A load of humanitarian aid was dispatched from the UNHRD logistics base in Brindisi today bound for Erbil, containing blankets, tents, electrical generators and medical supplies valued at €260,000. The gesture signals the concern now being directed to the needs of the Syrian Kurds who began to take refuge in Iraq as of August. In […]
Read moreThrough the Italian embassy in Kabul, the Italian Cooperation distributed winter emergency kits consisting of scarves, and other warm clothing to approximately 100 women for their families. The items were fakes confiscated by the customs police in Italy but certified to be of good quality, which were donated with the authorisation of the Italian judicial […]
Read moreGrowth, development and sustainability policies and cooperation between small and medium sized enterprises, will be the three macro-headings under which the 6th Italy-Latin America and Caribbean Conference sessions will develop. This biennial event, to take place on Thursday and Friday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, will unite a large number of Central […]
Read moreAfghan Minister for Culture Sayed Makhdum Rahin is on a mission to Italy, and met at the foreign ministry in Rome with Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli and the Directors General for Development Cooperation and Country Promotion. Rahin will remain in the capital for other institutional meetings that will include one with Italian Minister for […]
Read moreDeputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Lapo Pistelli met today in Rome with the head of foreign affairs of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan Falah Mustafa Bakir, with whom he discussed humanitarian support for Syrian refugees in the autonomous region. Following the deputy minister’s mission to Erbil in October, the Italian Cooperation dispatched emergency humanitarian […]
Read moreLa Cooperazione italiana in campo per la Repubblica Democratica del Congo: un volo umanitario di farmaci e presidi terapeutici per la lotta alle epidemie e’ arrivato a Kinshasa, primo passo di una piu’ vasta iniziativa d’emergenza diretta a contrastare il dilagare delle malattie contagiose nel Paese africano. Il carico e’ stato accolto all’aeroporto dall’ambasciatore italiano […]
Read moreAfter three years, Italy has re-joined the ranks of donor countries to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The announcement was made by Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli in Washington, where a fund “Replenishment Conference” is being held. The conference aims to raise 15 billion dollars for the next 3 years. 100 […]
Read moreThe future of Afghanistan lies in “strengthening women’s role in the society”, Minister Emma Bonino underscored in a speech at the conference “Afghanistan 2014, a year of change: status and prospects for Afghan women”, sponsored by Actionaid, an international NGO working to combat poverty and social exclusion. Major advances but must remains to be done […]
Read moreFor Italy the agreement reached in Geneva on the Iranian nuclear programme opens “new prospects for peace” in the region and, based on new trust, could strengthen exchanges and cooperation. Minister Emma Bonino expressed Italy’s satisfaction and underscored that the accord was “an initial step toward rebuilding that climate of trust that is indispensable to […]
Read moreA new Italian Development Cooperation flight – the third since the onset of the emergency in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Haiyan – left the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi today, headed for Cebu. The plane is carrying 42.5 tons of supplies such as tents, emergency shelters, water containers and purification equipment, […]
Read moreForeign Minister Emma Bonino met the Director General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder, at the Farnesina today, 19 November 2013. The meeting concluded with the ceremony delivering Italy’s ratification instrument for Convention no. 186 of 2006, the Maritime Labour Convention, which will enter into force in our country on 19 November 2014. […]
Read more“The United Nations have praised Italy, because it earmarked over 1 million euros for the Philippines even before they asked us to. But in 15 days time the Filipinos will still be needing us: let’s hope we don’t get distracted by Christmas shopping”. That was the appeal sent out by Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli, urging […]
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