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12 October 2012
World Food Day: Foreign ministry committed to fighting hunger

A reflection on food security, lifestyles and efforts to reduce waste in a world in which 12.5% of the population is still under-nourished: this is the aim of the numerous initiatives the foreign ministry is promoting for 15 October – World Food Day. The key moment will be the conference “Nourish the Earth. Cultivate the […]

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8 October 2012
Ethiopia: Italian Cooperation opens Facebook page

The Italian Cooperation in Ethiopia and South Sudan opened a Facebook page today with the aim of creating a sort of “glass house” for anyone wishing to get a closer look at Italian government funding – in other words, the taxpayer contributions – going to countries such as Ethiopia and the extremely fragile new State […]

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Speeches
1 October 2012
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(please check against actual speech as delivered) (in Italian only) Signor Presidente del Burkina Faso,Signor Presidente del Consiglio,Commissario Piebalgs,Ministro Riccardi,Signor Sindaco di Milano,Dottor Scaroni,Signore e Signori, Voglio esprimere innanzi tutto al collega Riccardi l’apprezzamento per aver fortemente voluto un Forum sulla cooperazione, un tema che rimane centrale nella nostra attività internazionale. Il suo discorso appassionato […]

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1 October 2012
International Cooperation Forum: Terzi: Central to foreign policy – from assistance to partnership

“The rapid transformations of recent decades that have accelerated new geopolitical equilibriums and regional integration, today express the foreign policy-cooperation equation in new terms; dense in problems and at the same time filled with extraordinary prospects, which include “assistance and aid evolving into partnerships with our counterparts”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s commented during […]

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Interviews
1 October 2012
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The first National Cooperation Forum, to be held tomorrow and Tuesday in Milan, will offer the Italian Cooperation an important opportunity for reflection and reinforcement. New global challenges call for effective responses, and institutions have the duty to stimulate and involve public opinion in the strategic importance of development cooperation policies. The difficult present international […]

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25 September 2012
Cooperation: Guatemala, beyond the emergency

The newly published “Mas alla de la emergencia/Oltre l’emergenza”, by Annalisa Vandelli, is a thorough overview of the Italian Cooperation’s activities in Guatemala, and was part of the Emergency Programme “Ran Guatemala” funded in 2010 by the Italian Cooperation following devastating rains that crippled the country at the time. The bilingual (Italian/Spanish) book, launched in […]

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21 September 2012
Syria: Terzi-Sieda (SNC) meeting. Italy’s commitment vis-à-vis on humanitarian emergency and political solution

The Italian Government has confirmed its commitment to “respond to the humanitarian emergency and foster a political solution to the Syrian crisis”. The point was made by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the close of a meeting at the Farnesina with the President of the Syrian National Council (SNC), Abdulbaset Sieda. Terzi added that the […]

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20 September 2012
Italy working with Unicef against child mortality

Italy is working on behalf of children and combating child mortality throughout the world. Our country has jointed UNICEF’s “A Promise Renewed” project to become the 128th country making a renewed effort to hasten the decline of child and maternal mortality. A further aim is to help even more countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals […]

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20 September 2012
Italia con UNICEF contro mortalita’ infantile (in translation)

L’Italia dalla parte dei bambini contro la mortalità infantile nel mondo: il nostro Paese ha aderito all’iniziativa dell’Unicef “A Promise Renewed”, diventando il 128esimo Paese a impegnarsi con rinnovato sforzo per accelerare il declino della mortalità infantile e materna e aiutare ancora più Paesi a raggiungere gli obiettivi di sviluppo del Millennio entro il 2015. […]

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19 September 2012
Syria: Refugee emergency. Boniver’s mission to Lebanon and Jordan

“One thousand Syrian refugees each day are now fleeing to Lebanon from the violence in their country. A constant flow that is expected to bring the total number of refugees to at least 120,000, with all the risks that this ‘most serious humanitarian emergency’ entails for Lebanon’s fragile domestic equilibria. The point was underscored by […]

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