Internationalization of the Amazon Overview

Free US military access to Colombia, US military bases in the Carribean, bombing Ecuador in 2008, attempt to oust Chavez in 2009 and Correa Setp this year and now the internationalization of the Amazon. Funny enough the Amazon also covers Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia which all have rough relationship with the USA! China wouldn't call this a coincidence, but neither the situation in the Amazon.We have to protect our forrests! But truth is the Amazon is not ours, it's part Brazilian, part Colombian, part Venezuelan, part, Bolivian, part Ecuadorian, part Peruian, part French Guineian, pary Surynamian and part Guyanian! Since its mainly in Brazil, China would like to point out that Brazil has MORE than the enough capability to protect the Amazon, being part of the only 15 Member States that shows signs of development in recent times, being part of G20, part of BRIC aka future, and also being guessed by well-educated critics to be the super-power of the 21st century! BRAZIL IS NOT ONLY CAPABLE OF DOING THE WORK, BUT THE RIGHT CHOICE SINCE IT HOLD HEALTHY DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH ALL COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA. Besides US, you basicly took over Colombia's autonomy, so why don't you help the Colombian part of the Amazon and if it shows signs of imporvement China is sure that the other nations will gladly adopt your possible actions. Of course if the minimun possibility of a failure in Brazil's actions, perhaps, an internationalization could be a request in a very distant resolution, but right now its seems like an attempt of imperialism!

While partially agreeing with the delegate of China, the delegate of Venezuela would like to know: beyond the defense of our sovereignty, what is the solution China proposes for the issue of preservation of the Amazon rainforest?

Brazil is in complete agreement with the Chinese delegate and assures China,Venezuela and any other nation ACTUALLY interested in ecological purposes that it will present the needed solutions for the conservation of the Amazon in the resolution it will submit at the UNSC. As mentioned before, the Brazilian resolution asks for financial and technological help from the international community, but without hurting the sovereignty of any nation; creates stricter laws for illegal activities in the Amazon and sets several steps to put forth the transparency of what's happening in the coordination of the rainforest.

Even funnier than the Chinese post are the delegate's intentions. Why is China only seeking to "protect" Brazil's sovereignty? Although there is no real threat to the government's authority, why was the delegate of China was proposing the internationalization of some other country when the nation itself disagreed with the proposition? Also, the US delegate aimed the internationalization of the ENTIRE rain forest, and not of it parcially... USA pursuit the aid from foreign nations regarding the terriroty that controls great part of the WORLD'S goods and biodiversity, so its only fair that it is opened to the world; and it will still be controled and managed by Brazil (who will have greater authority), in partnership with the PM. We will all benefit from it - Brazil with a richer economy, improving the living conditions of its people, and better managing its goods, and the world from researches and further discoveries within the land. Yes, China, Brazil is a member of BRIC and was even considered to become a PM, together with India, but still staristics are what have proven its inefficiency to manage the land and enter in a developing process of its goods.

Fellow Model United Nations Delegates,

After using my time effectively on reading most of this topics replies, The Delegation of Korea came to understand that most of the delegations does not actually understand and not even searched about the Internationalization of the Amazon.
Its not about other countries control amongst the Brazilian 'God Blessed' land, but about enormous abroad Companies buying a peace of land in order to explore it by Medicine objectives and Wood. Furthermore, the Brazilian Government says they do not support, but its controversial, since it still sells it's land to companies. This selling of Land is seen by many as a way to administrate effectively and preserve the Amazon Fauna and Flora, but unfortunately, NAO TEM FISCALIZACAO ou seja, the Government does not assure its preservation and continues to lose more Fauna and Flora. In conclusion, at least there should be control over the exploration of land and an objective of preservation by all nations involved.

North Korea.

The Delegate of Brazil seems well informed indeed, and has the full support of Pyongyang's Government in N.Korea.

Delegates, this is a very interesting speech given by Cristovam Buarque, Professor and ex-governor of Brasilia, D.F
It was reported Brazilian Daily "O Globo" on the 23rd of October, 2000. As following:

"During a recent discussion, in the United States, someone asked my opinion regarding the internationalization of the Amazon Region. The youngster asserted that he expected a response of a humanist and not of a Brazilian.

