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12 November 2021
Minister Luigi Di Maio participates in the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of UNESCO

Luigi Di Maio, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, is participating in the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of UNESCO. Education, science and culture are at the heart of the multilateral action taken by Italy, which has traditionally been committed to the protection of cultural and natural heritage, also during Italy’s Presidency of […]

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Press Releases
22 July 2021
Venice has been confirmed as an emblematic site on the UNESCO World Heritage List

Venice will not be classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Danger. At its 44th session, conducted in virtual mode this afternoon from Fuzhou (China), the UNESCO World Heritage Committee did not unanimously accept the proposal, tabled by the technical assessment body ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites),  to include the site “Venice […]

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Events
20 January 2021
Unesco, insediati Assemblea e Consiglio direttivo CNIU

Il Ministero degli Esteri è lieto di annunciare l’insediamento, nella loro nuova formazione, dell’Assemblea e del Consiglio Direttivo della Commissione Nazionale Italiana per l’UNESCO (CNIU). L’Assemblea e il Consiglio Direttivo, presieduti dal Dott. Franco Bernabè, accolgono rappresentanti designati dal Senato e dalla Camera dei Deputati, dalla Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri e da vari Ministeri, nonché […]

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Press Releases
20 January 2021
UNESCO: Sereni, cultural heritage basis for future growth and innovation

‘In recent months UNESCO’s action to deal with the health emergency has been hallmarked by timeliness and effectiveness, especially in the field of Education’, stated Marina Sereni, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the opening of the Italian National Commission meeting for UNESCO. Vice Minister Sereni added: ‘Italy is the leading financial contributor to this […]

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Press Releases
26 October 2020
Vice Minister Sereni to UNESCO. Post-Covid future must be focused on the fight against inequalities and sustainable development

“Today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Strategic Consultations between Italy and UNESCO were launched, with the Vice Minister Marina Sereni who chaired the meeting with all the Vice Directors General of the International Organization based in Paris via videoconference. Italy attaches great importance to the action carried out by UNESCO for the preservation […]

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Diplomatic Network
4 September 2020
Caffè e cacao, un webinar per salvare due colture minacciate

Il riscaldamento globale, la deforestazione, i parassiti e le malattie e la perdita di impollinatori stanno compromettendo la produzione del caffè e quella del cacao, che rischiano di diventare prodotti introvabili. Senza adeguati meccanismi di conservazione, misure di monitoraggio e conservazione delle sementi, queste colture potrebbero diventare un ricordo del passato in molte regioni del […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 April 2020
Brasilia and Rome celebrate foundation anniversary

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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
21 November 2019
Doha: Signing of the MAECI-UNESCO Agreement on children’s education in Iraq

The 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 […]

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Press Releases
21 November 2019
Italy re-elected to the UNESCO Executive Board

The 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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 November 2019
Participation by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni at the UNESCO Conference

Representing 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 […]

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Press Releases
15 November 2019
Participation by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni at the UNESCO Conference

Representing 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 […]

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Diplomatic Network
4 October 2019
Paris hosts the exhibition entitled: ‘Recovered Treasures – the art of saving art’

The 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, […]

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