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25 June 2024

UN, Global Principles for Information Integrity

The United Nations has launched for the first time the “Global Principles for Information Integrity” with the aim of promoting good practices in the field of public information and combating hate speech, misinformation and disinformation. The document, drafted – inter alia – in cooperation with UNESCO and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for […]

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Press Releases

13 June 2024

Tajani and UN Secretary-General Guterres in Brindisi for the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Global Service Centre

  Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are in Brindisi for the ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Global Service Centre, the facility overseeing the logistics of UN peacekeeping operations. In addition to providing logistical support, the Global Service […]

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8 June 2024

Italy re-elected in New York as a member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations for the three-year period 2025-2027

On 7 June 2024 Italy was re-elected in New York as a member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations for the three-year period 2025-2027, with 183 votes out of 190 voting countries.  We were the most voted country within the Group of Western Countries in the three-year mandate election round, […]

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31 May 2024

Joint Statement on DPRK-Russia

BEGIN TEXT The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, the High Representative of the European Union, and the Secretary of State of the United States of America affirm that the recent sanctions designations by each of our governments represent a coordinated effort […]

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23 May 2024

Minister Tajani pays tribute to the memory of Giovanni Falcone and all the victims of the Capaci mafia massacre

The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, paid tribute to the memory of Giovanni Falcone and all the victims of the Capaci mafia massacre on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the tragic day of 23 May 1992. In recalling their courage and sacrifice, the Deputy […]

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22 April 2024

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Tajani attends the Foreign Affairs Council

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, is attending the Foreign Affairs Council held in Luxembourg. During the meeting, the Ministers will discuss the situation in the Middle East and the latest developments in the region. Afterwards, attention will be paid to the situation in Sudan one year […]

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10 April 2024

Deputy Minister Cirielli attends the second 2024 meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee

Yesterday, the Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, chaired the second meeting of the 2024 Joint Development Cooperation Committee, which launched a package of interventions worth almost EUR 390 million. As a follow-up to the Italy-Africa Conference, initiatives were approved on the African continent in the areas of strengthening health […]

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20 March 2024

First “Food for Gaza” technical coordination round table

The first technical coordination round table for the “Food for Gaza” humanitarian food initiative was held today at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The initiative was launched on 11 March by Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, together with FAO Director General Qu […]

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15 March 2024

Telephone conversations between Italian Minister Tajani and the Ministers of Israel and Palestine

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, held telephone conversations with Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Ysrael Katz and Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riad Maliki. “Today I presented to my Israeli and Palestinian colleagues the ‘Food for Gaza’ initiative launched by Italy together with FAO, WFP and the […]

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12 March 2024

The war on Fentanyl will be included in the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting agenda in Capri.

“As part of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting agenda, to be held in Capri in April, I will include, on behalf of the Government – the fight against Fentanyl, the synthetic drug that poses an increasing threat to our citizens”, stated Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani after a coordination meeting […]

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In detail

11 March 2024

Presentation of the “Food for Gaza” initiative

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, meets with FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu, WFP Executive Director Cindy H. McCain and the Deputy Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Xavier Castellanos to launch the “Food for Gaza” initiative. The meeting will be followed by a press point held in the Sala […]

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14 February 2024

Undersecretary Tripodi opens the International Conference “Engaging the Global South: the role of women in addressing key challenges”

Today, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Maria Tripodi opened at Farnesina the proceedings of the International Conference “Engaging the Global South: the role of women in addressing key challenges”, as organised by Aspen Italia and WIIS Italy (Women in International Security) with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. […]

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