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Press Releases
28 June 2017
Alfano: “Satisfaction at the release of the Italian activists detained in Russia”

“It is with great satisfaction and joy that I confirm that the five Italian activists under administrative detention in Russia have been released and will shortly return to Italy,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Angelino Alfano. He added: “This wonderful success was also made possible thanks to the prompt intervention of the Foreign Ministry […]

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Press Releases
26 May 2017
Palermo: Alfano expresses full Italian support to Deputy Manager of UNICEF

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, today met the Deputy Executive Manager of UNICEF, Justin Forsyth, at the end of the ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the first meeting of the Regional Assembly of Sicily, which was held at Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo. Minister Alfano expressed full Italian support for […]

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Press Releases
23 May 2017
Alfano meets Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Angelino Alfano, welcomed the  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, to the Farnesina. During their talks, which followed a telephone conversation on May 5, the dignitaries examined the issue of refugees in the Central Mediterranean and mulled collaboration prospects between Italy and the UNHCR.  In […]

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In detail
17 May 2017
International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

On the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Italy reaffirms its international commitment to fight any form of discrimination, including the one based on sexual orientation. Italy’s actions to protect and promote human rights in the world are based on the deep conviction that human rights are universal. Italy supports and promotes international initiatives to […]

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Press Releases
17 May 2017
Niger. Alfano: “Italy makes an emergency contribution to UNICEF to provide food assistance to children”​

“Through the Italian Cooperation service, we have arranged to contribute 400,000 euros to UNICEF in response to the dramatic humanitarian emergency in Niger, to provide food assistance to children,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano. “In Niger, the humanitarian emergency is made all the more complex by the overlapping of […]

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Press Releases
28 April 2017
Alfano receives the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee, David Harris

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, today received at the Farnesina David Harris, the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee. During the cordial talks, Minister Alfano reaffirmed to his interlocutor Italy’s sound bonds of friendship with the Jewish world, with the U.S.A. and with Israel, confirming the Country’s commitment to […]

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Press Releases
21 April 2017
Alfano on Venezuela. Violence can never be the response to the population’s requests

“I am following with deep concern the development of the protests underway and I express my firmest condemnation of the violence witnessed in the past few days,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, on the street clashes in Venezuela. “I repeat that violence cannot be the response to the population’s […]

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Press Releases
12 April 2017
Humanitarian cooperation

Humanitarian cooperation for the identification of victims of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean is the topic of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Elisabetta Belloni, and the Extraordinary Government Commissioner for Missing Persons, Prefect Vittorio Piscitelli, signed today at the Farnesina.  The MoU defines […]

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Press Releases
12 April 2017
The Farnesina and the Special Commissioner of the Italian Government for Missing Persons sign an MoU

Humanitarian cooperation with a view to identifying the victims of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea was at the centre of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed today by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Elisabetta Belloni, and the Special Commissioner of the Italian Government for Missing Persons, Prefect Vittorio […]

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Interviews
8 April 2017
Alfano “Justified response by violations in Damascus. But now let us resort to the UN” (Corriere della Sera)

“Minister Alfano, are we sure that Assad used chemical weapons during the Khan Sheikhoun bombing, or was the area bombed with conventional armaments from ISIL chemical weapon stocks, as Russia maintains?”“Practically speaking, the missiles launched from U.S. ships struck the Syrian bases where the attacks to civilians originated. In other words, the U.S. response is […]

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Press Releases
25 March 2017
Undersecretary of State Amendola in New York. The Security Council unanimously approves the Resolution to protect cultural heritage

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved the Resolution proposed by Italy and France, requiring Countries to protect cultural heritage from the destruction of war and against the illegal trafficking of historical assets. Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vincenzo Amendola, was in New York where he contributed to the discussion and participated in the […]

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