Brasília – Brazil was elected today (15th) by the United Nations General Assembly as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The term will last two years – from January 1st, 2010 to December 31st, 2011. In all, 182 ballots were cast by 183 voting countries. This is the tenth time that Brazil is
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The governor of the state, Aécio Neves, met in Abu Dhabi with the Arab country’s Foreign Trade minister, Lubna Al Qasimi, to discuss economic cooperation and investment.
This statement was made in Istanbul by the managing director at the fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. According to him, the countries of the G20 were the ones that made best use of this cooperation.
The 2nd Conference of Brazilian Communities Abroad should bring together, from the 14th to the 16th of October, academics and politicians from countries where Brazilians live. Lebanon is represented.
The Egyptian International Cooperation minister, Fayza Abul Naga, was in Brasília and São Paulo to discuss the theme with government and private sector representatives. Agriculture is the core topic.
The Egyptian International Cooperation minister, Fayza Abul Naga, was in Brasília and São Paulo to discuss the theme with government and private sector representatives. Agriculture is the core topic.
Ministers from the two regions met this week in New York, on the sidelines of the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations.
At the opening of the UN General Assembly, the Brazilian president called for more participation of emerging countries in the IMF and the World Bank, and for the expansion of the UN Security Council.
Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received yesterday, in New York, an award from the Woodrow Wilson Center. The reduction of poverty in the country was one of the reasons for the homage.
Ministers of Foreign Relations from the two blocs are going to meet on the sidelines of the UN’s General Assembly. The aim is to arrive at common stances regarding matters of international interest.
The two decisions, taken by the Foreign Trade Board, were published in the Federal Official Gazette today.
Celso Amorim was in Tunis yesterday. Among the themes discussed were participation of Vale in tenders for exploration of phosphates in the country and the Elloumi factory in Brazil.
Celso Amorim should be in the country for the third time and has meetings with the prime minister, the ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence and with the president of the African Development Bank.
Brasília – Brazil will soon have a list of sanctions against the United States because of the subsidies granted to cotton farmers in the country. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has awarded Brazil the right to impose trade retaliation, acknowledging that the United States is overly protectionist. The Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim,
