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Press Releases
6 February 2020
6 February: International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

On the occasion of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, Italy has reasserted its strong commitment to combating any form of violence against women and girls. This is a priority action of our current mandate in the UN Human Rights Council (2019- 2021). According to the figures contained in the very […]

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5 February 2020
International Day against Food Waste

Today is the International Day against Food Waste. The UN General Assembly has included the objective of halving food waste in the 2030 Agenda Objectives. The Farnesina is at the forefront of promoting worldwide a sustainable nutrition.

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Press Releases
24 January 2020
International Day of Education

The Farnesina joins the celebrations on the Second International Day of Education, proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Italy considers education as a human right and a fundamental factor of development, which represents an indispensable and priority element to allow everyone to fully develop their human, social, economic and cultural potential, in […]

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Press Releases
23 January 2020
The Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re receives Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

The Deputy Foreign Minister, Ms. Emanuela Del Re, received at the Foreign Ministry Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. The meeting was held in connection with Ms. Elver’s mission to Italy, within the framework of the “standing invitation” extended by Italy, under the UN Human Rights mechanism. The Deputy Minister expressed […]

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Press Releases
14 January 2020
Meeting of Minister Luigi Di Maio with the Director General of the International Organization for Migration, Vitorino

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met today at the Farnesina (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) with the Director General of the International Organization for Migration, Antonio Vitorino. During the meeting, Minister Di Maio expressed his deep appreciation for the role IOM plays in the management of migration flows and for […]

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Diplomatic Network
8 January 2020
The Art of saving Art: Carabinieri for the protection of Cultural Heritage

“Recovered treasures. The Art of saving Art” is the title of the exhibition opened yesterday at the United Nations of New York with the aim of showing the innovative commitment of the Carabinieri of the Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC). The exhibition took place in occasion of its 50th anniversary.  The core […]

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19 December 2019
Di Maio and Guterres in Brindisi for the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Global Service Center (UNGSC)

Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, together with the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, will attend the ceremony of the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Global Service Center (UNGSC) in Brindisi. The UNGSC is the facility that provides logistics, geospatial intelligence, IT and Telecommunication services to all UN operations, and […]

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Press Releases
12 December 2019
Satisfaction at the Foreign Ministry for the inclusion of Transhumance, Alpinism and the ‘Perdonanza Celestiniana’ in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list

The Foreign Ministry welcomes with satisfaction the decision unanimously taken by the Member States of the World Heritage Committee convened in Bogota to include in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list three new elements proposed by Italy: the practice of Transhumance, together with Austria and Greece; Alpinism, together with France and Switzerland; and the Celestinian […]

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Diplomatic Network
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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