Calendar of Events – May 2011

1/MAY - Vatican. Vice-President Michel Temer to take part in the beatification ceremony of Pope John Paul II. (Source: DE-I)

2/MAY - Rome. Political Consultations between the Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs I and her Italian counterpart, Vincenzo Scotti. (Source: DE-I)

2 and 3/MAY - Brasília. Visit of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Cambodia, Long Visalo. (Source: DAL)

2 and 3/MAY – Brasília. Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Antonio Milososki. (Source: DE II)

2 to 6/MAY - Brasília. Working meeting between the Office of the Undersecretary-General for Communities Abroad and the Council of Representatives of Brazilians Abroad. (Source: DCB)

2 to 6/MAY - Asunción. 21st MERCOSUR-EU Bi-regional Negotiations Committee. (Source: DNI)

2 to 4/MAY - Rio de Janeiro. Meetings of the American Sports Council and the Ibero-American Sports Council. (Source: CGCE)

3/MAY – Brasília. Visit of the Minister of External Relations of Paraguay, Jorge Lara Castro. (Source: DAM II)

3/MAY – Rio de Janeiro. Lecture at the Superior Strategic Intelligence Course of the Superior War School. (Source: COCIT)

4/MAY – Brasília. Visit of the Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Secretariat, Enrique Iglesias. (Source: DE III)

4 to 6/MAY – Paramaribo. 49th Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission. (Source: COCIT)

5/MAY – Lisbon. CPLP Portuguese Language and Culture Day. (Source: CGCPLP)

5 and 6/MAY - Brasília. Visit of the Minister of Transportation of Malaysia, Seri Kong Choo Há. (Source: DAL)

5 to 7/MAY - São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. State Visit of the President of Germany, Christian Wulff. (Source: DE-I)

7 to 15/MAY - Istanbul. "10th International Defence Industry Fair". (Source: Brazilian Consulate-General in Istanbul)

8/MAY - Istanbul. "Parliamentary Union. 5th United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs)" (Source: Brazilian Consulate-General in Istanbul)

9 to 13/MAY - Brasília. Visit of the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Fiji, Solo Mara. (Source: DACMO)

9 to 13/MAY - Istanbul. 5th United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) (Source: Brazilian Consulate-General in Istanbul)

9 and 10/MAY – Paris. Enlarged G8 Ministerial Meeting on Drug Trafficking. (Source: COCIT)

9 and 10/MAY - Brasília. 1st Meeting of the Brazil-China Working Group on Investments. (Source: DPR)

9 to 13/MAY – Miami. OAS Hemispheric Seminar for Regional Coordination on Cyber Security and Cyber Crime. (Source: COCIT)

10 and 11/MAY - Milan. Visit of Bahia State Governor, Jaques Wagner. Seminar on business opportunities in Bahia, to be held at the Chamber of Commerce of Milan (PROMOS/RIAL), and sectoral round tables on ports and naval industry. (Source: Brazilian Consulate-General in Milan)

10 and 11/MAY – Bali. International Conference Against Transnational Bribery. (Source: COCIT)

12/MAY - Pelotas. Seminar on How to do business with the UN World Food Program. (Source: DPR)

12 and 13/MAY – Bali. 2nd Meeting of the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group. (Source: COCIT)

12 to 14/MAY – Genoa. Itinerant Consulate with public service and press conference. Ambassador Luiz Henrique da Fonseca will head the itinerant Consulate and meet with city officials. (Source: Brazilian Consulate-General in Milan)

16/MAY – Buenos Aires. Brazil-Argentina Meeting on Antarctic Affairs. (Source: DMAE)

16/ MAY - Brasília. Visit of the Minister of Trade of China, Chen Deming. (Source: DAL)

16 and 17/MAY - São Paulo and Brasília. State Visit of the Prime-Minister of Sweden, Fredrik Reinfeld. (Source: DE-I)

16 to 20/MAY - Rio de Janeiro. “The BRICS countries and the Reform of the Global Economic Governance” International Seminar. Center for BRICS Studies and Research / PUC-RIO. (Source: DMR)

16 to 20/MAY – Madrid. 2nd Meeting of the Working Group on the Future of the International Commission for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tunas. (Source: DMAE)

16 to 26/MAY - London. Brazilian high-level and technical mission towards cooperation among hosts of the Olympics and Paralympics Games. (Source: CGCE)

16/MAY to 3/JUN – Geneva. 16th Congress of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). (Source: DMAE)

17/MAY - Milan. Opening of the 6th edition of the “Contemporary Brazilian Film Festival” organized by the Brazil-Italy Institute with the support of the Milan Office of the Mayor and TAM Airlines. (Source: Brazilian Consulate-General in Milan)

17 to 19/MAY – Vienna. Working Group on the Review of the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto (UNTOC). (Source: COCIT)

18/MAY – Milan. “A regard on Brazilian reality through its films” Round Table at the Università del Sacro Cuore with the participation of journalist Hildegard Angel. (Source: Brazilian Consulate-General in Milan)

18 to 20/MAY - Campina Grande. South American - Arab Countries Seminar on Technologies for Living in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions. National Semi-Arid Institute. (Source: DMR)

19/MAY – Milan. Lecture by journalist Hildegard Angel, at the Brazil-Italy Institute (IBRIT), on the experiences of the Zuzu Angel Fashion Institute and the Brazilian Fashion Academy. (Source: Brazilian Consulate-General in Milan)

23/MAY – Lisbon. 143rd Ordinary Meeting of the CPLP Permanent Concertation Meeting. (Source: CGCPLP)

23 to 27/MAY - Barcelona and Rome. Investment Prospection Mission for the Port Sector. (Source: DPR)

23 to 27/MAY – Vienna. 2nd Meeting of the Group of Experts of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). (Source: COCIT)

23 to 27/MAY - São Paulo. International Course of Professional Football Coaches, to be attended by coaches from the Asian side of FOCALAL. (Source: CGCE)

25 and 26/MAY - Rio de Janeiro. 4th Meeting on the Commercial Navigation of Amazon Rivers, sponsored by the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization - ACTO. (Source: DAS II)

26/MAY - Brasília. Meeting of the Steering Committee of the 5th World Military Games. (Source: CGCE)

26 and 27/MAY – Washington. 32nd Meeting of the OAS Group of Experts on Money Laundering (LAVEX). (Source: COCIT)

26 and 27/MAY – Brasília. Seminar on the 20 years of the Brazil-Portugal Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance. (Source: CGCPLP)

26 and 27/MAY - Brasília. 9th Meeting of CPLP Attorney-Generals. (Source: CGCPLP)

27/MAY to 12/JUN – Tromso, Norway. 63rd Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). (Source: DMAE)

29 and 30/MAY – Lisbon. 23rd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Secretariat for Defense Affairs. (Source: CGCPLP)

30/MAY to 3/JUN – Vienna. Review Group on the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). (Source: COCIT)

31/MAY to 3/JUN – New York. Meeting of the UNGA Informal Ad Hoc Working Group on Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. (Source: DMAE)

31/MAY to 3/JUN – Asunción. Meeting of Mercosur Internal Affairs Ministers. (Source: COCIT)

31/MAY and 01/JUN - Washington. 2nd Meeting of the Brazil-US Global Partnership Dialogue. (Source: DEUC)