America Settentrionale

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8 June 2012

Syria: working to boost the Annan plan – risk of genocide if intervention is not rapid, warns Terzi

Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria “is not dead”, he said as much himself at the end of a meeting of the UN Security Council in which UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, however, affirmed that hopes were fading for the success of the plan such as it is. After a discussion in the General Assembly, […]

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31 May 2012

“Longitude”: Europe fights to survive

The June issue of the English-language world affairs magazine “Longitude” (Editor-in-Chief Pialuisa Banco) will be on newsstands as of 4 June 2012, featuring a panorama on the European crisis and its strategic repercussions, the West and its new partners, and the aerospace industry’s power to drive the economy. Also included are a close look at […]

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Press Releases

23 May 2012

Statement by Minister Terzi at the UN in New York on the 20th anniversary of Capaci killings

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi issued a statement from the UN in New York on the occasion of the 20° anniversary of the Capaci killings. “Giovanni Falcone is a hero in the struggle against organised crime on Italian soil and beyond and through international collaboration. Honoring the memory of Giovanni Falcone, Francesca Morvillo and […]

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18 May 2012

NATO Summit in Chicago – the future Alliance, in light too of the “exit strategy” from Kabul

The 25th NATO summit, which will be taking place in Chicago on 20 and 21 May 2012, will be “the biggest in the Alliance’s history”, commented NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The Secretary General underscored that during the maxi-summit, which around 60 countries and organisations will be attending, a further 20-30 multi-national projects will […]

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Speeches

15 May 2012

Lectio Magistralis by Minister Terzi on the “Responsability to Protect” (John Cabot University, Rome, 15 May 2012)

Lectio Magistralis by Minister Terzi “Responsibility to protect” (John Cabot University, Rome, 15 May 2012) President Pavoncello, Chairman Hagan, Members of the Board of Trustees, Distinguished Faculty, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, And – above all – you, the best and the brightest: the graduates of the class of 2012, Thank you for awarding me […]

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7 May 2012

Los Angeles: An Italian Month of Science

From 8 May to 7 June the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles will be hosting “150 years of Italian Genius”, a travelling exhibition curated by the Rosselli Foundation. The exhibition showcases the most important scientific discoveries from the year of Italy’s unification up to our own day and highlights their contribution to the quality […]

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3 May 2012

WASHINGTON: Ceremony for return of artefacts to Italian state

The Italian Embassy acted as host to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, on 29 April 2012. The event was the ceremony for the repatriation to Italy of a number of significant artefacts confiscated in the United States at the request of the Italian authorities. New Italy-United States agreement The ceremony, which followed negotiations […]

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19 April 2012

Afghanistan – Terzi: Italy’s contribution post-2014 will be substantial

Italy’s contribution to the fund to support Afghanistan’s security forces at the end of the transition in late 2014 will be “substantial and in line with the size and quality of its presence in Afghanistan over the last decade”. The assurance was given by Minister Giulio Terzi, speaking in Brussels during the meeting of NATO […]

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14 April 2012

VIDEO – Interview with Minister Terzi on CNN – The Situation Room

Minister Terzi was the guest of the CNN broadcast “The Situation Room”, interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on Syria and the Security Council, the Iran nuclear question and the Italian economic situation.

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13 April 2012

Youth and the city, call for innovative projects

In the context of promoting a global partnership of donor countries and developing countries, the Catalytic Fund, a World Bank Trust Fund, has launched the first Call for Proposals centred on youth, entitled “Youth and the City: Challenges of and Visions for Demographic Change” for innovative urban projects. Local bodies, NGOs and Universities The call […]

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13 April 2012

G8: appeal to UN for North Korea and Syria – Italy’s piracy proposal embraced, highly significant, says Terzi

The countries of the G8 agreed to appeal to the UN Security Council for “appropriate measures” against North Korea for its attempt to send a Kwangmyongsong-3 Satellite into orbit; the foreign ministers also urged the UN to send observers to Syria to verify and ensure implementation of the Kofi Annan plan, since what has been […]

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10 April 2012

G8: military protection in counter-piracy missions, says Terzi – Arab Spring, “let’s not wait until the fall comes”

At the G8 meeting in Washington on 11 and 12 April, “I will remind my colleagues of the urgent need to protect our troops deployed in counter-piracy missions”, asserted Minister Giulio Terzi, who will be participating on those days in the G8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in the United States, not least in relation to the […]

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