Brazil’s Lula says UN has ‘stopped working’ as Gaza faces genocide
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took a swipe Saturday at the United Nations and other multilateral institutions, saying they “stopped working” and failed to protect Gaza’s war victims, AFP reported.
Lula was speaking after meeting Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, ahead of a major regional summit where the Brazilian leader would likely meet US President Donald Trump.
“Who can accept the genocide that has been going on in the Gaza Strip for so long?” Lula told reporters after the bilateral meeting to deepen ties between the two nations.
“The multilateral institutions that were created to try to prevent these things from happening have stopped working. Today, the UN Security Council and the UN no longer function,” Lula said.
On Friday, Lula said he is willing to discuss a wide range of topics with Trump if a meeting takes place.
“There are no forbidden topics,” he told reporters. “We can talk about Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, Venezuela, critical materials, rare earths — anything.”
This comes as the Zionist occupation’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 68,280 Palestinians and wounded 170,375 others since October 2023.
