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Ceremony for the handover of trucks donated by Italy to the World Food Programme as part of the “Food for Gaza” initiative
Genoa – 25 October 2024
On Friday, 25 October 2024, at 3:30 p.m. in Genoa, at Porto Antico, Calata Mandraccio, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will attend the ceremony for the handover of the first of fifteen Iveco trucks built for the World Food Programme and donated by Italy as part of the Food for Gaza initiative, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The 15 vehicles will be used by the WFP to deliver humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip to support the population of Gaza. The Assistant Executive Director of the WFP, Rania Dagash, will attend the event to receive the donation on behalf of the World Food Programme.
Since 7 October 2023, Italy has been at the forefront of the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip. The Government has allocated a series of aid packages totalling EUR 70 million. Within this framework, EUR 30 million has been dedicated to the “Food for Gaza” initiative, launched by Deputy Prime Minister Tajani on 11 March to provide tangible support for food security and health for Palestinian civilians.
Journalists, photographers and cameramen interested in attending the events in person may apply for accreditation by sending a request by Friday 25 October at 10:00 a.m. to accreditamentostampa@esteri.it (tel. 06 3691 3432 – 8573 – 3078 or 8210), attaching the following:
For representatives of Italian press organisations:
- copy of an identity document;
- letter of assignment from the newspaper of affiliation or – in the absence of the latter – copy of professional identity card.
For representatives of foreign press organisations, not accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- copy of an identity document;
- letter from the newspaper of affiliation;
- Verbal note of the Embassy in Rome of the country of the press organisation represented.
For representatives of foreign press already accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the request must be sent with a copy of an identity document attached.
Accredited journalists, photographers and cameramen may arrive at Porto Antico, Piazzale Mandraccio (in front of the Bigo), Genoa, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. on 25 October 2024.
Submitting the above-mentioned personal data means authorising the use thereof in accordance with Italian Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003 and the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679) by the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the data controller, for strictly professional purposes and/or purposes related to the performance of the event in question.
