Diritti Umani

Press Releases

9 August 2012

Libya: Terzi’s “deep satisfaction” with power handover

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi expressed his “deep satisfaction” with the National Transitional Council’s handover of power yesterday evening to the newly elected Libyan National Council. The minister described it as “another step forward on the road to a democratic Libya, a concrete and tangible sign of the new leadership’s democratic maturity and responsibility”. […]

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Press Releases

3 August 2012

Syria: Terzi hails un resolution. A strong mandate for Annan successor

“The UN resolution on Syria, cosponsored by dozens of nations that include Italy and approved today by the UN General Assembly, is a major political development that I welcome with great satisfaction”. This was the comment by Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, according to whom “the UN has shown its ability to resume diplomacy […]

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Speeches

3 August 2012

Speech detail

(valid only the actual speech delivered) Signora Vice Presidente del Senato, Sen. Emma Bonino, Segretario del Partito radicale Nonviolento, Transnazionale e Transpartito, Demba Traoré, Presidente di Nessuno tocchi Caino, On.le Marco Pannella, Segretario di Nessuno tocchi Caino, On.le Sergio D’Elia, Onorevole Elisabetta Zamparutti, ho accolto con piacere il vostro invito a partecipare alla presentazione del […]

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Press Releases

2 August 2012

Minister Terzi’s comment on the resignation of the UN and Arab League Envoy for the Syrian crisis, Kofi Annan

“This is a negative signal. It confirms the urgent need for all sides to increase the pressure on Assad to provide space for a Syrian-led political transition that is both inevitable and urgent. A transition that makes it possible to bring to an end a tragedy that is affecting the civilian population, and its weakest […]

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In detail

1 August 2012

Syria: the humanitarian situation is dramatic, says Terzi – Obama-Monti: Collaboration to keep up the pressure on Assad

 “A dramatic humanitarian situation”. That is how Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi defined the exodus of hundreds of thousands of people from the Syrian city of Aleppo, which has been under fire from the Syrian army for days now. Terzi pointed out Italy’s commitment to helping the refugees taken in by Jordan by, inter alia, sending […]

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In detail

30 July 2012

Syria: head off a massacre at Aleppo, urges Terzi

“Everyone must contribute to putting the maximum pressure on Assad in order to avoid another massacre”, commented Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, expressing his deep concern over the “disturbing” news of the government forces’ siege of the city Syrian of Aleppo. The Italian Cooperation has already launched emergency interventions on the ground on behalf […]

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Interviews

27 July 2012

Dettaglio intervista

Caro direttore, alla metà degli Anni 30, l’ambasciatore britannico in Finlandia scrisse, in un suo messaggio a Londra, di avere conosciuto la signora Ruth Bryan Owen, ambasciatore americano a Copenhagen dal 1933 al 1936. II capo missione britannico ammise che «si può parlare con lei come se fosse un uomo»; ma aggiunse subito, con una […]

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Interviews

27 July 2012

Dettaglio intervista

FIGLI E CARRIERA, UN DIRITTO DELLE DONNE Caro direttore, alla metà degli Anni 30, l’ambasciatore britannico in Finlandia scrisse, in un suo messaggio a Londra, di avere conosciuto la signora Ruth Bryan Owen, ambasciatore americano a Copenhagen dal 1933 al 1936. II capo missione britannico ammise che «si può parlare con lei come se fosse […]

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Press Releases

27 July 2012

Press release detail

“Everyone must contribute to putting the maximum pressure on Assad in order to avoid another massacre”, commented Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, expressing his deep concern over the “disturbing” news of the government forces’ siege of the city Syrian of Aleppo. The Italian Cooperation has already launched emergency interventions on the ground on behalf […]

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In detail

25 July 2012

Syria – Terzi reports to Parliament “Assad must open his eyes and see his people”. New aid for refugees

The international community is committed to convincing Syrian President Bashar al Assad to open his eyes to the democratic demands of his people. This was Minister Giulio Terzi’s statement in a joint sitting of the Upper and Lower House commissions on the recent developments in the Syrian crisis. Terzi pointed out that the Syrian government’s […]

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Press Releases

25 July 2012

Press release detail

“We cannot stand by and watch, as the search goes on for a solution to the Syrian crisis”, while thousands of innocent children are enduring unacceptable conditions”. In an immediate response to UNICEF Italia’s recent appeal, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi announced a decision to earmark €500,000 through the Italian Cooperation to fund an […]

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Press Releases

24 July 2012

Press release detail

“The recent bombings that took the lives of dozens of people in Iraq deserve our firmest condemnation”, asserted Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, according to whom, “those criminal and cowardly minds that strike during Ramadan, intending to break the pace of democratic institution-building in Iraq and undermine peaceful co-existence between the various components of […]

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