The chairperson of the Qatar Foundation, Mozah bint Nasser, visited two schools at Rio de Janeiro’s Favela da Rocinha. Her schedule in Brazil includes a trip to the state of Pará.
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Donations can be made by telephone, online, or via bank deposits. Over 3 million children are suffering as a result of conflicts in Syria, and donations only meet 38% of their needs.
Brazil’s Foreign Office has devised a strategy to move 395 Brazilian citizens living in the Arab country to neighbouring countries in case an armed intervention led by the United States takes place.
Italy will supply 60 million euros to the Arab country and Belgium will donate 6 million euros to Palestinian refugees. The World Bank has allotted US$ 72 million to the local government.
Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce directors were welcomed this Tuesday by Brazilian vice-president and suggested trips to Algeria, Morocco and Qatar.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that humanitarian agencies possess only 47% of the funds needed in order to help this population.
To Brazilian industrialists, Roberto Azevêdo, who will assume the post on September 2nd, will work towards an agreement for modernizing customs procedures and eliminating red tape barriers.
Fifty historic items from Oman are being shown in Rio de Janeiro. They are letters, speeches, maps and commercial documents showing the country’s foreign relations in the 16th Century.
The joint consul-general to Beirut will take over the embassy in Sudan. The diplomat formerly assigned to the North African country will take charge of the Brazilian representation in Kuwait.
Representatives of the National Archives Authority of Oman are in Brazil to research documents on the Portuguese presence. Portugal was in the Arab country for almost 150 years.
The government of Brazil does not plan to interrupt its agreements with the Arab country, despite the worsening of the local crisis. The situation, however, is followed with concern.
Influx of refugees began last Thursday. People are fleeing the civil war in Syria, which has lasted over two years now.
A delegation from Oman should visit institutions in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador. Common points in the history of both countries should be studied and ancient documents by Muslim African slaves should be translated.
The FAO director-general José Graziano has signed an agreement with the National Fund for Educational Development to pass Brazil’s experience in the field on to African countries.
