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11 September 2013

Under-Secretary Giro meets representatives of Central African Republic

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mario Giro, met representatives of the Central African Republic at the Farnesina today. The delegation was made up of members of the government and of the national Transition Committee, and of religious communities and civil society. Led by the Minister for Communications with responsibility for Reconciliation, the delegation and its […]

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Accreditation Notices

11 September 2013

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: Reminder: UNICEF conference on “Syria’s Children: a generation at risk”. (Farnesina, 12 September 2013)

A reminder that on Thursday 12 September the Farnesina will be hosting a conference marking the close of the UNICEF conference on “Syria’s Children: a generation at risk”. The event will start at 15.00 and end at around 16.30. The conference will be opened and moderated by the President of UNICEF Italy, Giacomo Guerrera. The […]

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Press Releases

10 September 2013

Incontro tra il Ministro Bonino e il Ministro degli Affari Esteri della Repubblica Federale di Nigeria Olugbenga Ayodeji Ashiru

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino received the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Olugbenga Ayodeji Ashiru, at the Farnesina today, 10 September 2013. The two ministers discussed measures to combat political-religious terrorism, and anti-piracy measures in the Gulf of Guinea. Minister Bonino expressed her great appreciation of the key role played by […]

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Press Releases

10 September 2013

Incontro tra il Ministro Bonino e il Ministro degli Affari Esteri della Repubblica Federale di Nigeria Olugbenga Ayodeji Ashiru

Il Ministro degli Esteri Emma Bonino ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il Ministro degli Affari Esteri della Repubblica Federale di Nigeria Olugbenga Ayodeji Ashiru. Nel corso dell’incontro ampio spazio è stato dato alle questioni della lotta al terrorismo di matrice politico-religiosa ed al contrasto alla pirateria nel Golfo di Guinea. Il Ministro Bonino ha espresso […]

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In detail

10 September 2013

Syria’s Children: a generation at risk – UNICEF conference at the Farnesina. Minister Bonino’s address

The civilian victims of the armed conflict being waged in Syria for over two years number 100,000, at least 7,000 of them children, according to the most recent United Nations estimates. And over 4 million people, of whom nearly 2 million are children, are “displaced persons” forced to leave their homes but still in Syria. […]

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Accreditation Notices

10 September 2013

UNICEF conference on “Syria’s Children: a generation at risk

On Thursday 12 September the Farnesina will be hosting a conference marking the close of the UNICEF conference on “Syria’s Children: a generation at risk”. The event will start at 15.00 and end at around 16.30. The conference will be opened and moderated by the President of UNICEF Italy, Giacomo Guerrera. The other speakers include […]

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Press Releases

7 September 2013

Death penalty: Minister Bonino’s appeal for suspension of execution of the Tibetan, Drolma Kyab

“I am saddened to learn that the People’s Court of Ngaba has sentenced the Tibetan Drolma Kyab to death. On several occasions I have expressed my conviction that progress towards full respect for human rights will proceed at a different pace in different social contexts. But there can be no doubt as to the absolute […]

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Press Releases

6 September 2013

Under-Secretary Giro concludes the International Institute for Humanitarian Law’s 36th Round Table

Under-Secretary Mario Giro presented the closing address at the International Institute for Humanitarian Law’s 36th Round Table on “Respecting IHL: Challenges and Responses”. In his presentation, Under-Secretary Giro underscored just how topical the subject is and illustrated some of the limitations of the current system. “We need to diversity the tools available to the international […]

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4 September 2013

Syria: humanitarian emergency, help from Italy

The number of Syrian refugees is now more than 2 million. In one year, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), their numbers in neighbouring countries have increased by 1.8 million. Countries to which, on average, nearly 5,000 Syrians continue to flee each day, and which to date have taken in over 97% of […]

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Press Releases

2 September 2013

IRAQ, Camp Ashraf: Bonino, episodio gravissimo. Il governo iracheno chiarisca

“E’ un episodio gravissimo, che suscita profonda preoccupazione. La perdita di vite umane è assolutamente inaccettabile, e va condannata con la massima fermezza”. Lo afferma il Ministro degli Esteri, Emma Bonino, in relazione alle notizie provenienti da Camp Ashraf. “Ci attendiamo – prosegue Emma Bonino – che da parte del Governo iracheno vengano immediatamente chiariti […]

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Press Releases

2 September 2013

IRAQ, Camp Ashraf: Bonino, episodio gravissimo. Il governo iracheno chiarisca

“A very serious incident which arouses deep concern. The loss of human lives is completely unacceptable and must be condemned with the utmost firmness”. This was Foreign Minister Emma Bonino’s statement on the news from Camp Ashraf. “We expect the Iraqi Government to clarify immediately the details of an incident which appears, from the information […]

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27 August 2013

Syria: Bonino, Italy will not participate in absence of UN mandate

“Italy will not actively take part in military solutions in the absence of a UN Security Council mandate”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino’s said in a briefing before the joint Upper and Lower House Foreign Affairs Commissions on the latest developments in Syria and Egypt. For Italy, the minister explained, a UN Security Council […]

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