From April 19 to 27, Amman will host the Brazilian Gastronomy Week. Dinners will have typical dishes and meetings with importers. The event will also mark the 100-day countdown to the Summer Olympics.
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Funding from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East will be available this week and will benefit 720 families.
Humanitarian issues affecting Syria, Iraq, Yemen and South Sudan are the ones concerning the World Health Organization the most. The agency needs USD 2.2 billion for health services.
The Ministry of Justice plans to attract people settled in countries that are overwhelmed by the flow of migrants, such as Jordan and Lebanon, for instance.
Ambassador Ibrahim Alzeben awarded, in the name of the Palestinian Authority’s president, Mahmoud Abbas, a medal in appreciation of the support for the Palestinian people and the construction of the new embassy in Brasília.
UN’s secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said this Wednesday (30) that the Syrian refugee crisis demands exponential increase in global solidarity.
UN’s refugee agency will organize an international meeting next Wednesday. The goal is to come up with options for resettlement.
Heads of the three organizations begun a trip to Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia to establish partnerships and funding to support growth and help refugees.
The director of the Defense school and students visited Manaus, Brasília and Rio de Janeiro. The goal is to exchange knowledge with the sector in Brazil.
The 5th Brazilians in the World Conference will take place in Bahia in May, with spokespersons of 30 groups of Brazilian communities abroad. Topics for discussion will come from the migrant’s demands.
Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, former Egyptian Foreign Minister, takes over the post on July 1st, replacing Nabil Al-Arabi.
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) has been elected to chair the United Nations Statistical Commission for a two-year term.
The Brazilian government issued a statement this Tuesday (8th) denouncing the violent acts in the town of Ben Guerdane that claimed at least 16 lives, and reaffirming its confidence in Tunisian democracy .
The Brazilian House of Representatives has approved the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement, designed to cut costs and allow swifter export and import operations.
