Editing Brasília (section)

== Government ==
{{See also|Constitution of Brazil}}
[[File:Palácio_do_Buriti_é_iluminado_para_a_campanha_Maio_Amarelo_(33573314774).jpg|thumb|left|Palácio Buriti, [[seat of government]] of the Federal District]]
Brasília does not have a mayor or councillors, because article 32 of the [[Constitution of Brazil]] expressly prohibits the [[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]] being divided into [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipalities]].

The Federal District is a [[Juridical person|legal entity of internal public law]], which is part of the political-administrative structure of Brazil of a ''[[sui generis]]'' nature, because it is neither a [[Federated state|state]] nor a [[Municipalities of Brazil|municipality]], but rather a special entity that incorporates the legislative powers reserved to the states and municipalities, as provided in Article 32, § 1º of the Constitution, which gives it a hybrid nature, both state and municipal.<ref name="Constituição">{{cite web |language=pt |url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Constituicao/ConstituicaoCompilado.htm |title=Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988 - Título III, Capítulo V: Do Distrito Federal e dos Territórios |publisher=Governo do Brasil |date=1988 |access-date=4 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505161928/http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/constituicao/ConstituicaoCompilado.htm |archive-date=5 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The executive power of the Federal District was represented by the mayor of the Federal District until 1969, when the position was transformed into governor of the Federal District.<ref>{{cite book |language=pt |url=http://www.infobrasilia.com.br/bsb_h1p.htm#prefeitos |title= A História de Brasília |contribution= Prefeitos |publisher= Info Brasília |access-date= 17 April 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100412115640/http://www.infobrasilia.com.br/bsb_h1p.htm#prefeitos |archive-date= 12 April 2010 |url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |language=pt |url=http://noticias.terra.com.br/educacao/voce-sabia/por-que-brasilia-nao-tem-prefeito,7318859fd53ea310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html |title=Por que Brasília não tem prefeito? |publisher=Portal Terra |date=25 August 2010 |access-date=4 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303003809/http://noticias.terra.com.br/educacao/voce-sabia/por-que-brasilia-nao-tem-prefeito,7318859fd53ea310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html |archive-date=3 March 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The legislative power of the Federal District is represented by the [[Legislative Chamber of the Federal District]], whose nomenclature includes a mixture of [[legislative assembly]] (legislative power of the other units of the federation) and of [[municipal chamber]] (legislative of the municipalities). The Legislative Chamber is made up of 24 district deputies.<ref>{{cite web |language=pt |url=http://www.cl.df.gov.br/sobre-a-cldf |title=Sobre a Câmara Legislativa |publisher=Câmara Legislativa do Distrito Federal |access-date=4 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090920/http://www.cl.df.gov.br/sobre-a-cldf |archive-date=27 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Câmara Legislativa do Distrito Federal 2012.jpg|thumb|[[Legislative Chamber of the Federal District]] building]]

The judicial power which serves the Federal District also serves federal territories as it is constituted, but Brazil does not have any territories. Therefore, the [[Court of Justice of the Federal District and of the Territories]] only serves the Federal District.

Part of the budget of the Federal District Government comes from the Constitutional Fund of the Federal District. In 2012, the fund totaled 9.6&nbsp;billion reais.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br/PortalComprasDiretasOEUnidadeGestora.asp?Ano=2012&Valor=&CodigoOS=25000&NomeOS=MINISTERIO%20DA%20FAZENDA&ValorOS=26473976606247&CodigoOrgao=73901&NomeOrgao=FUNDO%20CONSTITUCIONAL%20DO%20DISTRITO%20FEDERAL-FCDF&ValorOrgao=962927173616 |title=Portal da Transparência - Fundo Constitucional do Distrito Federal |access-date=26 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221143621/http://www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br/PortalComprasDiretasOEUnidadeGestora.asp?Ano=2012&Valor=&CodigoOS=25000&NomeOS=MINISTERIO%20DA%20FAZENDA&ValorOS=26473976606247&CodigoOrgao=73901&NomeOrgao=FUNDO%20CONSTITUCIONAL%20DO%20DISTRITO%20FEDERAL-FCDF&ValorOrgao=962927173616 |archive-date=21 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> By 2015, the forecast is 12.4&nbsp;billion reais, of which more than half (6.4&nbsp;billion) is spent on public security spending.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seplan.df.gov.br/noticias/item/2511-c%C3%A2mara-legislativa-aprova-or%C3%A7amento-para-2015.html |title=Ao todo, o GDF poderá contar com um orçamento de R$ 37,2 bilhões para o próximo ano |access-date=26 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221151436/http://www.seplan.df.gov.br/noticias/item/2511-c%C3%A2mara-legislativa-aprova-or%C3%A7amento-para-2015.html |archive-date=21 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== International relations ===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Brazil}}

