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Governments and leaders offer support to the creation of a new political regime in Libya, after the death of Muammar Gaddafi. They call for overcoming differences and creating national unity.
World leaders reacted to Gaddafi’s death by sending messages of support to a democratic process in the Arab country, which has endured eight months of conflict.
The statement is by the minister of Foreign Relations, Antonio Patriota, who is accompanying president Dilma Rousseff in her trip to Africa.
A social project promoted through a partnership between the UN and company Emdoc should help refugees settled in Brazil to find work in their fields.
During the summit of the Ibsa, which comprises India, Brazil and South Africa, in Pretoria, the Brazilian president condemned repression in Syria and the armed intervention in Libya.
Delegations met in Ramallah, West Bank, and set a goal of signing a free trade agreement by the South American bloc’s upcoming summit, due late this year in Montevideo.
The Brazilian minister of Tourism, Gastão Vieira, claimed that the matter is under study. The first to benefit will be North Americans, Canadians and Mexicans.
New undersecretary-general for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, will take his first trip on the job to Sudan, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. To him, the African Union is an ‘indispensable partner.’
Foreign minister Antonio Patriota has announced a series of measures to strengthen trade promotion at the ministry. Among them are participation in fairs abroad and training diplomats in the area.
Free trade agreement between the Mercosur and Palestine should be signed by the end of next year, says Carlos Ceglia, director of the Foreign Ministry’s Middle East Department.
The General Assembly of the United Nations’ agency will be held from October 8 to 14 in Gyeongju, South Korea.
Journalist Tawakkul Karman is sharing the Nobel peace prize with two Africans, Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and activist Leymah Gbowee. The decision was announced on Friday morning.
Frigate União sailed on Wednesday with a crew of around 300. The men and vessel should become part of the United Nations peace mission to the Arab country.
