Italy-Ukraine: Under-Secretary Della Vedova in Kiev
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova made a visit to Kiev on 19 and 20 May. His meeting with First Deputy Foreign Minister Natalia Galibarenko, whose participants included representatives of the Ukraine agriculture and energy ministries and of the state agency for energy savings and efficiency, focused on the preparations for […]
Read moreGentiloni firmly condemns Kabul attack
“I firmly condemn today’s attack near the international airport of Kabul on a EUPOL mission convoy which took the life of a British citizen”, said Minister for Foreign Affairs Gentiloni regarding the attack this morning in Afghanistan. “This despicable attack hits us even harder as Europeans because it was against a civilian mission being carried […]
Read moreFarnesina: serious concern over death sentence for former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders
The Farnesina expressed serious concern over the sentence of death passed on former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders. Recalling that Italy renounces the death penalty and is working toward a universal moratorium on capital executions, the Farnesina trusted the sentences would be reviewed and that the Egyptian judicial system would proceed […]
Read moreYemen: Gentiloni cites importance of humanitarian truce for getting aid to civilians
“The humanitarian truce currently in effect in Yemen is crucial to establishing a direct flow of aid to the civilians affected by the conflict, who are in dire need”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Gentiloni said. “It is essential that all parties respect the truce”, he continued, “so as to facilitate the delivery of food, medicines […]
Read moreItalian 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 […]
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