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23 July 2012
Syria: EU boosts sanctions and arms embargo

The EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels decided today to ratchet up the pressure on the Syrian regime by extending sanctions and, in particular, by boosting the arms embargo already in force. The new measures will allow European countries to perform inspections in their airports, sea ports and territorial waters of ships and planes en […]

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23 July 2012
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Women’s rights are pivotal to Italian foreign policy. Our country has always played a key role in promoting efforts on behalf of gender equality and against discrimination on the international arena. That also means raising awareness of the need for women’s greater participation in world governance — beginning with diplomacy — and encouraging women’s professional […]

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20 July 2012
Syria: UN approves extension of observers’ mission

The UN Security Council unanimously approved the extension of the observers mission in Syria by 30 days, after Thursday’s veto by Russia and China on a resolution presented by the Western countries in which sanctions were threatened against the regime in the case of failure to respect the Annan plan. Instead, the approved resolution calls […]

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20 July 2012
Yemen: Terzi confirms Italy’s support for transition

“I reiterated Italy’s pledge to support the political and institutional transition in Yemen, which is proceeding in a decidedly positive way”, was Minister Giulio Terzi’s comment coming out of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with his Yemeni counterpart Abu Bakr al-Qirbi. “Yemen has weathered the Arab spring with intelligence, and handled a […]

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20 July 2012
Syria – Terzi calls for urgent meeting of the “Friends of Syria”

“It is certainly impossible to stand by impotently; something different needs to be done”, Minister Giulio Terzi commented on the latest Russia-China UN Security Council veto on the Syrian crisis, suggesting that an “urgent meeting” of the Friends of Syria be called. At the end of a meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome with […]

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19 July 2012
Internationalisation – first meeting of new “Control Panel”. A key instrument to coordinate export promotion and support strategies. Joint communiqué from chairpersons

A common and concrete effort by Government, local institutions and the business world to coordinate our country’s internationalisation policies and strategies to best effect. Placing promotional initiatives and instruments for analysis and market penetration on a systematic footing. And focusing financial resources on specific, agreed objectives. These were the topics discussed at the first meeting […]

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Press Releases
19 July 2012
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“The attack on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria fills me with dismay. It takes us back, dramatically, to the darkest years of terror”. Speaking was Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, who continued: “Yet again, innocent victims are paying the price of a campaign of hate and destruction against Israel, conducted by people who know […]

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18 July 2012
Control Panel for International Italy – Farnesina, 18 July 2012

Today the Farnesina is hosting the first meeting of the “Control Panel for International Italy”, chaired by the Foreign and Economic Development Ministers, Giulio Terzi and Corrado Passera. The goal is to draw up the strategic direction and guidelines, including resource planning, for the promotion of the business and industry system abroad and its internationalisation. […]

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17 July 2012
ICC – International criminal justice (day – 17 july)

On 17 July, for the second year, we are celebrating “International Criminal Justice Day”. The date is the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute in 1998, setting up the International Criminal Court. To commemorate this event, the ICC flag is being flown at the Farnesina and the Italian Embassy at The Hague. Until […]

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17 July 2012
Middle East: Direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations must resume, says Terzi

Italy supports “the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations to restart the peace process”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the close of a meeting at the Farnesina with his Palestinian counterpart, Riad Malki. “The status quo is not an option, especially in a situation in rapid change like that of the […]

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17 July 2012
Women in Diplomacy – Terzi: inclusione donne parte essenziale della democrazia (in translation)

Le donne, sempre più protagoniste dei processi di transizione socio-politica ed economica, rappresentano tutt’oggi una risorsa non ancora pienamente valorizzata e molto resta ancora da fare in termini di parità economica e affermazione in politica. La conferenza ‘Women in Diplomacy’, che si è svolta alla Farnesina su impulso del Sottosegretario Marta Dassù, è servita proprio […]

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Press Releases
17 July 2012
Minister Terzi’s message for International Criminal Justice Day

In the name of the Italian Government, I am delighted to publish the following message marking International Criminal Justice Day, celebrated on 17 July. “Today is ‘International Criminal Justice Day’, which commemorates and celebrates the approval of the Rome Statute on 17 July 1998 and the birth of the International Criminal Court. The creation of […]

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