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Press Releases
17 July 2015
Gentiloni meets with UN Special Envoy for the Sahel Hiroute Guebre Sellassie

Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni met today at the Farnesina with the UN Secretary General’s special envoy for the Sahel, Hiroute Guebre Sellassie. “This was an important meeting to coordinate Italy’s actions in the Sahel with the strategy the special envoy is outlining for the region”, Minister Gentiloni said. “We are following […]

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2 July 2015
UN: Human Rights Council adopts first Resolution on prevention of child, early and forced marriage

The Human Rights Council of the United Nations today (2 July 2015) adopted by consensus the first substantive Resolution on Strengthening Efforts to Prevent and Eliminate Child, Early and Forced Marriage. This marks a significant advance in the protection of human rights and individual freedoms. Early and forced marriages a violation of human rights, especially […]

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Press Releases
1 July 2015
Joint Statement on Libya by the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States

The Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, express our deep concern about the ongoing violence within Libya, and the expansion of terrorism in Libya. We recognize that the Libyan people want peace and stability. We welcome the recent round of talks of the UN political dialogue in Skhirat, […]

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Interviews
28 June 2015
“We can only fight terror if we’re united”, says Gentiloni (Il Messaggero)

“To combat terrorism, we need to be united. Including the political forces, and by working with the representatives of over 1.2 million Italian Muslims who have every interest in isolating and defeating the small fundamentalist minorities who support the terrorists”. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is analysing the global offensive of terror, from Tunisia to Somalia, […]

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22 June 2015
Gentiloni, the EuNavFor against people trafficking

Minister for Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni, who is participating in a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, asserted that the EUNavFor mission against people traffickers was an a first step and a small part of the European initiative, underscoring that it was fundamental that the 25-26 summit produce a “binding” accord on the […]

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Press Releases
18 June 2015
Egypt: Farnesina expresses strong concerns over death penalty for members of Muslim Brotherhood

Italy, like the other countries of the European Union, rejects the death penalty and is actively campaigning for a universal moratorium on capital punishment. The Farnesina therefore expresses strong concern over the confirmation of the death penalty for numerous members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, including the former President, Mohamed Morsi, and calls for […]

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Press Releases
15 June 2015
Italy-Pakistan: Della Vedova visiting Islamabad

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Benedetto Della Vedova, will be visiting Pakistan today and tomorrow, 15-16 June 2015. In Islamabad he will meet members of the government, including the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant, Ambassador Syed Tariq Fatemi; the Minister for Commerce, Dastagir Khurram Khan; the Minister for Petroleum, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi; and […]

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Interviews
14 June 2015
Gentiloni: “The nay-saying countries are short-sighted” (La Stampa)

“All of this reluctance to accept the European Commission’s immigration plan seems short-sighted to me”. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has always taken a cautious approach and avoided any show of triumphalism even when – in mid-May – Italy could have claimed the transformation of the immigration dossier into a shared, European dossier, as a national […]

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11 June 2015
Dei – Ghana – Italian architects build new GNPC headquarters

A group of young Italian architects (under 40) of the Bicuadro, O.C.R.A and Studio 3+1 firms will build the headquarters of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) in Accra, under the leadership of architect Stefano Farcomeni. The group was awarded the 80 million euro project after an international invitational competition. Construction is scheduled to begin […]

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Press Releases
10 June 2015
Communiqué for Libya meeting in Berlin – June 10th

1) Senior officials of the Governments of China, France, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States of America as well as of the EU met today in Berlin with the Libyan delegates to the UN-led Political Dialogue and in the presence of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Bernardino […]

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Interviews
28 May 2015
Gentiloni – “Migrants: the future of the EU is at stake” (Avvenire)

“It’s a good start. But now the delicate negotiations are starting – negotiations that are complex and full of unknowns”. After a night of talks and contacts with Europe, Paolo Gentiloni is opting for realism. “The European Commission’s proposal on immigration should not be taken for a final decision. It’s a positive step, it establishes […]

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