The government of Brazil is establishing sustainable development targets in the final text of the UN conference, to take place in June, as was the case with the Millennium Development Goals.
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The country disbursed US$ 2.4 million for a FAO project in the same line as the Brazilian Food Acquisition Programme. The UN should buy produce from farmers and donate it to schools and the poor.
UN conference should be in April, in Doha. The crisis should set the tone. Hamad Al Kawari, head of the organising committee said that it is time to ‘exercise political will and leadership’.
A study disclosed by the Ipea shows that over 75% of the country’s donations went to multilateral organisations. The remainder was turned to technical and humanitarian cooperation.
Lower House president Marco Maia should participate in a meeting among speakers of the group. Themes included are dialogue of cultures, energy and sustainable development and the financial crisis.
The governments of both countries signed a document to serve as the basis for technical cooperation. There are already projects under study in agriculture and agricultural schooling.
The meeting is scheduled for the end of next month in Cairo and should include high-level diplomats of Arab and South American nations. The summit should take place in September, in Peru.
The United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees needs US$ 145 million to help the Sudanese who live in Ethiopia and Southern Sudan.
United Nations Children’s Fund requests donations to 50 million children in 25 countries undergoing humanitarian crises. The strongest demand is from Africa.
The UN secretary general is travelling to Jordan, Palestine and Israel to ‘encourage’ talks between Israelis and Palestinians.
According to the UN, the bulk of the funds will go into promoting food security, creating jobs, providing water and shelter for roughly five million people.
A survey conducted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees indicates that 103,000 Africans arrived at the Middle East by sea in 2011.
Ban Ki-moon is visiting the Middle East to propose investment in clean energy development and attend a meeting on reforms in the Arab countries.
Employees of the Ministry of Education, Social Development and Social Security are going to present to the Arabs social projects that were successful in Brazil and may be adopted in other countries.
