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Alex Heintze

WTO | Brazil - Member information - 1 views

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    Brazil's Profile for WTO
Rachel Murray

Russia to help African Horn countries over drought - Lavrov: Voice of Russia - 0 views

  • Russia will send a 1 million dollar humanitarian aid to Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia to help these African Horn countries overcome the consequences of a severe drought,
  • Commenting on the relations between Russia and Djibouti, Mr. Lavrov said that the two countries see eye to eye on many international issues. (RIAN)
Rachel Murray

www.minzdravsoc.ru/health/36 - Translator - 0 views

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      this is the same thing the other website said word for word but this one is a bit more relaible....
Rachel Murray

News :: HEALTHY RUSSIA FOUNDATION - 0 views

  • 60.2% of men and 21.7% of women smoke in Russia. A total of 43.9 million adults smoke in Russia, which adds up to almost 40% of the population. This is the highest percentage of smokers in any of the 14 countries where the survey was carried out.
  • As a result, 400,000 Russians die every year from smoking-related health problems.
  • Russia ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on 24.04.2008, passing federal law № 51-FZ “On the accession of the Russian Federation to the WHO Convention on Tobacco Control”, thereby becoming the 157th country in the world to take on the responsibility of adhering to this convention.
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  • “In setting and implementing their public health policies with respect to tobacco control, Parties shall act to protect these policies from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry in accordance with national law.”
  • restrictions on the manufacture and wholesale and retail sale of tobacco and tobacco products; banning the sale of tobacco products to and by minors (Article 16);
  • Regions will have the right to establish even stricter regulations on the location and conditions of tobacco sales, as well as the right to determine where smoking will be banned.
Rachel Murray

UNHCR - UNHCR questions closure of camps for internally displaced in Chechnya - 0 views

  • Russian authorities' recent closure of two tent camps for displaced people in Chechnya.
  • found one of the camps dismantled and the other almost empty, with just a few tents remaining
  • assurances from Moscow that Chechens living in neighbouring Ingushetia would not be forced back to their volatile Northern Caucasus homeland. Insisting that returns must be voluntary, the refugee agency specified that those who do not wish to return must have options to allow them to remain in safety. Measures include winterisation of accommodation, ongoing safe haven in Ingushetia, regularisation of their status where they are currently residing and, where opportunities arise, medium-term integration.
Rachel Murray

UNHCR - Russian Federation - 0 views

  • Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) [5] 75,371IDP figure in the Russian Federation includes 22,200 people who are in an IDP-like situation.
  • Returned IDPs [6] 758
  • Russia currently hosts an estimated 5,000 refugees and receives some 2,500 applications for international protection each year.
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  • IDPs Russian Federation 52,800 52,800 43,400 43,400
  • temporary form of protection
  • include people of concern in national social protection schemes, such as health care.
  • strengthened its Federal Migration Service.
  • The health of the population of concern improves or remains stable.
  • Some 1,500 persons are referred for medical services.
  • return in safety and dignity and assisting in sustainable reintegration
  • limited amount of shelter-related assistance.
  • Constraints Lack of access to State-run medical care, social benefits and legal employment for asylum-seekers and refugees remain major impediments to local integration. Xenophobia continues to be a concern, especially in some urban environments. Reception standards for asylum-seekers and refugees are inadequate. UNHCR's ability to fully address statelessness is dependent upon accession by the Government to the Statelessness Conventions.
Vienna Lunking

Bolivia, Brazil Sign Agreement to Fight Drug Trafficking - 0 views

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    SAO PAULO - In a bold effort to find regional solutions to Latin America's drug trafficking problem, Bolivia has signed an "action plan" with its much larger neighbor, Brazil. Commonly known as Operation BraBo, the agreement - inked by Brazilian Justice Minister José Eduardo Cardozo and Bolivian Interior Minister Sacha Llorenti - was signed in late March following an outgrowth of the seventh meeting of the Joint Drugs Committee.
jenniferchoe

Brazil - 1 views

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      Knowing the basics of brazilian government can help us. 
  • Brazil has the largest population in Latin America and ranks fifth in the world
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    hey i got moved to brazil who, sooo since we have the same country, I think if we were in alliance might be beneficial to both of us. what do you say?
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    PROFILEGeography Area: 8,511,965 sq. km. (3,290,000 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than the U.S. Cities: Capital--Brasilia (pop. 2.5 million). Other cities--Sao Paulo (11.2 million), Rio de Janeiro (6.3 million), Belo Horizonte (2.4 million), Salvador (2.7 million), Fortaleza (2.4 million), Curitiba (1.7 million), Recife (1.5 million), Porto Alegre (1.4 million).
jenniferchoe

Drug trafficking - 4 views

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    Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. UNODC is continuously monitoring and researching global illicit drug markets in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their dynamics. Drug trafficking is a key part of this research.
jenniferchoe

Income - Brazil - product, average, growth, annual, power - 0 views

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    The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reports that in 2001 Brazil's gross domestic product (GDP) was estimated at $1.34 trillion. The per capita GDP was estimated at $7,400. The annual growth rate of GDP was estimated at 1.9%. The average inflation rate in 2001 was 7.7%.
jenniferchoe

