Brazil has pushed back against a complaint by the UN's climate chief over a security breach at the COP30 summit in Belem, saying responsibility for safeguarding the venue's interior lies with the world body itself.

Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, criticized the host nation's security personnel for "failing to act" on Tuesday night when dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way inside, according to a letter reported by Bloomberg News.

His letter, addressed to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's chief of staff and to Andre Correa do Lago, the diplomat presiding over the summit, accused the hosts of a "serious breach of the established security framework.

"It flagged vulnerabilities -- from unsecured doors to the lack o

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