WCC invites president. (World Briefs).(WCC WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → COE m (Conseil œcuménique des Églises) WCC n abbr (= World Council of Churches) → Weltkirchenrat m )-The president of Brazil The President of Brazil is both the head of state and head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The presidential system was established in 1889, upon the proclamation of the republic in a military coup d'etât against the Emperor Dom Pedro II. , Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has already been invited to the next assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), which will take place in February 2006 in Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Port and city(pop., 2005 est.: city, 1,386,900; metro. area, 3,978,263), southern Brazil. Located along the Guaíba River near the Atlantic Ocean coast, it was founded c. 1742 by immigrants from the Azores. It was first known as Porto dos Casais. . The WCC general secretary, Konrad Raiser Konrad Raiser (b. 25 january 1938) is a former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC). Born in Magdeburg, Germany in 1938, Konrad Raiser studied theology and started working with the World Council of Churches, first in the department for Faith and Order. , extended the invitation during a meeting in Brasilia on May 12. "I should still be head of the government at that time; I hope I shall still be worthy of the invitation," said the Brazilian president, mindful of the fact that politics is a slippery area where critical support offered today may prove to be an embarrassment in the future. For the time being, Mr. Lula seems certain to be a welcome guest at the assembly. At the meeting with Mr. Raiser, he announced that at the next G-8 meeting in Evian, France, he will propose that half the money spent servicing the foreign debt of poor countries, and one per cent of expenditure on arms be allocated to a fund to eradicate hunger in the world. |
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