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Press Releases
23 December 2020
Del Re to the UN. Italian Cooperation is committed to reducing disaster risk

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, held a virtual meeting with Mami Mizutori, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). The meeting was an opportunity to reaffirm the commitment of Italian Cooperation in the field of disaster risk reduction and to explore possible areas of collaboration. […]

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Press Releases
17 December 2020
UN Resolution on worldwide moratorium on the death penalty

Thanks to the commitment shown by Italy, the EU and other promoters of the international campaign against the death penalty, the United Nations General Assembly has adopted the eighth biennial resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty, with a record 123 votes in favour. Italy was intensely active in light of the […]

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Press Releases
17 December 2020
Sereni presents the “Falcone Borsellino Programme” for combating transnational crime

Today, Vice Minister Marina Sereni opened a high-level seminar, by video conference, to kick start the “Falcone Borsellino Programme”. This is an Italian initiative of legal diplomacy and technical assistance in the field of justice and security, in favour of Latin American and Caribbean countries, for combating transnational organised crime. “We have recently marked the […]

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Interviews
16 December 2020
Sereni: “The death penalty, Italy is mobilised for a moratorium” (Il Riformista)

Today, the UN General Assembly will be called to vote on the resolution for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. Despite the pandemic crisis, the Italian Government has dedicated great attention, in recent months, to the initiative against capital punishment, which is traditionally central to our foreign policy since the United Nations approved the […]

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Press Releases
15 December 2020
70th Anniversary of the UNHCR

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, joins the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) emphasising that: “Since the early days of the Geneva-based organization, Italy has supported the protection of refugees and displaced and stateless persons as a prerequisite for building a […]

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Events
9 December 2020
Convention: UN Action and Human Rights

On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, a Convention will be held on 10 and 11 December on UN Action to Promote and Defend Human Rights on the Organisation’s 75th anniversary. The Convention is organised by SIOI UNA-Italy, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), and Messina University. […]

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Press Releases
9 December 2020
Vice Minister Del Re. Italy increases its contribution to the UN Fund for Humanitarian Crises

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, spoke at the Annual Conference of the Donors to the United Nations’ “Central Emergency Response Fund” (CERF). The event was opened by United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, and moderated by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, Mark Lowcock. […]

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Press Releases
3 December 2020
Vice Minister Del Re at the UN. Women and the youth essential for peace in Somalia

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re took part, via video conference, in the meeting of the UN’s Peacebuilding Commission for Somalia. The meeting, in which the Prime Minister and Minister of Woman and Human Rights Ibrahim also took part, was carried out on the vigil of the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. In this regard, the […]

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Press Releases
27 November 2020
Di Stefano chairs the “Energy, Environment, Climate” steering committee

Today, a meeting of the interdepartmental “Energy, Environment and Climate” steering committee was held, by tele conference, chaired by Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano, attended by representatives of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry for Economic Development, Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Defence, Italian Permanent Representation to the European Union and the G20 […]

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Press Releases
27 November 2020
Del Re at MED 2020: mitigate the effects of the pandemic on the food chain

The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, opened the “Health-Nutrition-Agriculture Nexus” Forum, organised as part of the Rome Med (Mediterranean Dialogues) 2020 Conference.    “The Covid-19 pandemic put the food chain under unprecedented pressure, which is rather worrying if one considers that the food sector is one of the most important […]

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Press Releases
25 November 2020
Del Re. 2030 agenda and Paris agreement are the pillars for recovery

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, spoke at “Codeway – Cooperation and Development Expo”, a virtual event created and organised by Fiera Roma on the issue of development cooperation at the time of the pandemic.  “The pandemic continues to profoundly impact not just health but the economy and well-being of billions of people around the world. For the first time in twenty years the crisis triggered by the […]

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