According to the Brazilian president, his idea is to found an organ for formulation of policies for funding development. He suggested the institution be named after the economist Celso Furtado, to whom prestige was given today at the 11th Unctad.
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Alexandre Rocha São Paulo – Kofi Annan, secretary general of the United Nations (UN), said this morning (14), at the opening of the 11th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) in São Paulo, Brazil, that developing nations must take advantage of trade opportunities presented among themselves. "The new round of multilateral talks that
São Paulo mayor Marta Suplicy participated in the opening ceremony for the UN conference. Governor Geraldo Alckmin said the city and state of São Paulo are fertile soil for the debate of ideas.
Geovana Pagel São Paulo – Negotiations referring to the free trade accord between the Mercosur and the European Union did not finish on Sunday (13), as had been hoped, because the blocs did not manage to reach an accord. Foreign relations minister Celso Amorim stated that talks about the matter will be maintained for another
Ministers from the group met yesterday in São Paulo. Today, representatives from Brazil and India, two members of the entity, will meet with authorities from the United States, Australia and the European Union. “We will try to guarantee a good spectacle,” joked Celso Amorim, Brazilian chancellor, who believes in advancements in negotiations regarding agricultural protectionism.
Alexandre Rocha São Paulo – The 11th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) has not even officially started, but, up to yesterday (11), 180 heads of delegations had already registered presence at the preparatory events taking place at the Anhembi Convention Centre, in the city of São Paulo. Apart from that, around 2,500
Leaders of the Civil Society Forum, a debate space for non-governmental organizations, taking place parallel to Unctad, want the entity to forward world agreements on the commercialisation of commodities, halting the fall of prices paid to rural producers. The issue was raised in the presence of Unctad’s secretary general, who participated in the forum on Friday (11) afternoon.
Today and tomorrow, G-20 and G-5 (Brazil, India, Australia, USA and EU) meetings will be held to discuss agricultural subsidies. Chancellor Celso Amorim believes these meetings may unblock World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. Representatives from the Mercosur (the Common Market of the South, a customs union between Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay) and the European Union will also meet to discuss the agreement between the blocks. Yesterday, the G-77 meeting started and a new roun
According to information from the Ministry of Agriculture, the meeting between representatives from Brazil, India, USA, Australia, and the European Union could serve to "unblock" some subjects that are jamming the negotiation agenda on the matter in the WTO scope.
The Conference, to begin on June 13 in Brazilian financial capital São Paulo, may be an opportunity for closer relations between importers and exporters in both regions. The part played by the Unctad as an organization for the defence of the interests of developing countries will also be discussed. NGOs and scholars state that the USA and Europe are trying to weaken the organization.
The meeting of the group that is made up of developing countries is going to precede the 11th Unctad. A new roundtable of negotiations within the Global System of Trade Preferences Among Developing Countries (GSTP) should be started.
This is the opinion of São Paulo state governor Geraldo Alckmin who met Unctad secretary general Rubens Ricupero yesterday (02). The event will take place between June 13 and 18, and will focus mainly on showing products and the competitiveness of developing countries.
