Governor of Belem do Para stresses that the Summit reaffirms Amazonian identity
The governor of the State of Para, Helder Barbalho, welcomes the participants of the Amazon Summit. He reaffirms that the state of the Amazon is a concern for all. teleSUR
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00:00 President of the Brazilian Republic, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, heads of state and
00:23 government, ministers, heads of states, governors.
00:47 Dear Mayor of the territory of the land, mayors and members and representatives of the region
01:04 in Brazil, staff of the friends and ladies and gentlemen.
01:15 It's an honor and a privilege to talk in this Memorial Day for our territory and the
01:27 region, to be able to speak in this summit that hopes for the preservation and the well-being
01:43 of the rainforest, in order to solve the main problems and frustration this region is facing
01:52 right now.
01:57 We're gathered here today by the initiative of the President Luiz Lula da Silva to address
02:05 environmental, economical problems.
02:12 We're gathered here today to reaffirm our conviction of saving and preserving the Amazon.
02:28 The Amazon represents language, culture, and nature.
02:38 And mostly, the most important thing is that it represents the people.
02:47 We embrace the Brazilian president and all the head of ministers that are gathered here
02:59 today.
03:03 This embracement represents not only the love that we share between the whole nation, it
03:10 represents as well the need that we have in solving the main problems of this region and
03:19 to preserve the patrimony of this region.
03:30 With the intention of preserving the region as a common territory, seeing it as a house
03:36 in which we all live in, a house in which all the ones present here share the same thoughts,
03:50 the same convictions, with the main goal of preserving, based on the values of men and
04:11 women in the region, defending the main reasons why we are defending these values.
04:30 We don't need to transform in order to produce.
04:41 We need to analyze past events in order to be able to solve the current problems and
04:49 be able to develop our current situation.
05:11 We need to be able to solve the current problems and be able to develop our future.
05:38 President Lula da Silva has scheduled the meeting today in the order in which every
05:57 head of state is going to talk, the main topic each person is going to address, and the time
06:02 each one will be talking.
06:24 We need to avoid exploitation of mainly the working class.
06:30 We need to avoid this through education.
06:42 We need the help of both private sectors and public sectors.
06:55 We need scientists and academics that are able to create a new path in order to solve
07:05 the problems that we're facing right now.
07:11 We need new strategies in order to develop and educate our people.
07:23 In the FARA state, we're setting the conditions for developing our current strategies.
07:34 But most of all, we are reaffirming our Amazonian identity.
07:40 We pretend to resume our dialogue with the rest of the world and also reinforce the dialogue
07:50 between Latin American nations, especially the ones who are participating in this summit.
08:03 We need to set the path for being able to build a more just and equal society, leaving
08:14 behind all the pain and prejudices that we have been suffering through the past years.
08:19 Thank you.
08:20 (Applause.)
08:20 [ Silence ]