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Press Releases
21 January 2017
Alfano: “Security Council unites around Italian proposal”

“Italy is known across the world for its sensitivity to culture and art. Obtaining unanimity at the Security Council is no easy task but Italy has succeeded to do so after spearheading the Security Council’s adoption of a joint declaration condemning the destruction of monuments in Palmyra by ISIS,” said Angelino Alfano, the Minister of […]

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Speeches
11 January 2017
Statement delivered by Minister Alfano at the Security Council Open Debate on “Maintenance of International Peace and Security” – New York, 10 January 2017

(The authentic text is only the one actually spoken) Excellencies, Colleagues, Mr. Secretary-General, Ladies and Gentlemen. Allow me to praise the Swedish Presidency for organising this debate. My gratitude also goes to the Secretary-General for his ambitious programme of action. As we begin the year, I look forward to an open, productive and fruitful working […]

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Press Releases
10 January 2017
Italy at UN Security Council meeting on conflict prevention

Italy made its debut at the United Nations Security Council in a 2017 scheduled to be full of engagements and major international responsibilities for our Country.  The special session of the United Nations Security Council meeting which took place this morning focused on the theme of conflict prevention and the achievement of a sustainable peace. […]

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4 January 2017
L’Italia in Consiglio di Sicurezza dal 1 gennaio 2017

Dal 1° gennaio 2017 l’Italia è membro non permanente del Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite in virtù della sua elezione il 28 giugno 2016 e in conformità all’accordo con l’Aja di divisione del mandato biennale 2017-2018. Ammessa all’ONU il 14 dicembre 1955, l’Italia ha sempre guardato all’Organizzazione come un punto di riferimento della sua […]

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4 January 2017
Italy sits on the Security Council from 1 January 2017

As of the 1st of January 2017, Italy is a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council by virtue of its election on 28 June 2016 and in compliance with the Hague Convention providing for the division of the 2017-2018 two-year mandate. Admitted into the UNO on 14 December 1955, Italy has always looked […]

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Press Releases
31 December 2016
New telephone conversation between Alfano and de Mistura. Starting tomorrow Italy will have a seat at the Security Council. Support for the truce to launch a shared political process.

  Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, had another telephone conversation over Syria with the UN Special Envoy, Staffan de Mistura. Minister Alfano confirmed Italy’s support for the truce reached by Assad and the Syrian rebels through the mediation of Russia and Turkey, and expressed his firm hope that this […]

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Press Releases
30 December 2016
UN General Assembly adopts resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty

The United Nations General Assembly has recently adopted, with 117 votes in favour, the sixth resolution calling for a universal moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Even in the face of terrorism and other threats to global security, the vote reconfirms the international community’s commitment to work together towards a world free from […]

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9 December 2016
Human Rights Day

On the day which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights  by the United Nations General Assembly, on December 10, 1948, the world celebrates the International Human Rights Day.Italy joins in the celebrations, standing firm in its commitment to the theme and believing that respecting and defending human rights are the necessary […]

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25 November 2016
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Italian Foreign Ministry staunchly confirms Italy’s commitment to promote gender equality and to fight all forms of discrimination and violence against women. Thanks to Italy’s contribution to negotiating the texts, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (competent for human rights […]

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21 November 2016
Peacebuilding and Peacekeeping:Young Diplomats at the United Nations Logistics Base in Brindisi

Newly hired diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are on mission in Brindisi today: it is a fundamental step in the training process designed to consolidate the professional profile of Italian diplomats in sectors such as peacebuilding and peacekeeping. A process which has to start from the very beginning of a young diplomat’s career. Peacebuilding and […]

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Press Releases
18 November 2016
Death Penalty: UN sixth moratorium resolution adopted

The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly yesterday adopted the sixth resolution for a universal moratorium on the death penalty. The vote confirmed the commitment the international community has undertaken, also in light of the threat of terrorism and other security challenges, to work together towards a world without capital punishment.

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