UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan held a telephone conversation with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday afternoon, asking him to support the UN reform.

According to the Brazilian government, Lula confirmed his personal commitment to the reform of the UN Security Council and the United Nations in general.

Nine days ago, the secretary-general proposed a series of changes to the United Nations. In a report presented before the General Assembly, Annan proposes the Security Council be enlarged and clear rules for the use of military force be defined.

The present Brazilian government has reinforced the policy to obtain a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, which is an old aspiration of the Brazilian diplomacy. Brazil also sees the need to reform the organization in the face of the changes in the world in the past decades.

During the telephone conversation, the secretary-general said he mentioned in his last week's report the assistance provided by Brazil to poor countries and the anti-poverty programs of the Brazilian government.