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Press Releases
23 January 2020
The Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re receives Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

The Deputy Foreign Minister, Ms. Emanuela Del Re, received at the Foreign Ministry Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. The meeting was held in connection with Ms. Elver’s mission to Italy, within the framework of the “standing invitation” extended by Italy, under the UN Human Rights mechanism. The Deputy Minister expressed […]

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Press Releases
20 January 2020
Supply of healthcare kits by the Italian Cooperation in Niger

In the wake of the fire that severely damaged the accommodation and healthcare facilities in the transit hub of Agadez (Niger), the Italian Foreign Ministry, responding to an international call for support by the United Nations  High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Niger, resolved to send approx. 985 Kg of drugs and other medical supplies […]

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Press Releases
18 December 2019
6th Session of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation

6th Annual Session of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation​Rome, 18 December 2019. Today, the Farnesina hosted the sixth annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, the second chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, in conjunction with Deputy Minister, Emanuela Del Re. The Joint Committee approved […]

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Press Releases
11 December 2019
The Italian Cooperation service dispatches humanitarian relief supplies to Djibouti

To tackle the emergency produced by the exceptional torrential rains that have hit Djibouti, within the framework of the civil protection mechanism activated by the European Union, the Foreign Ministry has arranged to dispatch a humanitarian flight of the Italian Cooperation service carrying more than 10 tons of emergency relief supplies (tents, hygiene kits, blankets […]

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Diplomatic Network
3 December 2019
Del Re on Disabled Persons Day: more rights and services

To mark the International Day of Disabled Persons, the Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re opened a Rome-hosted event that counted on the participation of testimonials with disabilities, such as athlete Salvatore Cimmino and manager Giorgio Novello. The event also featured the presentation of Italian bioengineered jewels for disabled persons. The Deputy Foreign Minister emphasised […]

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Press Releases
3 December 2019
Del Re on Disabled Persons Day: more rights and services

To mark the International Day of Disabled Persons, the Deputy Foreign Minister Emanuela Del Re opened a Rome-hosted event that counted on the participation of testimonials with disabilities, such as athlete Salvatore Cimmino and manager Giorgio Novello. The event also featured the presentation of Italian bioengineered jewels for disabled persons. The Deputy Foreign Minister emphasised […]

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Diplomatic Network
26 November 2019
Heading: Del Re opens Italy-Africa Business Week in Milan

Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re opened the Italy- Africa Business Week today in Milan. The event is designed to boost business relations and economic cooperation with the African continent. Del Re highlighted the growing trade volume with Africa, underlining that “Italy was the third biggest investor in the continent in 2016, ” ranking first among […]

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Press Releases
26 November 2019
Heading: Del Re opens Italy-Africa Business Week in Milan

Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re opened the Italy- Africa Business Week today in Milan. The event is designed to boost business relations and economic cooperation with the African continent. Del Re highlighted the growing trade volume with Africa, underlining that “Italy was the third biggest investor in the continent in 2016, ” ranking first among […]

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Press Releases
22 November 2019
The Italian Cooperation services dispatches humanitarian aid to Somalia

To respond to the humanitarian emergency provoked by flooding in the Hir-Shabelle, Jubaland and South-West States in Somalia, the Foreign Ministry arranged for a humanitarian flight from the Italian Cooperation service, which took off yesterday evening for Mogadishu Airport from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot in Brindisi carrying a 22-tonne load of emergency relief […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 November 2019
Doha: Signing of the MAECI-UNESCO Agreement on children’s education in Iraq

The Director General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giorgio Marrapodi, and the Director of the UNESCO Office in Iraq, Paolo Fontani, signed an agreement today in Doha for the implementation of a joint cooperation project aimed at ensuring access to education for children in Iraq who currently cannot […]

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In detail
20 November 2019
World Children’s day

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation celebrated today the World Children’s day marking the 30th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Adopted on 20 November 1989 by the UN General Assembly, the Convention is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped improve the lives of […]

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