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Agência Brasil New York – Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, speaking to the press at the UN General Assembly yesterday, declared that he considers African support key to getting Security Council reform approval, which would put six more permanent members on the council: one from the Americas, two from Africa, two from Asia and

The group of Arab diplomats that is travelling to the state of Santa Catarina invited local businessmen to learn a little more about the Arab market. The ambassadors participated in a seminar, in which the business potential of both regions was discussed. They also visited the factory of tile maker Portobello and the shoe hub of São João Batista.

In a meeting at the headquarters of the Arab League, the ministers approved resolution on strengthening relations with the South American countries. Before the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, which starts tomorrow in New York, representatives of the two regions will meet to discuss joint positions on many themes.

A group of eight representatives from the National Assembly of Kuwait will be arriving in Brazilian capital Brasília tomorrow. With the objective of improving the dialogue between the parliament members of both countries, they are going to meet with presidents of the Senate, Renan Calheiros, and of the Lower House, Severino Cavalcanti.

Agência Brasil Brasília – The highway linking Brazil to the Pacific Ocean through Peru, which the presidents of Brazil, Peru and Bolivia are laying the cornerstone for today (08), is one of the priorities in the South American Regional Infrastructure Integration Initiative (IIRSA) which was created in 2000. Also part of the IIRSA is the

From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The former director of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Supachai Panitchpakdi took office yesterday (01) as the secretary general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad). In his place at the WTO, is now the former commissioner of trade of the European Union (EU), Pascal Lamy.

Agência Brasil Brasília – The National Supply Company (Conab) has received accreditation from the UN World Food Program. It is the first Brazilian organization to do so, and as such will supply goods from family farms, such as wheat, rice, corn, cassava flour, sugar and beans, to be distributed in poor countries. The UN World