"We will do everything possible to return to Mercosur, " the president-elect told reporters, adding that he did not plan to take part in a June meeting, since he will only take office in August.

BBC: Paraguay president elect, Horacio Cartes

Mr Roberts told BBC Wales earlier on Monday he had been advised at a previous meeting he could take part in a debate on the topic but not vote.

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Desta Hall, a youth worker at the Lighthouse Centre in Birmingham's Newtown, was one of the first people to take part in the project after meeting a teenager who broke a window at the centre.

BBC: Birmingham criminal meeting pilot 'a success'

Mrs Bokova will also take part in a high-level breakfast meeting organized under the auspices of Sheikha Moza focusing on the protection of education during insecurity and conflict (21 September), and in an event on delivering quality education in humanitarian environments and conflict affected states, co-convened by UNESCO, UNICEF, Save the Children and other partners (24 September).

UNESCO: Communication and Information

Uzbekistan's president, Islam Karimov, who did not take part in the Bishkek meeting, appears to be seeking a different solution to the problem of Afghanistan: he is now trying to establish friendly relations with the Taliban.

ECONOMIST: Central Asia

And Austin Fragomen(ph), a U.S. Immigration lawyer who will take part in the U.N. meeting, says plummeting birth rates in the West mean labor shortages for decades to come.

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