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Press Releases

29 November 2019

Italy’s re-election to the IMO Executive Council

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the re-election of Italy in Category A of the Executive Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the period 2020-2021. The re-election took place today in London during the activities of the 31st General Assembly of the Organization, which has the task of promoting the development and safety […]

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Events

26 November 2019

Chamber of Deputies: hearing of the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation

There will be a hearing today by the Standing Committee on implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the Chamber of Deputies Committee (Foreign Affairs) with the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation Luca Maestripieri as part of a fact-finding investigation on the international action that Italy will take to implement […]

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Press Releases

25 November 2019

25 November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Italy reaffirms its firm commitment to fight all forms of discrimination and violence against women, which continues to be a serious and unacceptable obstacle to the enjoyment of women’s rights and to their full personal fulfillment. This is a priority commitment among the actions of our Country’s foreign policy that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]

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Press Releases

22 November 2019

The Italian Cooperation services dispatches humanitarian aid to Somalia

To respond to the humanitarian emergency provoked by flooding in the Hir-Shabelle, Jubaland and South-West States in Somalia, the Foreign Ministry arranged for a humanitarian flight from the Italian Cooperation service, which took off yesterday evening for Mogadishu Airport from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot in Brindisi carrying a 22-tonne load of emergency relief […]

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Press Releases

18 November 2019

Venice: Deputy Minister Sereni at Unesco: plan to protect world heritage from climate change

​“The footage from Venice reminds us about the threats whichclimate change poses to the world’s cultural heritage. Through Venice’s tragic experience we intend to call the attention on all the assets of our common heritage that are being threatened, but which do not make headlines. Climate change threatens social stability, cultural traditions and, eventually, international security,” […]

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Press Releases

13 November 2019

Deputy Minister Del Re speaks at the Nairobi Summit

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, spoke today at the Nairobi Summit. The event marked the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on People and Development (ICPD), which took place in Cairo in 1994.   “Today the world has become a better place for women and girls,” the Deputy Minister […]

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Press Releases

4 November 2019

Undersecretary Di Stefano in Geneva for the Third Periodic Review of Human Rights in Italy​

The Third Periodic Review of Human Rights in Italy is underway in Geneva. The Italian Delegation, led by the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Hon. Manlio Di Stefano responded to over 120 representative delegations from all geographical areas for this important event in which the situation of human rights is reviewed, in rotation, in all the […]

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Events

4 November 2019

Undersecretary Di Stefano in Geneva for the Third Periodic Review of Human Rights in Italy​

The Third Periodic Review of Human Rights in Italy is underway in Geneva. The Italian Delegation, led by the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Hon. Manlio Di Stefano responded to over 120 representative delegations from all geographical areas for this important event in which the situation of human rights is reviewed, in rotation, in all the […]

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Press Releases

30 October 2019

Syrian Constitutional Committee

The Foreign Ministry expresses its appreciation for the opening of the work session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee in Geneva today, the first tangible step in the political process on the Syrian crisis, and applauds the United Nations Special Envoy Geir Pedersen and his team for their untiring effort to mediate between the parties, which […]

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Events

24 October 2019

Deputy Minister Del Re meets with the Yemeni and Saudi delegations

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, received at the Farnesina Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, Advisor to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia and Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre Abdulraqeb Saif Fateh Al-Dubai, Yemen’s minister of local administration and chairman of Yemen’s High Relief Committee. The meeting focused on […]

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Press Releases

24 October 2019

Deputy Minister Del Re meets with Yemeni and Saudi delegations: we must urgently put an end to the suffering of the Yemeni people

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, received at the Farnesina Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, Advisor to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia and Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre Abdulraqeb Saif Fateh Al-Dubai, Yemen’s minister of local administration and chairman of Yemen’s High Relief Committee. The meeting focused on […]

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Diplomatic Network

15 October 2019

Uganda: CONI and IOC join forces for the #Score Together Project

Support is growing for the #Score Together Project promoting sport as an instrument of inclusion launched in Uganda by the Italian Embassy in Kampala together with the Trento-based NGO, ACV, thanks to the cooperation with the Office of the Ugandan Prime Minister, the Ugandan Olympic Committee, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the Sampdoria […]

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