The country granted asylum to 2,320 foreigners last year; 1,405 were from Syria. There was a more than threefold increase in number of requests accepted.
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The country will be an ICC member state as of April 1st. The Arab nation is also adhering to conventions and treaties on transnational organized crime, biological diversity and others.
Brazil’s National Supply Company donated 42.900 tons of foodstuffs up until November. Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan and Syria are among the Arab countries that received the goods.
During a meeting with the Brazilian ambassador in Khartoum, the Sudanese minister of Agriculture expressed his desire to enhance agricultural exchange.
The British magazine praises the democratic transition process, elections and new constitution. The nation is described as a “shining exception” in the troubled “Arab Spring”
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is working to raise US$ 100,000 by December 31st. The goal is to ensure shelter to 88,000 people who lost their homes.
The new facility will function as a labour office, customer rights agency, document issuing office and public defender office.
Abdellahi Kebd, the Mauritanian ambassador in Brasília, has travelled to São Paulo to present to local executives the advantages his country can offer, including a free-trade zone.
Abdel Latif Hasan was awarded the title of honorary citizen from the Municipal Chamber of Valinhos, in the state of São Paulo. The session was attended by the ambassador of Palestine, Ibrahim Alzeben.
Part of the money will be used to attend the needs of 1.7 million Syrian refugees. Africans sheltered in Ethiopia and Kenya also benefit from the donation.
The sum meant to finance the UN agency’s programmes in 2015 falls short of what was supplied by donors a year ago.
The country was elected for Unrwa’s Advisory Commission, the body that advises the organization in its main strategic decisions.
This Friday (5th), in a lecture to diplomats, the Arab Chamber’s Foreign Trade vice president, Rubens Hannun, discussed the profile and the potential of Muslim consumers.
So says the UN high commissioner for refugees, António Guterres, who is attending a meeting in Brasília to outline an action plan for protecting people with refugee status.
