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“Appealing to reason cannot serve as an excuse for not repudiating the irrational act that is terrorism, but it can serve as a warning ....."Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil (1 January 1995 to 1 January 2003)
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Main excerpts from the speech delivered on October 10, at the graduation ceremony of the students of the Rio Branco Institute in Brasília, as published in O Estado de S. Paulo, 10/11/2001.
Moderation –
“Appealing to reason cannot serve as an excuse for not repudiating the irrational act that is terrorism, but it can serve as a warning so that this repudiation does not lead to a negative situation for international order and the maintenance of the values we hold dear here, of pluralism and the polyphonic voices that must be heard. It is with this purpose that I will go for the first time to the United Nations Assembly, to express the feeling of all of us. This opportunity it gives us is to make the international order more immune to irrationalism, intolerance, and exclusion. This implies a reaffirmation of democracy as a universal value, but also that we know how to value the international mechanisms for the protection of human rights.”
Terrorism –
“Given what happened in the United States on September 11, there was a unanimous feeling; the terrorist acts were met with the strongest condemnation. I think they harm everything that is most basic in humanity and everything that shapes our cultural formation, not to mention the constitutional repulsion, since our Constitution rejects terrorism in all its forms and we don't need any international treaty for Brazil to take a stand against something that deeply violates our values. Brazil took an active position among the nations of the hemisphere and we even invoked the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR), because we thought it was necessary to make it very clear that terrorism is not acceptable to us. Whatever one may think of the treaty, it's available and provides a legal framework for us to express our repudiation.”
FHC: Onde eu estava no 11 de setembro
President Bush then met with President Cardoso Nov 8, 2001. President George W. Bush meets with Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in the Oval Office Nov. 8. White House photo by Paul Morse.
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