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5 December 2018

Photography Exhibition ‘Fifteen Percent’ for Day of Persons with Disabilities

The photography exhibition “Fifteen Percent”, curated by the Italian artist Christian Tasso, opened at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Dedicated to persons with disabilities, who account for 15% of the global population, the aim of the exhibition is to celebrate difference and diversity and raise […]

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Press Releases

3 December 2018

The Development Cooperation Agency contributes to fund humanitarian mine clearance projects

As part of Italy’s support to humanitarian mine clearance operations, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, provided funds to finance 12 mine clearance projects comprehensively worth more than 3.5 million euros. The operations – to be performed in cooperation with international organizations such as the United Nations Mine Action […]

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Diplomatic Network

29 November 2018

The Art of dry-stone walling inscribed in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO

The UNESCO Convention Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed “The art of dry-stone walling” in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The transnational candidacy was presented by Italy together with Cyprus, Croatia, France, Greece, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland. The unanimous decision by the 24 States that […]

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Press Releases

28 November 2018

Global Compact for Migration

In order to correctly understand the ongoing political debate on the ‘Global Compact for Migration’, reference should be made to the statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, in response to the question and immediate reply by Hon. Giorgia Meloni during the ‘Question Time’ last 21 November quoted below, which […]

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Press Releases

28 November 2018

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, visited the FAO headquarters in Rome, where she was received by Director-General Josè Graziano da Silva.

The meeting made an overview of the performance of the strategic partnership between Italy and FAO in achieving the common goal of promoting sustainable agriculture and food security, also in view of the effect that these can have on local conflicts and migration phenomena. The Deputy Minister and the Director-General agreed on the need for […]

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Press Releases

28 November 2018

Minister Moavero Milanesi at the Conference “For a World Without the Death Penalty”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, together with Monsignor Richard Paul Gallagher, the Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, will open the 11th International Conference of the Ministers of Justice entitled “For a World Without the Death Penalty”, held today, 28 November, at the Chamber of Deputies. The […]

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In detail

26 November 2018

United Nations “International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women”

At the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, on 25 November, the Farnesina Building was flooded by orange light for the first time to celebrate the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The initiative forms part of the United Nations’ international awareness-raising campaign “UN […]

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Press Releases

23 November 2018

Minister Moavero Milanesi meets with IOM Director General Vitorino

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, had a meeting at the Farnesina with Antonio Vitorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), an agency of the UN system, who is in Rome to attend the 4th “Rome MED Dialogues 2018” Conference. The meeting – the first since the […]

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Press Releases

23 November 2018

​Deputy Minister Del Re meets Mami Mazutori

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, met today with Ms. Mami Mazutori, Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), on the sidelines of the 2018 European Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction.   At the meeting, Deputy Minister Del Re reaffirmed Italy’s keen attention for natural […]

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Press Releases

20 November 2018

​Minister Moavero Milanesi opened the annual meeting of the Assembly of Parties to the International Development Law Organization

This morning, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, opened the annual meeting of the Assembly of Parties to the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), an intergovernmental organisation based in Rome. In his address, Minister Moavero Milanesi, emphasised how the Rule of Law and, more in general, the spread of a […]

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Events

20 November 2018

IDLO. Assembly of Parties and Partnership Forum 2018

  On 20 and 21 November 2018, the Farnesina will host the annual meeting of the Assembly of Parties to IDLO (International Development Law Organization), followed by the IDLO Partnership Forum, on the theme “The Rule of Law in Turbulent Times”.   The Assembly of Parties will open with remarks by the Minister of Foreign […]

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Press Releases

15 November 2018

Press Note by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, met at the Farnesina the Executive Director of UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund), Henrietta Fore, who is in Italy for the UNICEF International Council held in Florence last 12-13 November at the UNICEF ‘Innocenti’ Research Centre. The Deputy Foreign Minister underscored […]

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