Brazil's Income Distribution - 0 views

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    Income distribution can tell us many things about a region, country, city, or neighborhood. The income distribution in Brazil is quite large and varies all over the country. Over the last three decades official data has shown that Brazil has one of the most unequal distributions of income in the world.
jenniferchoe

Brazil income inequality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brazil has been tackling problems of income inequality despite high rates of growth. Its GDP (gross domestic product) growth in 2010 was 7.5%[1] yet its GINI coefficient, a measure of its inequality was reported at 0.543 in 2009.[2] In the recent decades, there has been a decline in inequality for the country as a whole (Fig 1).
jenniferchoe

Education - 0 views

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    Lifestyle Introduction| Food| Education| Transportation| Music| Health| Sports| Housing The educational system in Brazil is compulsory for children ages 7 to 14. Brazil has both public and private sectors in education. Public education is free to all Brazilians. Private schooling is not free.
jenniferchoe

Brazil's Rousseff Announces US$ 14 Bi to Build 208 Professional Education Schools by 2014 - 0 views

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    In Brazil, this past weekend, the new National High School Exam (Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio - Enem) was used for the third consecutive year. An old Enem dates from back in the late 1990s and was basically an evaluation of high school.
jenniferchoe

With Over US$ 50 Billion In, Foreign Direct Investment in Brazil Is Already Record for ... - 0 views

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    Between October 17 and 23, with exports of US$ 5.277 billion and imports of US$ 5.581 billion, Brazil had a weekly foreign trade deficit of US$ 304 million, the first weekly deficit since the end of September, when there was a deficit of US$ 584 million.
Adhish Khanna

Russia to stick to its guns on nuclear power | Russia Beyond The Headlines - 0 views

  • Europe may be reassessing its commitment to nuclear power in the wake of the catastrophe at Japan's Fukashima Daiichi power station, but Russia and most of the countries of emerging Europe have reasserted their commitment to using more nuclear energy
  • Most of western Europe's leaders find themselves in a similar position, but Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was quick to affirm that his country will continue to build new power stations. However, following Merkel's decision, he also ordered a comprehensive safety review of Russians nuclear assets
Adhish Khanna

Nuclear power in Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • The Russian energy strategy of 2003 set a policy priority for reduction in natural gas based power supply, aiming to achieve this through a doubling of nuclear power generation by 2020. In 2006 the Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) announced targets for future nuclear power generation; providing 23% of electricity needs by 2020 and 25% by 2030.[1]
  • Russia has made plans to increase the number of reactors in operation from 31 to 59. Old reactors will be maintained and upgraded, including RBMK units similar to the reactors at Chernobyl. China and Russia agreed on further cooperation in the construction of nuclear power stations in October 2005.
  • The Russian government plans to allocate 127 billion rubles ($5.42 billion) to a federal program dedicated to the next generation of nuclear energy technology. About 1 trillion rubles ($42.7 billion) is to be allocated from the federal budget to nuclear power and industry development before 2015.[1]
Adhish Khanna

Chernobyl disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • The accident raised concerns about the safety of the Soviet nuclear power industry, as well as nuclear power in general
Adhish Khanna

Nuclear Power in Russia | Russian Nuclear Energy - 0 views

  • Russia's nuclear plants, with 31 operating reactors totalling 21,743 MWe, comprise: 4 first generation VVER-440/230 or similar pressurised water reactors, 2 second generation VVER-440/213 pressurised water reactors, 9 third generation VVER-1000 pressurised water reactors with a full containment structure, mostly V-320 types, 11 RBMK light water graphite reactors now unique to Russia. The four oldest of these were commissioned in the 1970s at Kursk and Leningrad and are of some concern to the Western world. A further Kursk unit is under construction. 4 small graphite-moderated BWR reactors in eastern Siberia, constructed in the 1970s for cogeneration (EGP-6 models on linked map). One BN-600 fast-breeder reactor.
  • Generally, Russian reactors are licensed for 30 years from first power. Late in 2000, plans were announced for lifetime extensions of twelve first-generation reactors* totalling 5.7 GWe, and the extension period envisaged is now 15 to 25 years, necessitating major investment in refurbishing them. Generally the VVER-440 and RBMK units will get 15-year life extensions and the nine VVER-1000 units 25 years.  To 2010, 15-year extensions had been achieved for Novovoronezh-3 & 4, Kursk-1 & 2, Kola-1 & 2 and Leningrad-1-3.  Bilibino 1-4 have also been given 15-year licence extensions.  (Kola 1 & 2 VVER-440 and the Kursk and Leningrad RBMK units are all models which the EU has paid to shut down early in countries outside Russia.)
  • n 2010, life extensions were announced for Leningrad 4, Smolensk 1, Kola 3 and Beloyarsk 3 (all 15 years), and Novovoronezh 5 (25 years).  Leningrad 4 is undergoing an RUR 17 billion refurbishment, including replacement of generator stator.
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