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16 December 2013

Italy follows with concern the latest developments of the political situation in Thailand

“Italy follows with concern the latest developments of the political situation in Thailand, a long-time friend and partner. In view of the upcoming legislative elections, we call on Thailand’s political parties to ease current tensions peacefully within the institutional framework, in compliance with democratic principles and the rule of law.”

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13 December 2013

VI Conferenza Italia-America Latina

VI CONFERENZA ITALIA – AMERICA LATINA E CARAIBI Si è svolta nei giorni 12 e 13 dicembre presso Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri la VI Conferenza Italia – America Latina e Caraibi. Quest’anno la Conferenza ha festeggiato il suo decimo anniversario e si è evoluta fino a divenire un momento d’incontro e riflessione propositivaad alto […]

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13 December 2013

VI Conferenza Italia-America Latina

VI CONFERENZA ITALIA – AMERICA LATINA E CARAIBI Si è svolta nei giorni 12 e 13 dicembre presso Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri la VI Conferenza Italia – America Latina e Caraibi. Quest’anno la Conferenza ha festeggiato il suo decimo anniversario e si è evoluta fino a divenire un momento d’incontro e riflessione propositivaad alto […]

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13 December 2013

Italy-Latin America, shared strategy for growth – Bonino calls for coordinate responses to global challenges

Growth, territorial development and sustainable policies, cooperation between SMEs: the three macro-headings of the sessions of the 6th Italy-Latin America and Caribbean Conference, opened today at the foreign ministry in Rome by Minister Emma Bonino. The conference runs through Friday and its participants include a large number of Central and South American ministers and representatives […]

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12 December 2013

Expo 2015: We want to make history with women leaders, says Bonino

“The ministry of foreign affairs is working hard on its plan for a women-oriented EXPO. We truly want it to make a bit of history and that from now on an EXPO that disregards the leading role of women will be unimaginable”. Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino spoke at the conference “Building a Women’s […]

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10 December 2013

Discorso del Ministro Bonino alla III Giornata dell’Integrità (italian only)

(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) L’integrità è un tema da difendere e tutelare per qualsiasi ramo della Pubblica amministrazione, in qualsiasi paese. Ma in Italia abbiamo un problema supplementare dovuto ad antichi retaggi e da una frammentazione a livello istituzionale che spesso provoca sovrapposizioni dove, alla fine, è difficile capire chi fa cosa. […]

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9 December 2013

Human Rights: Minister Bonino participates in first plenary session of the Interministerial Committee (CIDU)

Minister Emma Bonino opened the first plenary session of the Interministerial Committee on Human Rights today at the foreign ministry in Rome. The committee was reformed in September after having been eliminated by the 2012 spending review. In the words of the head of Italian diplomacy, the CIDU “will make it possible to continue with […]

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9 December 2013

Bonino meets with the foreign press – Ukraine must avoid civil war. Last chance in Middle East

In Ukraine “the absolute priority is to avoid civil war and calm a situation that could become explosive”, asserted Minister Emma Bonino in a meeting with the foreign press, specifying that a representative of the European Union would be in Kiev in the coming days. “Europe will try for new negotiations”, she explained, expressing the […]

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6 December 2013

Mandela: his lesson of great intellectual honesty is useful to everyone, says Bonino

“What I wish to recall about him is his great intellectual honesty. He gave due credit to De Klerk for overcoming apartheid, laying the foundations, as he acknowledged his adversary, for what went on to become the approach of his entire presidency: reconciliation. This remains a very useful lesson even nowadays, and in many countries”. […]

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4 December 2013

Marò; colloquio alla Farnesina Valensise-Gupta: procedimento in India si concluda sollecitamente

L’ordine del giorno approvato oggi all’unanimità dalla Camera dei Deputati e sostenuto dal governo per assicurare una idonea e sollecita soluzione della vicenda dei Fucilieri di Marina Massimiliano Latorre e Salvatore Girone è stato portato all’attenzione dell’ambasciatore d’India, Basant Kumar Gupta, dal segretario generale della Farnesina Michele Valensise, che aveva convocato il rappresentante indiano oggi […]

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4 December 2013

Marò; colloquio alla Farnesina Valensise-Gupta: procedimento in India si concluda sollecitamente

Today, 4 December 2013, the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the agenda to find an appropriate and rapid solution to the case of Navy Riflemen Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone. The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Michele Valensise, has brought the decision to the attention of the Ambassador of India, Basant Kumar Gupta, who had […]

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4 December 2013

NATO Ministerial – Afghanistan: Karzai urged to sign agreement with USA soon

“NATO foreign ministers were unanimous in urging the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States as soon as possible”. This was Minister Bonino’s comment at the NATO Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. She described the agreement, which concerns the presence of American troops in Afghanistan post-2014, as […]

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