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Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

Press Releases
20 June 2014
Iraq: Italy allocates 1.75 million euros for humanitarian aid

Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini has issued instructions for 1.75 million euros to be allocated for emergency projects to meet the grave humanitarian crisis in Iraq. The Minister was acting in liaison with Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli through the Directorate General for Development Cooperation. One project, to which Italy will contribute 500,000 euros, will be implemented […]

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17 June 2014
Cooperation – Humanitarian emergencies. New rapid response facilities

New facilities have been opened to extend and boost humanitarian emergency response operations at the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) run by the World Food Programme (WFP) in Brindisi. The facilities occupy an area made available to the Italian Government inside the former United States Air Force (USAF) base at San Vito dei Normanni. […]

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11 June 2014
MFA-MIUR – Schools to hold Cooperation Week in new academic year

Director General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs GiampaoloCantini, and Director General for Students, Integration, Participation and Communication of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) Giovanna Boda, signed a joint declaration today at the Farnesinathat provides for establishment of an annual Cooperation Week in schools, beginning with the next academic […]

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Interviews
7 June 2014
Mogherini: “Our pledge to the Afghans stands” (Il Manifesto)

The year 2014 is going to be a crucial one for the transition in Afghanistan, both from the political point of view as well as that of security management. Instead we risk making the mistake of thinking that with the end of ISAF we will not longer need to concern ourselves with that country, with […]

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Press Releases
6 June 2014
Middle East: Mogherini in Lebanon and Jordan. Visit to UNIFIL and to refugee camps

Help for the Palestinian and Syrian refugees and Italy’s contribution to the stability and security of the region. This is the focus of Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini’s visit, starting today Friday 6 June and continuing until Sunday 8th, to Lebanon and Jordan. In Lebanon, Minister Mogherini will meet her opposite number, Gebran Bassil, the speaker of the […]

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6 June 2014
Mogherini with Syrian refugees, stopping the war a duty

“It’s one thing to talk about war, another to see it reflected in the eyes of children. We have to find a way to stop the war in Syria”. Minister Federica Mogherini was visibly moved as she left the Syrian refugee camp of Terbol in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valey, where her Middle East mission began today, […]

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28 May 2014
Quito – UN praises Italy for restoration of San Francisco convent

The UN praised Italy for its contribution to the restoration and enhancement of the San Francisco convent complex in Quito. Participants in a recent ceremony for the presentation of its management plan included, among others, Ecuadoran Minister for Culture Francisco Velasco, Director of the INPC (international institute for cultural patrimony) Maria Josè Armijos, UN country […]

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Press Releases
26 May 2014
Migrations: Pistelli, Italy to make migration issue a priority during EU presidency

“The migration issue will be one of Italy’s priorities during the Italian Presidency of the Council of the EU”, asserted Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli at the conclusion of his meeting this morning at the foreign ministry in Rome with Deputy Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Laura Thompson. Based on recent events, […]

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22 May 2014
#Farnesina – “Photographing Cooperation”

“The meeting during the night with refugees just over the border who have been waiting for days to get into Jordan…these are situations and faces that terrify you. You don’t even need to ask what their stories are, it’s in their eyes”. The recollection is still fresh in the mind of Annalisa Vandelli, journalist, photographer […]

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Press Releases
21 May 2014
Sud Sudan: Italia stanzia altri 3,5 mln di euro per interventi emergenza

Italy announced at a conference of South Sudan donors in Oslo that it would earmark an additional 3.5 million euro, as per a decision by Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini. The funds will go to emergency interventions as follows: 1.5 million to Italian NGOs and 2 million to multilateral Unite National agencies operating in […]

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Press Releases
19 May 2014
Alluvioni nei Balcani, Italia invia 300mila euro di aiuti.Mogherini, “solidarietà concreta a popolazioni”

Italy immediately responded to the Serbian and Bosnian authorities’ appeal following the recent flooding by earmarking 300,000 euros in humanitarian aid, as Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini announced. “My thoughts go out to the families of the victims”, said Mogherini, stating that Italy would “offer our concrete solidarity to the populations affected”. The Italian […]

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Press Releases
15 May 2014
Ambassador Zannier re-appointed as OSCE Secretary General: Minister Mogherini welcomes decision

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Federica Mogherini, has welcomed the news that the Ministerial Council of the Vienna-based Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has re-appointed Ambassador Lamberto Zannier as Secretary General. The re-appointment justly recognises the work of the Italian diplomat who, to broad acclaim, has revitalised the role of […]

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