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21 May 2013
UN: Water agenda an integral part of foreign policy, says Bonino

“The water agenda must be an integral part of our foreign policy. Because a water agenda means an agenda for peace, social inclusion, rights and development. Investing in water is also a way to foster growth”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, speaking at a meeting of the UNSG’s Advisory Board on […]

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20 May 2013
HUMANITARIAN LAW – International officeres study in Italy

A course is being held at the Villa Ormond International Institute for Humanitarian Law (IIHL) in Sanremo, Italy for a large delegation of international government officials from Libya and South Sudan, as well as from other Arab-speaking countries: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Qatar and the Palestinian Authority; other participants include officials, legal advisors and […]

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16 May 2013
Bonino in Strasbourg – New start for Italy on human rights

A “new start”, “without giving in or compromising”: Italy intends to “invert the trend” after the Court of Human Rights’ ruling on its slowness of justice, lack of respect for the right to a defence and prison conditions. This was Minister for Foreign Affairs’ Emma Bonino’s pledge before the Committee of Ministers of the Council […]

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16 May 2013
Bonino in Strasbourg for Council of Europe Ministers Committee Meeting

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino is in Strasbourg today for a meeting of the Council of Europe Ministers Committee, a meeting dedicated to the reforms the organization must undertake in order to strengthen its efforts in defence of democracy, human rights and the rule of law in its 47 Member countries. After her address, […]

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15 May 2013
Bonino in Parliament – Foreign Ministry to contribute to Italy’s rebound

Promotion of the country’s productive system, strengthening of the European Union, the Middle East peace process, the Syrian crisis, Libya and the solution to the case of the marines held in India were some of the foreign ministry’s main planning concerns outlined by Minister Emma Bonino in her report before the Upper and Lower Houses […]

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9 May 2013
Italy will do everything possible for peace in Mid-East – Bilateral in Rome between Minister Bonino and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

“The last possible chance” to reach a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, and that Italy “will do everything possible” to encourage by supporting diplomatic efforts under way. This Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino confirmed at the end of her meeting today at the foreign ministry in Rome with U.S. Secretary of State John […]

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Press Releases
6 May 2013
Italy firmly condemns massacres of civilians at Banyas in Syria

The horror of the massacres of civilians at Banyas bears witness to the dramatic level that the violent Syrian conflict has reached, and which continues to annihilate innocent victims that include women and children. The spiralling humanitarian costs of the violence perpetrated by the regime have reached intolerable proportions. As Italy awaits justice for those […]

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23 April 2013
Deputy Minister Dassù at the 2nd National Forum of the Valore D Association

Deputy Minister Marta Dassù spoke this afternoon in Rome at the 2nd Forum nazionale dell’Associazione Valore D dedicated to the theme “Toward a new equilibrium. Profit. Respect. Leadership”, an annual encounter with institutions and major representatives of economic, academic and corporate spheres on gender issues. Women in diplomacy – an encouraging trend The Deputy Minister […]

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23 April 2013
NATO ministerial – Monti: multiply efforts toward democratic transition in Lybia

NATO’s participation in the training of Libyan security forces and the reintegration of armed militias was one of the proposals on the table of the Atlantic Alliance foreign ministers meeting in Brussels this morning a few hours from the attack on the French embassy in Tripoli. Premier and interim Foreign Minister Mario Monti expressed Italy’s […]

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