;Twin towns and sister cities
Brasília is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref name=BT>{{cite web|url=http://www.internacional.df.gov.br/noticias/item/2055-bras%C3%ADlia-global-partners.html |title=Brasilia Global Partners |publisher=Internacional.df.gov.br |access-date=25 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228224414/http://www.internacional.df.gov.br/noticias/item/2055-bras%C3%ADlia-global-partners.html |archive-date=28 February 2014}}</ref>

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*{{flagdeco|NGA}} '''[[Abuja]]''', Nigeria<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|PAR}} '''[[Asunción]]''', Paraguay<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|BEL}} '''[[Brussels]]''', Belgium<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|ARG}} '''[[Buenos Aires]]''', Argentina<small> ''(since 2002)''</small><ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|PLE}} '''[[Gaza City]]''', [[Palestine]]<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|CUB}} '''[[Havana]]''', Cuba<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|SDN}} '''[[Khartoum]]''', Sudan<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|POR}} '''[[Lisbon]]''', Portugal<ref name="Lisbon twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.anmp.pt/anmp/pro/mun1/gem101l0.php?cod_ent=M1100|title=Lisboa - Geminações de Cidades e Vilas|access-date=23 August 2013|work=Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses [National Association of Portuguese Municipalities]|language=pt|trans-title=Lisbon - Twinning of Cities and Towns|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201175323/http://www.anmp.pt/anmp/pro/mun1/gem101l0.php?cod_ent=M1100|archive-date=1 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|EGY}} '''[[Luxor]]''', Egypt<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|URU}} '''[[Montevideo]]''', Uruguay<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|RSA}} '''[[Pretoria]]''', South Africa<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|CHI}} '''[[Santiago]]''', Chile<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|IRN}} '''[[Tehran]]''', Iran<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|AUT}} '''[[Vienna]]''', Austria<ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|US}} '''[[Washington, D.C.]]''', United States<small> ''(since 2013)''</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dcist.com/2013/03/dc_welcome_your_newest_sister_city.php |title=D.C., Welcome Your Newest Sister City: Brasília |author=Martin Austermuhle |publisher=Dcist.com |date=15 March 2012 |access-date=18 March 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318030255/http://dcist.com/2013/03/dc_welcome_your_newest_sister_city.php |archive-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|PRC}} '''[[Xi'an]]''', China<small> ''(since 1997)''</small><ref name=BT/>
*{{flagdeco|MEX}} '''[[Guadalajara]]''', Mexico.
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Of these, [[Abuja]] and [[Washington, D.C.]] were also cities specifically planned as the seat of government of their respective countries.

;Brasília Declarations
Brasília is associated with several significant declarations in the international political and social field, including:
*The Brasília Declaration of the [[IBSA Dialogue Forum]] (2003), signed by the [[foreign minister]]s of [[India]], Brazil and [[South Africa]] (IBSA) regarding representation at the [[United Nations Security Council]]
*Brasília Declaration on the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in the Americas (2010)<ref>[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-legal-materials/article/abs/brasilia-declaration-on-the-protection-of-refugees-and-stateless-persons-in-the-americas/7B5C8DD0A45C9C87451B76538D6D4756# The Brasilia Declaration on the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in the Americas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930162557/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-legal-materials/article/abs/brasilia-declaration-on-the-protection-of-refugees-and-stateless-persons-in-the-americas/7B5C8DD0A45C9C87451B76538D6D4756 |date=30 September 2022 }}, published 11 December 2010, accessed 4 October 2022</ref>
*Brasília Declaration on [[Child Labour]] (2013), issued by the Third Global Conference on Child Labour – hosted in Brasília by the Brazilian Government<ref>ILO. [https://www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/BrasiliaConference/lang--en/index.htm III Global Conference on Child Labour - Brasilia, 8-10 October 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001030029/https://www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/BrasiliaConference/lang--en/index.htm |date=1 October 2022 }}, accessed 29 September 2022</ref>
*Brasília Declaration of Judges on Water Justice (2018), adopted in 2018 during the Conference of Judges and Prosecutors on Water Justice at the 8th World Water Forum, described as "a landmark in [the] development of water justice jurisprudence"<ref>Naik, G. D., [https://www.iucn.org/news/world-commission-environmental-law/202006/procedural-water-justice-and-brasilia-declaration-right-information-participation-and-access-justice Procedural Water Justice and the Brasília Declaration - Right to Information, Participation, and Access to Justice] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930155314/https://www.iucn.org/news/world-commission-environmental-law/202006/procedural-water-justice-and-brasilia-declaration-right-information-participation-and-access-justice |date=30 September 2022 }}, [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]], published 26 June 2020, accessed 29 September 2022</ref>
*The 15th Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, meeting in Brasília in 2022, issued a Declaration condemning Russia's [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>Caldero, R., [https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/without-brazils-support-american-defense-ministers-reject-ukraines-war/ Without Brazil’s support, American defense ministers reject Ukraine’s war] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004093602/https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/without-brazils-support-american-defense-ministers-reject-ukraines-war/ |date=4 October 2022 }}, ''[[The Rio Times]]'', published 29 July 2022, accessed 4 October 2020</ref>