This was the first time anyone had established the humanist viewpoint as the starting point for my response. In fact, as a Brazilian I would have responded simply against internationalization of the Amazon Region. Even if our governments have not given the attention that this treasure deserves, it is ours. I responded that, as a humanist, realizing the risk of environmental destruction that threatens the Amazon Region, I could imagine its internationalization, just as for everything else that is important to humanity.

If the Amazon Region, from a humanist΄s point of view, has to be internationalized, then we should internationalize the oil reserves of the entire the world as well. Oil is just as important to the well being of humanity as the Amazon Region for our future. Nevertheless, the owners of oil reserves feel it is in their right to increase or decrease oil production and to raise or lower the price. The rich of the world, feel they have the right to burn this valuable possession of humanity. Similarly, the financial capital of the wealthy nations should be internationalized. If the Amazon Region is a natural reserve for every human being, then it could not be burned down by the decision of a landowner or a country. To burn down the Amazon Region is so tragic, as the unemployment provoked by the arbitrary decisions of world wide speculators. We cannot permit that the world΄s financial reserves serve to burn down entire nations according to the whims of speculacion.

Before the (internationalization of the) Amazon Region, I would like to see the internationalization of all the world΄s great museums. The Lourve cannot belong only to France. Each museum in the world is a guardian for the most beautiful works produced by the human genius. It cannot be permitted that these cultural possessions, as the natural posession of the Amazon Region, can be manipulated or be destroyed according to the whims of an owner or a country. Recently, a Japanese millionaire decided to have a painting of a grand master burried with him in the grave. This painting should have been internationalized.

At the time of the meeting, in which this question came up, the United Nations convened the Forum of the Millennium and the presidents of several countries had difficulties in attending due to barriers (they faced) at the border. Therefore, I contend that New York, as the base of the United Nations, should be internationalized. At least Manhattan should belong to all of humanity. Similarly Paris, Venice, Rome, London, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilia, Recife, every city with its own beauty, its own history should belong to the whole world.

If the United States wants to internationalize the Amazon Region, due to the risk of leaving it in Brazilian hands, then we should internationalize all the nuclear stockpiles of the United States. Particularly since they have already shown that they are capable of using these weapons, causing a destruction thousands of times greater than the sad fires taken place in the Brazilian forests.

During their debates, the current U.S. presidential candidates have defended the idea of internationalizing the world forest reserves in exchange for the debt. We could begin to use this debt to guarantee the right of every child in the world to attend school. We could internationalize the children treating all of them, regardless of their birthplace, as a posession which deserves the care and attention of the entire world. Even more so than the Amazon Region. When the world leaders attend to the world΄s poor children as possessions of Humanity, they will no longer permit that these children work when they should be studying, that they die when they should be living.

As a humanist I accept to defend the internationalization of the world. So long as the world treats me as a Brazilian, I will fight so that our Amazon Region will be ours. Only ours."

Thank you for sharing such a relevant article with us. Mr. Cristovão Buarque proves the point against internationalization so well that, after reading his brilliant text, the only conclusion we are left with is that the imperialist, more powerful countries are trying to take hold of Latin American resources, without any good reason, or with no reason at all. These countries allege that internationalizing will save the ecosystem, while themselves do everything they can for profit, including destorying the forest. I hope each and every delegation here perceives the incongruence of the imperialist arguments to internationalising the Amazon and votes in favor of resolutions that propose solutions for the conservation of our rainforest, because that is the biggest threat facing us right now.

The Pakistani delegate wishes to state again how absurd the idea of Brazil giving up it's land and natural resources to imperialistic countries is, and wishes all countries have reached this conclusion as well. Countries who have depleated their own resources look to Brazil to satisify their never ending thrist, and Brazil is taking a stance against the internationalization of the Amazon rainforest. Pakistan congradulates Brazil on its opinion, its performance, and its efforts on this subject.