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Press Releases
3 February 2025
G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on the escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

February 1, 2025 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada “We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, strongly condemn the Rwanda-backed M23 offensive in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and in particular, […]

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Press Releases
22 January 2025
Italian hospitals to host the first 21 Palestinian children with cancer. Tajani and Bernini chair meeting with Regional Authorities, FAO, UN World Food Programme, and Italian Red Cross.

In today’s “Food for Gaza” meeting convened by Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, discussions centred on the immediate healthcare assistance to be provided to the population of the Gaza Strip. The Minister returned from Palestine on Monday with a request to host an initial group of 21 Palestinian children with cancer in Italy. Efforts […]

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Press Releases
24 December 2024
Further aid from Italy arrives in the Strip with ‘Food for Gaza’. Tajani to Cardinal Pizzaballa: “Support for the civilian population in Gaza and throughout the region, protection of minorities and Christians”

Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani today had a telephone conversation with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, with jurisdiction over Latin-rite Catholics residing in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus, and responsible for Syria during his time as Custos of the Holy Land. Cardinal Pizzaballa told the Minister of his […]

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Press Releases
17 December 2024
Adoption of the Tenth Resolution for a Universal Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty. Tajani: a success of Italian diplomacy

Today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Tenth Resolution for a Universal Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty. “The resolution’s adoption is a great success. This important achievement is the result of the negotiation promoted by our country along with Argentina, in the name of an interregional task force to which more […]

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Press Releases
10 December 2024
International Human Rights Day (10 December)

On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani pointed out that the protection and promotion of human rights and the fight against all forms of inequality and […]

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Press Releases
3 December 2024
Riyadh. Undersecretary Silli attends the 16th Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification

Today in Riyadh, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Giorgio Silli attended the 16th Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (COP16), presenting, in the third High-Level Ministerial Dialogue, “Impacts of Land Degradation and Drought on Forced Migration, Security and Prosperity.” Silli commented: “Italy recognises the fundamental role of sustainable management of the […]

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Press Releases
19 November 2024
Tenth resolution for a moratorium on executions adopted at the UN. Tajani: Italy in the front line against the death penalty

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani welcomed the vote in the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee on the tenth Resolution for a universal moratorium on death penalty. Compared to 2022, the number of countries supporting its adoption – including Italy – grew from 125 to 131, striking a new record. Minister […]

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Press Releases
16 November 2024
Deputy Minister Cirielli’s participation in COP29 in Baku

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, participated in the COP29 events in Baku, promoting Italy’s actions for resilience and international cooperation on climate. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, spoke yesterday at COP 29 in Baku, participating in a series of key events […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 October 2024
United Nations in Vienna, exhibition on the fight against transnational organised crime

On the occasion of the Conference of the Parties to the Palermo Convention (United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime), Italy promoted an exhibition at the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna illustrating our country’s experience in the fight against transnational organised crime, organised by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Internal Affairs and […]

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Press Releases
10 October 2024
World and European Day against the Death Penalty (10 October 2024)

In celebration of the World and European Day against the Death Penalty, Italy reaffirms its firmest and unconditional opposition to capital punishment. This is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment that negates human dignity and has no added value in terms of security and crime deterrence, while it renders every miscarriage of justice fatally irreversible. […]

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