The oldest city in the world and the last born, if you can say so, celebrate the anniversary of their birth on the same day. On April 21st, in fact, Rome and Brasilia celebrate their foundation. The Brazilian capital is 60 years old this year. It is still very young but is already part of […]
Read moreThe Director General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giorgio Marrapodi, and the Director of the UNESCO Office in Iraq, Paolo Fontani, signed an agreement today in Doha for the implementation of a joint cooperation project aimed at ensuring access to education for children in Iraq who currently cannot […]
Read moreThe UNESCO General Conference re-elected Italy for the sixth consecutive 4-year term (2019-2023) to the Organization’s 58-member Executive Board. With 162 votes, Italy came out second-best, after Switzerland, in the number of votes received from the General Conference. “This excellent result confirms the widespread recognition for Italy’s commitment to the issues of the protection and […]
Read moreRepresenting the Italian Government, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni will go to Paris on Monday, 18 November to take part in the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference taking place in the French Capital from 12 to 27 November 2019. She will also give a presentation. The General Conference gathers all the […]
Read moreRepresenting the Italian Government, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marina Sereni will go to Paris on Monday, 18 November to take part in the 40th session of the UNESCO General Conference taking place in the French Capital from 12 to 27 November 2019. She will also give a presentation. The General Conference gathers all the […]
Read moreThe Unesco headquarters in Paris will host an exhibition of art masterpieces recovered, in fifty years of activities, by the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage . The exhibit, which will run until 17 October, opened on 3 October and was attended by the Director General of Unesco, Audrey Azoulay, Italy’s Permanent Representative Massimo Riccardo, […]
Read moreThe 7th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties to the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage opened this morning with the unanimous election of Ambassador Vincenza Lomonaco, the Permanent Representative of Italy to UNESCO, to preside over the Session. The transversal consent in electing Italy testifies to the […]
Read moreItaly was re-elected today, 11 November 2015, for its fifth consecutive mandate as member of the Executive Council of UNESCO. The election took place during the 38th meeting of UNESCO’s General Conference in Paris. The election saw Italy and Greece winning the highest number of votes – 165 from 186 voters – from the western […]
Read moreThe 3rd UNESCO Forum on Culture and Cultural Industries will take place in Florence from 2 to 4 October. The event, organised by UNESCO with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Assets and Activities and Tourism, the Farnesina, the City of Florence, Region of Tuscany, is a high-profile international event that offers an opportunity for debate […]
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