Italian Cooperation flight carries aid for refugees and displaced in Northern Cameroon fleeing Boko Haram
A flight carrying a shipment of humanitarian aid from the Italian Cooperation left the UNHRD logistical base in Brindisi earmarked for the thousands of internally displaced persons of Cameroon and Nigerian refugees — UN estimates cite 74,000 — who have fled to northern Cameroon to escape the violence of the fundamentalist terror group Boko Haram. […]
Read moreUNESCO. Under-Secretary Giro hails UNESCO ruling on Italian proposal of cultural areas protected from conflict
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Giro expressed great satisfaction with the unanimous adoption by the UNESCO executive committee of a ruling — presented by Italy — establishing “protected cultural areas”. The ruling’s aim is to protect cultural treasures in areas of conflict, particularly as regards the deliberate destruction of heritage sites, plundering and illegal trafficking […]
Read moreNepal: Italian Cooperation pursues humanitarian efforts
A flight carrying a load of 16 tonnes of emergency supplies (valued at 160,000 EUR) from the Italian Cooperation arrived in Kathmandu today. The dispatch, arranged in collaboration with the UN logistical base in Brindisi (UNHRD) and INTERSOS on behalf of a consortium of Italian NGOs known as AGIRE, is part of a broader Italian […]
Read moreItaly-Moldavia: Under-Secretary Della Vedova in Chisinau
On a visit to Chisinau Moldavia on 11 and 12 May, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova met with Moldavia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration Natalia Gherman, Minister for the Interior Oleg Balan, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Andrei Galbur and Deputy Minister […]
Read moreThe UNIDROIT Convention o 1995, twenty years on from its adoption: The Mediterranean as a testing ground
Within the framework of the celebrations for Italy’s 60 years as a member of the United Nations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Seconda Università degli Studi of Naples join the UNIDROIT Institute and the SIOI in organising a conference on the UNIDROIT Convention on stolen or illegally exported cultural treasures, […]
Read moreJoint statement on Libya by the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States
The Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States of America reaffirm their strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity of Libya, and to ensuring that Libyan economic, financial, and energy resources are used for the benefit of all Libyan people. At a time when the […]
Read moreMigration: Gentiloni expresses hopes that UN Security Council adopts resolution proposed by European countries
“It is my hope that the United Nations Security Council will adopt the resolution proposed by the countries of Europe and based on Chapter VII of the UN Charter”, said Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to be aired this evening. The resolution, the minister added, “would provide […]
Read moreIstanbul Convention: Simona Lanzoni elected member of GREVIO
Italian Simona Lanzoni has been elected as one of the first 10 members of the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) under the Istanbul Convention. The election took place today, 4 May 2015, in Strasbourg. GREVIO’s role is to verify the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention […]
Read moreNepal earthquake: Crisis Unit identifies the last Italians reported missing and not yet traced
The Farnesina’s Crisis Unit has managed to identify the last Italians reported as missing in the Nepal earthquake and not yet traced. The constant monitoring of the situation by the Unit and by our Embassy in New Delhi and the Consulate General in Calcutta continues, so that they are ready for any new developments. The […]
Read moreGentiloni meets UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Libya, Bernardino Leon
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, received Bernardino Leon, the Special Representative for Libya of the Secretary General of the United Nations, today, 4 May 2015. The aim of the meeting was to review developments in the political dialogue process in which the various parties in Libya are engaged. Leon will […]
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