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Press Releases
6 July 2017
UN Security Council. Alfano meets with Dutch counterpart Koenders​

“Allow me to reaffirm once again my appreciation for the close cooperation between Italy and the Netherlands in sharing the United Nations Security Council Seat. We are collaborating on the basis of our mutual commitment for transparency, consultation and the sharing of information, in order to assure the maximum consistency and synergy possible,” said the […]

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Press Releases
4 July 2017
North Korea. Ballistic missile test: Italy expresses its firm condemnation

Italy very firmly condemns the ballistic missile test conducted overnight by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The test constitutes yet another clear violation of several resolutions of the United Nations Security Council. North Korea’s missile and nuclear programme represents a serious threat to international peace and security and to the global non-proliferation regime. The […]

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Press Releases
14 June 2017
​Headquarters Agreement signed between the Italian Government and the IDLO

Today at the Farnesina, the Director General of Development cooperation, Ambassador Pietro Sebastiani, and the Director General of the IDLO, Irene Khan, signed a new Headquarters Agreement between the Italian Government and the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO), which is hosted in Rome ever since it was established in 1988. “With this Agreement, Italy confirms […]

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Press Releases
13 June 2017
Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Vincenzo Amendola on mission to New York. Today the Italian Government official will attend several meetings at the United Nations Security Council, of which Italy is a non-permanent member this year

Today Mr Amendola attended the UN Security Council public briefing on the Central African Republic and the MINUSCA mission, which was authorised by the United Nations in 2014 for the purpose of implementing peace building efforts in the Country, protecting civilians, supporting the transition process, promoting and protecting human rights, and supporting the system of […]

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Press Releases
23 May 2017
Alfano meets Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,  Angelino Alfano, welcomed the  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, to the Farnesina. During their talks, which followed a telephone conversation on May 5, the dignitaries examined the issue of refugees in the Central Mediterranean and mulled collaboration prospects between Italy and the UNHCR.  In […]

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Press Releases
23 May 2017
Angelino Alfano: The Capaci massacre did not stop Giovanni Falcone’s ideas

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano: “The Capaci massacre on 23rd May, twenty-five years ago, did not stop Giovanni Falcone’s ideas. In fact these ideas inspired Italy’s anti-mafia legislation, which is the most advanced in the world. It is no coincidence that the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime was signed in Palermo, […]

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19 May 2017
Signed at the Farnesina the MoU between the IILA and the FAO on food security and rural development in Latin America

On Friday 19 May, at  2:45 pm, the Farnesina hosted the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the IILA (the Italian Latin American Institute) and the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) on strengthening cooperation on issues of food security and rural development in Latin America. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]

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Press Releases
17 May 2017
Alfano: the Farnesina to host a very high-level meeting on the promotion of new food production models

“It is important that the very-high level meeting on the promotion of new food production models, aiming to assure food security to the world’s growing population without however neglecting the protection of biodiversity and of the environment, be held precisely at the Farnesina tomorrow.” The statement was made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]

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17 May 2017
International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

On the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Italy reaffirms its international commitment to fight any form of discrimination, including the one based on sexual orientation. Italy’s actions to protect and promote human rights in the world are based on the deep conviction that human rights are universal. Italy supports and promotes international initiatives to […]

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