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Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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28 June 2012
Somalia: Completing the transition – Terzi opens the Contact Group meeting in Rome (2 July)

On Monday 2 July, Minister Giulio Terzi will open the sessions of the International Contact Group on Somalia, which is the forum in which the international community coordinates its efforts toward the stabilisation of Somalia. Participants include Somali political leaders and approximately 45 delegations, and meets at least twice annually within the context of the […]

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28 June 2012
Pakistan: the Jahanabad Buddha restored

The Jahanabad Buddha is coming back to life thanks to Italy, with funds from the Pakistan debt conversion. The restoration of the 6th-7th century A.D. statue is being done by ISIAO (Italian institute for Asia and the Orient) in partnership with the province of Khyber Pakthunkwa and the collaboration of non-governmental organisation ISCOS-CISL. At the […]

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27 June 2012
Lebanon: a model for the Arab world, says Terzi

“Lebanon’s stability is essential to the region, and with its recent resumption of national dialogue, Beirut stands as a model for the entire Arab world”. This was the comment by Minister Terzi on a visit to Beirut at the end of talks with Lebanese institutional leaders. He added that, on the Syrian crisis, the Lebanese […]

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27 June 2012
Italy for the Mediterranean, information and development

The Mediterranean is a mirror for many of our problems – the Arab spring was not followed by a happy summer – and Rome has a pivotal place in this picture as a link between north and south. The seminar “Italy for the Mediterranean region – information and development” opened at the foreign ministry in […]

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Press Releases
22 June 2012
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi received Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Malta, Tonio Borg at the foreign ministry in Rome today. The meeting follows up a State visit to Italy in March by President of the Republic of Malta Abela, which gave new momentum to bilateral relations. Their discussions touched on themes […]

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22 June 2012
Cooperation: Kenya, new polytechnic labs at Kapenguria

The Italian Cooperation in Kenya contributes to the refurbishing of 3 new teaching laboratories at the Kapenguria Polytechnic. The dedication ceremony was held on 21 June in the presence of Ambassador of Italy Paola Imperiale, the Kenyan Minister for Youth and Deputy Minister for Environment, who expressed their appreciation for the Italian government’s support for […]

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21 June 2012
Sustainable Development: The Italian Cooperation at the Rio Conference

The Italian Cooperation is working with UNDESA on proposing a series of sideline events during the Rio+20 Conference that deal with development themes and the global processes under way in partnerships with island and mountain nations and for cross-border and water management. Pledges of €1.5 million The conference theme is, “A blue economy initiative for […]

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Speeches
20 June 2012
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(valid only the actual speech delivered) Presidente Dini, Presidente Stefani, Onorevoli Senatori e Onorevoli Deputati, l’impegno dell’Italia verso il Continente africano e in particolare l’Africa sub-sahariana è una costante della nostra politica estera, non solo per le tematiche dello sviluppo, ma anche per gli aspetti di governance mondiale, di sicurezza e di incremento dei rapporti […]

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20 June 2012
Africa: Terzi, nuova frontiera della politica estera (in translation)

L’Africa rappresenta “la nuova frontiera su cui lavorare per la nostra politica estera”. Lo ha detto il ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi in audizione alle Commissioni Esteri di Camera e Senato riunite a Palazzo Madama. Con la “cresciuta consapevolezza che il continente può essere un grande protagonista” sullo scenario internazionale, ha spiegato Terzi, bisogna tenere […]

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18 June 2012
Italy-Philippines: debt-conversion agreement

In May of 2012 Italian ambassador to Manila Luca Fornari and Philippine Finance Minister Cesar Purisima signed a 5-year Italo-Philippine debt-conversion agreement that will allow approximately 3 million euros to be redirected to poverty-reduction, sustainable development and environmental protection programmes. This agreement will make it possible for Manila to redirect its debt payments toward job […]

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14 June 2012
Cooperation: Mozambique – new hospital in Caia

The town of Caia, in Mozambique, has a new hospital thanks to funding from Italian Development Cooperation and the Autonomous Province of Trento. The 107-bed hospital, which has a catchment area of around 350,000 people, was opened on 2 June 2012 in the presence of the Mozambican Head of State, Armando Guebuza. President Guebuza, who […]

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