect fortherightsofthehumanperson, suchastheUn,itedNations seekstopromote intheinternational covenants onhumanrights. 'rheUniversal Declaration ofHumanRightsisundoubtedly themol3timportant document signed bymanincontemporary history, anditwasborninthecradleof theUnitedNations. Itiswithprideandconfidence thatIannounce tothisAssembly Brazil's decision toaccedetotheInternational Covenant onCivilandPolitical Rights, the Convention against Tortu.re andOtherCruel, Inhuman orDegrading Treatment or Punishment andtheInternational Covenant onEconomic, SOcialandCultural Rights. Withthesedecisions thepeopleofBraziltakeasteptowards thedemocratic affirmation ofourStateandreiterate tothemselves andtotheentire international community asolemncommitment totheprinciples oftheCharter and thepromotion ofhumandignity. Inthistask,IwishtostresstheprollDtion ofwomen's rights, which h~s gained newimpetus inBrazilthrough thecreation oftheNational Couneil forthe RightsofWOmen,aswellasthedecisive participation ofwomeninthe transformations whichareoccurring inBrazilian society. Thisinturnis
analysis: The text appears to be a speech or statement made by the President of Brazil, addressing the United Nations. It touches on various themes such as democracy, human rights, racism, and decolonization. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the text is focused on international relations and global issues.