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Women’s rights are pivotal to Italian foreign policy. Our country has always played a key role in promoting efforts on behalf of gender equality and against discrimination on the international arena. That also means raising awareness of the need for women’s greater participation in world governance — beginning with diplomacy — and encouraging women’s professional […]

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Syria: UN approves extension of observers’ mission

The UN Security Council unanimously approved the extension of the observers mission in Syria by 30 days, after Thursday’s veto by Russia and China on a resolution presented by the Western countries in which sanctions were threatened against the regime in the case of failure to respect the Annan plan. Instead, the approved resolution calls […]

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Rossella Urru: “Thank you all, now I’m going home”

“The day of my release has been great, but also the most difficult because I had no idea that all these people were working on my behalf in Italy”, while the “worst day was the one on which I was abducted”, reported Rossella Urru as she left the foreign ministry in Rome after meeting with […]

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Dettaglio intervento

(Fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Thank you Secretary General, Thank you Michele. It is a real pleasure for me to have you all at the opening dinner of the “Women in Diplomacy Conference” in the beautiful setting of Villa Madama. This villa was designed by Raffaello and then owned by the Duchess of […]

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Riunione a Bruxelles degli Ambasciatori d’Italia presso i Paesi dei Balcani Occidentali, presieduta dal Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Marta Dassù. (in translation)

“L’Italia si conferma un partner strategico dei Paesi dei Balcani Occidentali nel loro percorso di avvicinamento all’Unione Europea”, così ha commentato il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Marta Dassù al termine della riunione che ha presieduto oggi a Bruxelles,ed alla quale hanno partecipato il Rappresentante Permanente d’Italia presso l’Unione Europea, Ambasciatore Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, gli Ambasciatori […]

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Urru: Terzi, bello vedere Rossella riunita alla famiglia (in translation)

“È stato un bel momento vederla riunita alla famiglia”. Così il Ministro Giulio Terzi, che ha accolto a Ciampino insieme con il Premier Monti Rossella Urru, rientrata in Italia dopo nove mesi di prigionia nel deserto africano. La cooperante sarda, rapita lo scorso 23 ottobre nel sud dell’Algeria, ha spiegato di essere “stata trattata bene” […]

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Lebanon : Embassy lends a hand in promoting Made in Italy

On 19 July Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Giuseppe Morabito was on hand for the dedication of a new restaurant – “Margherita Mare” – in the beach resort of Jounieh, north of Beirut, specialised in traditional Italian cuisine, everything from pizza to fish dishes, and part of an effort at refining the Lebanese public’s knowledge of […]

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Minister Terzi receives President of the Italian Committee for UNICEF Giacomo Guerrera

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi received President of the Italian Committee for UNICEF Giacomo Guerrera at the foreign ministry today, whom he assured of Italy’s full support for the fund raising campaigns on behalf of Syrian children, the primary victims of the violence in that country, who are being forced to abandon their homes […]

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Separate passports for minors

According to a new European regulation, as of 26 June 2012 all minors traveling abroad must have their own separate passports, even if they were listed on their parents’ passports previous to 25 November 2009. In countries where it is recognized, an Italian identity card valid for travel abroad will also be accepted. While the […]

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Yemen: Terzi confirms Italy’s support for transition

“I reiterated Italy’s pledge to support the political and institutional transition in Yemen, which is proceeding in a decidedly positive way”, was Minister Giulio Terzi’s comment coming out of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with his Yemeni counterpart Abu Bakr al-Qirbi. “Yemen has weathered the Arab spring with intelligence, and handled a […]

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Syria – Terzi calls for urgent meeting of the “Friends of Syria”

“It is certainly impossible to stand by impotently; something different needs to be done”, Minister Giulio Terzi commented on the latest Russia-China UN Security Council veto on the Syrian crisis, suggesting that an “urgent meeting” of the Friends of Syria be called. At the end of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with […]

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Bucharest: a ceremony commemorating Falcone and Borsellino

A ceremony to commemorate judges Falcone and Borsellino, 20 years on from their tragic deaths. During the ceremony, attended by Justice Minister Titus Corlatean, the Mayor, and the head of the DEA at the Italian Embassy, the Italian Ambassador, Mario Cospito, remembered the high moral stature of the two judges killed by the mafia. He […]

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