National Defense Council (Brazil)
Recent elections The National Defense Council (CDN) (Portuguese: Conselho de Defesa Nacional) is a consultative body of the President of Brazil on matters of national security, foreign policy, and defence strategy.[8] The National Defense Council is responsible for advising the President in the event of declaring war or establishing peace, in decreeing state of defense, state of siege or federal intervention; and proposing the criteria and conditions for use of the areas essential to the security of national territory and opine on their effective use, especially in the border and matters related to the preservation and exploitation of natural resources of any kind; as well as studying, proposing and monitoring the development of measures required to guarantee national independence and defense of democratic State.[9] The Council draws up crucial documents defining conceptual approaches to national security.The Chairman defines the agenda and order of the day based on recommendations by the Executive Secretary of the Council.The National Defense Council is headed by the President of Brazil and composed of the following members:[3]