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Press Releases
16 November 2020
Sereni: “Protecting girl children in war zones”

“Children are our most precious resource and their rights must be protected everywhere and in all circumstances” said the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, in her opening address at the video link meeting of the International Conference of the Universities Network for Children in Armed Conflict (UNCAC), promoted by the University of Perugia […]

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Press Releases
4 November 2020
Council of Europe: Sereni – keep our guard up on human rights

Vice Minister Marina Sereni took part, by video conference, in the 130th Session of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. Italy will hold the Committee’s Presidency for the semester from November 2021 to May 2022. “The Council of Europe,” said Ms Sereni, “engages in a task that is not always immediately visible to its […]

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Interviews
29 October 2020
Del Re: vicini al Mali, è il nostro confine sud (Avvenire)

Un gesto d’amore». Così nei giorni scorsi il presidente di transizione del Mali, Bah N’Daw, ha accolto la notizia secondo cui l’Italia aprirà un’ambasciata a Bamako, pur in un momento storico che vede ancora forti tensioni sul territorio in un Paese vittima di attentati islamisti e di tensioni separatiste. Ma l’Italia crede nel percorso avviato dalle […]

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Press Releases
28 October 2020
Del Re wraps up her visit to Mali and meets the Prime Minister

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re wraps up her visit to Mali with a meeting with the Prime Minister, Moctar Ouanee. The key issues touched on: the development, security and good governance in the country. “It was with joy and satisfaction that I announced to the Head of the Government the imminent opening of an Italian […]

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Press Releases
15 October 2020
Sereni: Italy committed to protecting children in war

An extremely positive talk took place between Vice Foreign Minister Marina Sereni and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba. The safeguarding and protection of children in the war zones of the planet is a vast humanitarian problem, made more serious today by the health emergency. Italy has made this […]

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Press Releases
13 October 2020
Sereni to the tenth anniversary of the birth of the International Commission against the Death Penalty

“The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) plays a crucial role in the mobilization of governments and people for the abolition of the death penalty, a priority theme in Italy’s international action for the affirmation of human rights”. This what stated by the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni, speaking in a video […]

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Press Releases
12 October 2020
International day against the death penalty

On the World and European Day against the Death Penalty celebrated today, Italy reiterates its strongest condemnation of the death penalty in all circumstances. Italy believes that the Death Penalty has no deterrent value concerning crime while making any judicial error dramatically irreversible. In occasion of the ministerial week of the 75th session of the […]

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Press Releases
24 September 2020
VM Del Re at the UN – Tireless effort, Italy for civil protection

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re attended the ministerial meeting on “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P), held in the margins of the 75th United Nations General Assembly.  The meeting is particularly relevant in light of the 15th anniversary of the R2P principles, which were first formulated at the 2005 UN World Summit. As the Vice Minister stressed […]

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Press Releases
23 September 2020
UN. Sereni: “Italy committed for no discrimination against LGBTI

The Vice Minister Marina Sereni spoke in a videoconference at the event on the inclusion of LGBTI people, during the 75th UN General Assembly. The event, opened by an introductory speech by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Bachelet, aims to renew the commitment of States to take a stand against the violence […]

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Press Releases
9 September 2020
International Day to Protect Education from Armed Attacks (9th September 2020)

On the occasion of the first International Day to Protect Education from Armed Attack, established in May 2020 by the United Nations General Assembly, Italy reiterates that education is a fundamental right of children and must always be guaranteed and protected, even in times of war. Italy works with the utmost determination, in partnership with […]

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Press Releases
7 September 2020
Gender Equality: Vice Minister Sereni: “from women a great contribution to the peaceful resolution of conflicts”

Italy committed to promoting women’s emancipation in the world “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation attributes the utmost importance to the promotion of gender equality and the emancipation of all women and is proud to have sponsored this Forum”. This was declared by the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni in a […]

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