17th December 2013 Brasilia, Brazil
The following is a guest post by Dr. Michael Dixon. When I first visited Brazil over two years ago as part of a UKTI Creative Industries Trade Mission, I was struck by the breadth of opportunities for the Natural History Museum. So I recently visited the country again and met with government ministries, research funders, […]
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10th December 2013 Brasilia, Brazil
The following is a guest blog by Louise de Sousa, Head of the Foreign Office’s Human Rights and Democracy Department. I’m looking forward to arriving in Brazil tomorrow, the day after International Human Rights Day, for my first visit to discuss human rights issues since I left the Embassy after three happy years in 1997. […]
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9th December 2013 Brasilia, Brazil
When I first heard of the British Government campaign to fight sexual violence in areas of conflict – Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, I had no idea how big the problem was. The initiative showed me that approximately 50 thousand women were sexually assaulted in the Bosnian war in the 1990s. Same period when between 300 […]
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4th December 2013 Brasilia, Brazil
Last Friday (29), I had the opportunity to return to Rio de Janeiro, where I lived for almost 8 years, to participate in the X International Security Conference of the Fort of Copacabana, an initiative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation-KAS and the Brazilian Center for International Relations-CEBRI, supported by the Delegation of the European […]
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1st December 2013 Brasilia, Brazil
One of the things we can be proud of our countries, Brazil and UK, is the quantity and quality of data available regarding HIV/AIDS. In both cases, there are timely statistics and impressive analysis. This is a very good thing – good and reliable data have led us to well targeted and effective policy. I am Brazilian and […]
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29th November 2013 Brasilia, Brazil
You normally read about Haiti and you automatically feel sorry for its people; natural disasters, poverty, racial discord and political instability have plagued the small country throughout its history. After the riot that took place in 2000, the country received aid from different countries and, when UN established MINUSTAH (UN Stability Mission in Haiti), Port […]
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25th November 2013 Brasilia, Brazil
Maria da Penha was shot in the back while she slept. Not by a stranger, but by her husband. She survived, but the attack left her paraplegic and consigned to a wheelchair. The second attack happened on her return from hospital, when her husband tried to electrocute her in the shower. She survived that too. […]
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22nd November 2013 Brasilia, Brazil
This week Ministers and other authorities joined the nineteenth Conference of the Parties (COP-19) here in Warsaw. During the High-Level Segment, opened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban-Ki Moon, Ministers and representatives from member countries made their statements which set out their expectations for Warsaw, Lima and Paris. In his speech, the Secretary […]
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19th November 2013 Brasilia, Brazil
The nineteenth Conference of the Parties has just seen its first week in Warsaw, Poland. Since Monday (11), representatives from 195 member states, as well as civil society, business, academia, media, and the UN secretariat have been submerged in the complex web of the UN climate change negotiations. Warsaw is an important stepping stone on the road […]
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16th November 2013
“First, you have to learn the language. Language is the key to a people’s culture, and culture is a key to people’s hearts. If you force them to speak your language, you will never win their sympathy” UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello. It is fair to say that the British don’t have the best […]