Dilma says she is proud to be first woman to open the United Nations General Assembly

“I am very proud to be the first woman, a Brazilian woman, to open
the United Nations General Assembly,” declared president Dilma Rousseff
on her regular Monday morning radio program, Breakfast with the President, that was pre-recorded this week before she went to New York.

Dilma said her speech would touch on important issues that Brazil has a
lot to tell the world about in the areas of transparent governance,
combating chronic disease and dealing with economic crises.