South Africa and Brazil, 2001
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
August 29 • Arrival at the international airport. Meeting with Anthony Garotinho, Governor of the State.
• Interview to the press.
South Africa
Durban
August 30
• Arrival at the international airport
• Meeting with members of the Cuban governmental advance delegation to the World Conference against Racism and a group of representatives of Cuban Non-Governmental Organizations.
August 31
• Interventions at the round table organized at the venue of the World Conference against Racism.
• Meeting with Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• Conversation with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority.
September 1st
• Speech delivered in the Plenary Session at the venue of the World Conference against Racism.
• Speech delivered during the closing session of the NGOs Forum at Durban’s Stadium.
Johannesburg
September 2
• Conversation with Nelson Mandela at his residence in Houghton.
• Meeting with the press.
• Speech delivered at a solidarity rally organized by the African National Congress (ANC) in the Natal Technikan Sport Center.
Brazil
Brasilia
September 3
• Friendly meeting with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, leader of the Worker’s Party.
• Conversation with Aloysio Nunes Ferreira, Minister in charge of the general secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic.