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During the Junior 8 Summit, to be held in the sidelines of the G8, in Germany, adolescents from many different countries are going to discuss proposals and solutions to the problems that affect and violate the rights of children and adolescents throughout the world. The Brazilian Fernanda Winter is going to participate, along with youths of other developing countries, such as Algeria, Cameroon, China, Ethiopia and India.
This was one of the conclusions made yesterday by former Arab Brazilian Chamber president Paulo Atallah, during a seminar in Rabat, Morocco. The business more than doubled in four years, but still represent little in the trade of the Arab world. Today Arab and South American ministers in the economic area meet in the capital of Morocco, among them the Brazilian Miguel Jorge.
In the sidelines of a meeting between Arab and South American ministers, to take place this week in Morocco, the former vice president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Paulo Atallah, will give a talk and present proposals for joint activities between South American countries to expand business with the Middle East and North Africa. The delegation from Brazil will be headed by the minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge.
The Arab ambassadors to Brazil are going, starting today, to visit the city of Curitiba, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná. They will meet local leaders, like state governor Roberto Requião and city mayor Carlos Alberto Richa, and also businessmen at the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná. The diplomats will stay in the city until Saturday to expand the relations of their countries with the state.
The information was supplied by Beto Richa, mayor of the capital of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, who, on Thursday, received 11 Arab diplomats who are visiting the city. The ambassadors also met the presidents of the Legislative Assembly and of the Court of Justice. On Friday, they meet businessmen at the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The presidents of the Lower House, Arlindo Chinaglia, and of the Senate, Renan Calheiros, will participate today (07), at 3:00 pm, in the establishment of the Mercosur Parliament, at the National Assembly in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay. The Parliament will have representatives from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, as full members, and
The secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, gave a talk about the economic bloc at the 39th Congress of Arab Chambers of Commerce, in Abu Dhabi. The participants wanted to know more about the legal model of the common market and about privatisations in Brazil, to forward suggestions to their local governments.
Ministries of Social Development in Arab and South American countries are going to create professional groups turned to cooperation between the two regions in the social field. This was one of the decisions made during a meeting of ministers in the area, which ended yesterday in Cairo.
Ministers of countries in both regions are meeting in Cairo, until today, to discuss how to proceed in the social area. The first step, according to the Brazilian minister of Social Development, Patrus Ananias, who is in the Arab country, should be sharing experiences. Ananias should travel to Algeria to learn about the programs in the country for youths, elderly people and people with disabilities. He was invited to go during the meeting.
This was one of the issues tackled yesterday by the Moroccan minister of Economic Affairs, Rachid El Alami, in a meeting with the secretary general at the Itamaraty (Brazilian foreign office), Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães. The minister also had meetings at the ministries of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Social Development, Tourism, and at the Brazilian House of Representatives.
This is one of the subjects under discussion by high-level government officials from Arab and South American countries in Cairo. They are preparing a document that will be presented at a meeting for ministers in the social field, to be held next Wednesday and Thursday at the headquarters of the League of Arab States, in the capital of Egypt. The meeting is a follow-up to the agenda set at the summit of the two regions, held in May 2005 in Brazil.
On Monday the minister of Economic Affairs of the Arab country, Rachid El Alami, will be in Brazilian capital Brasília to win support to the organization of Expo 2012 in Tangiers, and to discuss economic questions and social policies. In May there will be meetings with businessmen and ministers in Rabat, and the country will also receive a trade delegation organized by the Arab Brazilian Chamber. In June, Brazilian president Lula may visit Morocco.
The Brazilian minister for Social Development and Hunger Alleviation, Patrus Ananias, is going to participate on Wednesday and Thursday of this week in a ministerial meeting in the social area in Arab and South American Countries in Cairo. Leaders from both regions are going to present, at the meeting, their social development policies. Ananias is going to discuss the Brazilian income distribution programs.
