Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazil has been selected to host the 32nd Session of the UN Permanent Commission on Nutrition in March of next year. Portuguese and Spanish speaking nations will draw up a map of malnutrion around the world for the event. According to Gastão Wagner, the executive secretary of the Ministry of Health,
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Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, in congressional testimony, declared that the Geneva meeting revolutionized the World Trade Organization and strengthened the position of Brazil and other members of the G-20. The meeting took place earlier this month. "The G-20 played a fundamental role in reaching the agreement. And that
From the Newsroom São Paulo – A trade mission from Rio de Janeiro is going to visit Australia between August 11 and 24 to participate in Ethanol – the Brazilian Experience, a seminar in which the Brazilians are going to tell their experience in the production of fuel alcohol. The mission will be headed by
From the Newsroom São Paulo – The European Union (EU) and the Mercosur, the customs union between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, started a new round of negotiations for an accord between both blocs. The last meeting, in Brussels, scheduled for July 19 to 23, was interrupted by Brazilian negotiators two days before the end.
This position was shown, at a technical level, during a meeting that took place in Argentina at the beginning of the July. There is still no consensus, however, between the four members of the South American bloc with regard to the enquiry made by the countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with regard to a treaty with the region. The matter should be discussed in a meeting to take place in Brazilian capital Brasília on August 18 and 19.
Agência Brasil Libreville (Gabon) – The presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Gabon, Omar Bongo, have signed four cooperation agreements in the areas of health, agriculture and foreign relations. In health, Brazil has offered technical cooperation in improving diagnostic quality in dealing with malaria, a disease that is endemic in both Brazil
Raúl Cano Ricciardi, Foreign Trade director of the Paraguayan Foreign Relations Ministry, stated that his country is interested in increasing trade with the Arab nations. He believes that free trade accords, like the one being discussed with Egypt, are a good way of providing incentives to the trade flow and generating contact between businessmen.
The Brazilian government has already authorized the donation of US$ 10,000 for two forestry and landscaping programs organized by the United Nations (UN), with the objective of revitalizing the region and promoting local development. After withdrawal of Israeli troops in 2000, a plan for removal of land mines, largely funded by the United Arab Emirates, was put in place.
Agência Brasil Brasília – This Sunday Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva embarks on his third trip to Africa. He will spend five days there, visiting São Tomé and Principe, Gabon and Cabo Verde. São Tomé and Principe, and Cabo Verde are Portuguese-speaking nations that already have strong ties with Brazil. Gabon, once a
