According to the Central Bank, February GDP data from the IBC-Br monthly figures showed the economy contracting by 0.23% month over month (seasonally adjusted).

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Ihe IBC-Br is the index of monthly economic activity from the Central Bank, and the monthly GDP proxy is now been below trend for the seventh straight month.

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The closely monitored Index of Economic Activity of the Central Bank, or IBC-Br, showed that the Brazilian economy grew at a seasonally adjusted rate of a disappointingly low 1.55 percent over the last 12 months.

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It informs the IBC of its opinions and submits these opinions along with proposals for follow-up of the IBC's work to the Director-General of UNESCO for transmission to Member States, the Executive Board and the General Conference.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

In accordance with the work programme of the IBC for 2012-2013, two main topics will be discussed during these meetings: the issue of traditional medicine and its ethical implications and the principle of non-discrimination and non-stigmatization, set forth in article 11 of the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005).

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"Mobile TV will be a new distribution platform that will allow the media industry to expand its audience, widen prime time and re-use popular content, " he told IBC delegates.

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At the 2011 IBC conference in Amsterdam a paper from NHK in Japan (a TV broadcaster) on Super Hi-Vision video was recognized as the best technical paper at the show.

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