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30 January 2017

CAMPAIGN FOR THE ERADICATION OF FGM. THE ITALIAN COMMITTMENT

Following negotiations, the first substantial resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on the ban on FGM was approved by consensus in 2012. On December 19 2016 the General Assembly adopted, by consensus, a third Resolution on the issue, submitted by Gambia, on behalf of the African Group (Burkina Faso being the facilitator in the […]

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30 January 2017

Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will host the  “Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation”  conference on Monday January 30 and Tuesday January 31. It is organised by the NGO “Non c’è pace senza giustizia” , in collaboration with the Ministry and the Italian Development Cooperation Agency. The conference is part of the […]

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Press Releases

8 January 2017

Attacks in the Middle East. Alfano, joint response to international terrorism needed

​The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, expresses his solidarity with the State of Israel for the violent terrorist attack in Jerusalem. Alfano confirms once again that “our country is committed to combating the strategy of terror with every means”. “I also feel close to the people of Syria and Iraq who suffered […]

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30 December 2016

UN General Assembly adopts resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty

The United Nations General Assembly has recently adopted, with 117 votes in favour, the sixth resolution calling for a universal moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Even in the face of terrorism and other threats to global security, the vote reconfirms the international community’s commitment to work together towards a world free from […]

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20 December 2016

Minister Alfano: “To Ukraine, from Italy, 1 million euros in humanitarian aid”

Alfano: “Italy has approved an emergency contribution of 1 million euros, divided into two funding packages: an initial 700,000 euros for the World Food Programme (WFP) to distribute food rations and cash aid to the most vulnerable civilian population, in order to lessen the human impact of the conflict taking place in eastern Ukraine.An additional […]

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15 December 2016

Guatemala – ​ Italian Government supports project to promote legality

In order to prevent the spread of crime, the Italian Government will make a contribution of over 110,000 USD to the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CIGIG) for it to implement a cooperation project to promote the culture of legality in Guatemalan civil society, starting from children and young people. The project will focus […]

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15 December 2016

Presentation of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2016

To celebrate the Human Rights Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hosts the Presentation of the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2016, organized within the framework of the “EU4 Human Rights” by the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU), in partnership with the University of Padua. The event will be opened by the […]

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14 December 2016

Syria: The Foreign Ministry expresses utmost concern for the situation in East Aleppo

The Foreign Ministry expresses utmost concern for the situation in East Aleppo and reaffirms the imperative of protecting the civilian population and of respecting international humanitarian law. In recalling that also the Holy Father underscored the fact that Aleppo is above all a city inhabited by thousands of innocent civilians, the Ministry calls on the […]

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12 December 2016

Conference on Inclusion of People with Disabilities within Italian Cooperation

Chamber of Deputies: 13 December the Conference on “Inclusion of People with Disabilities within Italian Cooperation” On 13 December the Conference on “Inclusion of Disabilities in Italian Cooperation” will be organised by the Chamber of Deputies by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Maeci), the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (Aics) and the […]

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9 December 2016

Human Rights Day

On the day which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights  by the United Nations General Assembly, on December 10, 1948, the world celebrates the International Human Rights Day.Italy joins in the celebrations, standing firm in its commitment to the theme and believing that respecting and defending human rights are the necessary […]

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9 December 2016

Humanitarian crisis in Mosul

The military operations to free Mosul from Daesh terrorists have produced a flow of almost 80,000 dislocated persons up to now and, in this phase, it is essential to multiply humanitarian relief activities in order to meet the greater needs on the ground, especially in view of the upcoming winter season.   Granting the request […]

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29 November 2016

IDLO Partnership Forum – Access to Justice and The Rule of Law as Drivers of Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges

In occasione dell’annuale Assemblea delle Parti dell’IDLO (International Development Law Organization), il Ministero degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale ospita l’IDLO Partnership Forum: Access to Justice and The Rule of Law as Drivers of Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges. Ispirato dall’Agenda 2030 per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile delle Nazioni Unite, con particolare riferimento ad accesso alla […]

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