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30 July 2019
Farnesina and UNICEF to support minors in Eritrea

“Building the resilience of children, youths and communities to prevent irregular migration” is the title of the UNICEF project worth almost one million euros that the Foreign Ministry financed through its Africa Fund. This project aims to improve the living conditions and enhance the level of education of Eritreans, especially minors, by offering more primary […]

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30 July 2019
The Foreign Ministry supports women and young migrants in Niger and Nigeria

The Foreign Ministry has arranged to make a 2.5-million-euro financing to UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, through the Africa Fund. UN Women’s projects will be carried out in Niger (for 1.5 million euros), through a targeted project to support women and young farmers in the Zinder […]

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30 July 2019
Farnesina-OIM Cooperation in favour of migrants in Tunisia

The Foreign Ministry financed a three-million-euro project through the Africa Fund to provide assistance to migrants in Tunisia, to be implemented through the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The project is subdivided into three sections: the first concerns maintaining and expanding the dwelling solutions available to migrants from Libya, especially in the south of the […]

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Press Releases
14 June 2019
Incontro del Sottosegretario Di Stefano con il Premio Nobel Nadia Murad

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, today received at the Farnesina, Nadia Murad, a Yazidi Human Rights activists and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2018, who is in Italy to pick up the “Premio Bellisario internazionale”. The conversation focused on the situation of the Yazidi minority mostly originating […]

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Press Releases
20 May 2019
Italy joined the United Nations Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking

Italy joined the United Nations Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking at the High-Level Event held in Vienna today concomitantly with the opening of the 28th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Italy’s participation in the Blue Heart Campaign forms part of its broader contribution to combating human trafficking and protecting the victims of trafficking and of […]

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Press Releases
19 May 2019
UN letter on migrants: Minister Moavero tasks the Permanent Representative to the UN Office at Geneva to request a clarification

In relation to the letter dated 17 May that was sent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, by experts of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Foreign Ministry specifies the following: Yesterday, Minister Moavero tasked Ambassador Cornado, the Italian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, […]

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Press Releases
17 May 2019
International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) – 17 May

On the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Italy reaffirms its commitment at international level to fight all forms of discrimination, including the one based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Despite the progress made in the last few years, LGBTI people continue to suffer acts of discrimination and violence in many parts of […]

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Press Releases
17 May 2019
Minister Moavero in Helsinki to attend the 129th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, is attending the 129th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe held in Helsinki today. The meeting, hosted by the Finnish rotating Presidency, celebrates the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Strasburg-based Council of Europe of which Italy is a founding member. The […]

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17 April 2019
Statement by Equal Rights Coalition on the situation in Brunei

The undersigned members of the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) express profound dismay at the decision of Brunei to fully implement its revised Penal Code. As part of the full implementation which became effective on April 3, 2019, provisions have been introduced prescribing a range of penalties including amputation of limbs, whipping and stoning to death […]

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Events
17 April 2019
Third National Action Plan on “Women, Peace and Security”

As provided for by the Third National Action Plan, adopted pursuant to Resolution N. 1325 (2000) of the United Nations Security Council on “Women, Peace and Security”, the decree for the concession of financial contributions has been published. For the disbursement criteria and procedures, please click on the following link. https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/atti_concessione/cm_5484.pdf

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Diplomatic Network
19 March 2019
Belgrade hosts a meeting on sustainable development

Italian Ambassador in Belgrade, Carlo Lo Cascio, and the Rector of the city’s Ivanka Popovic University co-chaired the first Italo-Serbian meeting on sustainable development goals. The event draws inspiration from the meetings organized by the Club of Rome – a non-profit NGO whose members are notable scientists, economists, businessmen/women, civil rights activists, high level civil […]

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