Republic of Portugal
Ambassador José Filipe Moraes Cabral
Portugal has been a member of the UN since December 14, 1955. Its two-year term as an elected member of the UN Security Council expires on December 31, 2012. José Filipe Moraes Cabral has served as Portugal’s Permanent Representative to the UN since December 2008. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Cabral’s statement during UN Security Council debate on UN Resolution 1973 and the Situation in Libya on March 17, 2011. Since the outset of the Libyan popular uprising, Portugal has consistently condemned the indiscriminate violence against civilians and the gross and systematic violation of human rights and of humanitarian…
