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23 July 2012
Syria: EU boosts sanctions and arms embargo

The EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels decided today to ratchet up the pressure on the Syrian regime by extending sanctions and, in particular, by boosting the arms embargo already in force. The new measures will allow European countries to perform inspections in their airports, sea ports and territorial waters of ships and planes en […]

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20 July 2012
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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20 July 2012
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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20 July 2012
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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Speeches
17 July 2012
Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Signor Segretario di Stato Alaya Bettaïeb, Dottoressa Agrò, Signor Vice Segretario Generale dell’OCSE, Ambasciatore Richard Boucher, Sottosegretario Claudio De Vincenti, Undersecretary Bob Hormats, Autorità, sono lieta di partecipare a questa riunione del “MENA-OECD Working Group on SME Policy, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development”, che per la prima volta […]

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Speeches
17 July 2012
Dettaglio intervento

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) Signor Segretario di Stato Alaya Bettaïeb, Dottoressa Agrò, Signor Vice Segretario Generale dell’OCSE, Ambasciatore Richard Boucher, Sottosegretario Claudio De Vincenti, Undersecretary Bob Hormats, Autorità, sono lieta di partecipare a questa riunione del “MENA-OECD Working Group on SME Policy, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development”, che per la prima volta […]

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16 July 2012
World Urban Forum to be held in Naples

The main area for discussion will be sustainable development (Prosperous Cities: how to combine ecology, economy and equity). The 6th World Urban Forum, organised by the United Nations through UN-HABITAT, will be held at the Mostra d’Oltremare in Naples from 1 to 7 September 2012. The Italian Ambassador in Kenya, Paola Imperiale, and the Executive […]

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Interviews
11 July 2012
Dettaglio intervista

Margherita Boniver, inviato speciale della Farnesina per le Emergenze umanitarie, è appena rientrata dalla Nigeria dove, nella capitale Abuja, ha avuto una serie di incontri con numerosi esponenti governativi. Che impressione ha riportato dalla Nigeria? Intanto ho trovato la capitale Abuja sempre più blindata, anche rispetto alla mia precedente missione di maggio: posti di blocco, […]

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Interviews
11 July 2012
Dettaglio intervista

Margherita Boniver, inviato speciale della Farnesina per le Emergenze umanitarie, è appena rientrata dalla Nigeria dove, nella capitale Abuja, ha avuto una serie di incontri con numerosi esponenti governativi. Che impressione ha riportato dalla Nigeria? Intanto ho trovato la capitale Abuja sempre più blindata, anche rispetto alla mia precedente missione di maggio: posti di blocco, […]

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