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Press Releases
26 November 2012
UN: adoption at committee stage of the Resolution against female genital mutilation is an important advance. We must now continue our efforts until the battle is won

“A reason for special satisfaction for Italy and an important step forwards in a campaign for civility that must be continued until the battle is won”. These were Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s words on learning of the adoption, just minutes ago in New York, of the Resolution on intensifying the global effort to eliminate female […]

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Press Releases
24 November 2012
Dettaglio comunicato

“L’impegno per contrastare tutte le forme di violenza che continuano a colpire milioni di donne nel mondo è una priorità assoluta dell’ azione internazionale dell’ Italia. La promozione dei diritti delle donne è un valore assoluto ed un parametro di civiltà e continueremo a lavorare affinché la tutela delle donne sia sempre di più al […]

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23 November 2012
Joint Italy-PNA Committee – Terzi: comprehensive strengthened collaboration, confident about Gaza

The first meeting of the Joint Italo-Palestinian Ministerial Committee, held at the foreign ministry in Rome, “defined the comprehensive impetus we wish to give, with the emphasis on economic collaboration and the creation of partnerships between firms”, commented Minister Giulio Terzi at the end of a meeting with his Palestinian colleague Riyad Malki during bilateral […]

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22 November 2012
Italy-Argentina: boosting parliamentary diplomacy

The “First Parliamentary Day for Italo-Argentine Friendship and Integration”, held on 16 November in Buenos Aires, was organised by a group of Italian MPs and intended as a way to more deeply analyse Italo-Argentine relations with a view to boosting the role of parliamentary diplomacy. Read more, in Italian.

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Press Releases
21 November 2012
Ceasefire called in Gaza; major step toward solution to the crisis, says Terzi

Commenting from Paris on the news of the agreement on a ceasefire in Gaza, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, presently accompanying the President of the Republic on a State visit to France, said he was “very pleased with this agreement, a major step toward a solution to the crisis”. “This achievement”, Terzi underscored, “is […]

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21 November 2012
Gaza: Italy and France appeal for truce – We are working toward dialogue aimed at peace, says Terzi

Italy is insisting on a ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians. Giorgio Napolitano and Francois Hollande launched a joint appeal from Paris for a truce in Gaza. Napolitano, in particular, reiterated the “firmest condemnation of terrorism”, expressing “solidarity with Israel, which feels brutally attacked, and with the victims” of Gaza. Containing the escalating violence France and […]

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Press Releases
20 November 2012
Dettaglio comunicato

In occasione della XXIII Giornata internazionale per i Diritti dell’Infanzia e dell’Adolescenza, che si celebra oggi, il Ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi ha ribadito il forte impegno dell’Italia, paese firmatario della Convenzione di New York sui Diritti del Fanciullo del 1989, nella promozione e protezione dei diritti dei fanciulli. “Oggi -ha detto Terzi- il mio […]

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20 November 2012
Gaza – Terzi reports to Lower House – prolonged conflict would have unacceptable humanitarian consequences

“A prolongation or deterioration of the conflict would have unacceptable consequences at humanitarian level, but also with regard to the stability of the region and the Mediterranean area in general”. This was the statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi in his report to the Foreign Commission on the situation in Gaza, underscoring that […]

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Press Releases
20 November 2012
Human Rights: another Iranian refugee from Camp Ashraf arrives in Italy

Within the context of the human rights initiatives promoted by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Giulio Terzi, who brought two Iranian refugees from Camp Ashraf in Iraq to Italy in early September, another Iranian woman was brought to Italy today. “A further gesture“,Terziaffirmed, “by which we are pursuing efforts based on two specific principles: respect for […]

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