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Press Releases
21 September 2016
“Moving away from the death penalty: the voices of victims” – Minister Gentiloni co-chairs with Ban Ki Moon the event on the death penalty​

During the 71st United Nations General Assemby, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentioni co-chaired with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon the event “Moving away from the death penalty: the voices of victims”, organised by Italy in conjunction with Argentina, France and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Following the opening remarks by […]

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17 September 2016
5th Conference to replenish the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, will be in Montreal to attend the 5th Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Ever since it was established at the G8 in Genoa in 2001, supporting the Global Fund has been one of the priorities of Italy’s development […]

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Press Releases
29 August 2016
Lawyer Malek Adly released from prison in Egypt​

The Farnesina welcomed the release of Lawyer Malek Adly after 114 days of detention in the Egyptian prison of Torah. There is hope that this encouraging, albeit limited, sign may be followed by similar measures for other activists, among whom several university students, currently detained in Egyptian prisons.

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19 August 2016
World Humanitarian Day: to celebrate humanitarian aid

The World Humanitarian Day, the celebration instituted by the United Nations to commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad on 19 August 2003, represents a valuable opportunity to shed light on still unmet humanitarian needs and on the unacceptable numbers – over 130 million – of people fleeing armed conflicts […]

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1 August 2016
CIDU opens a public online consultation on the National Action Plan on Businesses and Human Rights

The Inter-Ministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has recently published on its Website –  www.cidu.esteri.it – the preliminary National Action Plan on Businesses and Human Rights. The Plan is the outcome of a broad consultation campaign promoted by CIDU among institutional bodies, business representatives, civil society organizations, trade […]

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Press Releases
29 July 2016
Syria: Farnesina expresses concern over the situation in Eastern Aleppo

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expresses concern over the situation in Eastern Aleppo, which is presently under siege and systematically bombed by regime forces that spare nothing and nobody on their way. Air strikes continue to hit hospitals, schools and markets causing a very high number of casualties among civilians.   […]

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27 July 2016
CIDU opens a public online consultation on the National Action Plan on Businesses and Human Rights

The Inter-Ministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has recently published on its Website –  www.cidu.esteri.it – the preliminary National Action Plan on Businesses and Human Rights. The Plan is the outcome of a broad consultation campaign promoted by CIDU among institutional bodies, business representatives, civil society organizations, trade […]

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Press Releases
21 July 2016
Death Penalty – Task Force meets at the Farnesina

Italy remains firm and determined to press ahead with the campaign for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Senator Della Vedova chaired a meeting of the MAECI-civil society “task force” today at the headquarters of the Ministry. It was held to coordinate Italy’s action ahead of a vote […]

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Press Releases
10 July 2016
Italy takes in former Guantanamo Naval Base detainee for humanitarian reasons

Consenting to the request of the United States, Italy has accepted the application filed by Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman, a Yemeni citizen detained in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, to be taken in by Italy for humanitarian reasons. The decision of the Italian government is in line with the joint EU-US statement of 15 June […]

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20 June 2016
20 June – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs celebrates World Refugee Day 2016

The humanity we will show in receiving desperate refugees, the intelligence through which we will approach migration phenomena, the resolve with which we will fight against human traffickers will allow us to show the world the quality of democratic life.(Sergio Mattarella) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation celebrates World Refugee Day and the UN […]

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17 June 2016
Human Rights: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and civil society support humanitarian mine clearing projects

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today hosted the annual meeting of the National Mine Action Committee (NMAC), attended by Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Della Vedova and representatives of major NGOs who carry out humanitarian mine clearing internationally. Italy is firmly committed to the universalisation of the Ottawa and Oslo Conventions and is spearheading […]

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