COVID-19: Del Re, preventing a global food crisis
Today Deputy Minister Emanuela Del Re has chaired the extraordinary videoconference meeting of the Group of Friends on Food Security and Nutrition, which unites 41 countries to the United Nations. The UN Vice Secretary General, Amina, and the President of the General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, have participated. The meeting was co-organized by Italy, the Group […]
Read moreDi Stefano, Strong response to tables on export
The Sectoral Tables continue at the Foreign Ministry, led by Undersecretary Manlio Di Stefano, on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio, with over 150 trade associations and business representatives and video conferences throughout Italy. The objective is to integrate the new needs that emerged from the business world […]
Read moreCOVID-19: Vice-Minister Del Re speaks with ICRC president
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re had a telephone conversation with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer. On 26 March last, the ICRC, together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), presented a plan to combat the COVID-19 emergency in countries and crisis areas, […]
Read moreCoronavirus; Sereni, global alliance for drugs and vaccine, and Coalition for Food to prevent a health crisis from adding to a food crisis
Vice Minister Marina Sereni participated today, by videoconference, in the ministerial meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism, organized by the Foreign Ministers of France, Jean Yves Le Drian and Germany, Heiko Maas, to discuss the need for a coordinated response to the Covid-19 pandemic, to strengthen the work of the United Nations and the World […]
Read moreNote of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. COVID-19 – Del Re: Italy contributes to UN global response
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re participated in a videoconference with major donor countries. The video conference was convened by the Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Aid Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, and the Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Mike Ryan. The meeting provided an update on the activities carried out by the United […]
Read moreWestern Balkans and COVID-19 emergency
Today Italy hosted a video-conference between Kosovar and Serbian Ministers of Health, Arben Vitia and Zlatibor Lončar, focused on the COVID-19 emergency. The two sides exchanged views on the situation on the ground and discussed actions to tackle the pandemic. The discussion, which was attended by KFOR as well, underlined the importance to cooperate in […]
Read moreAgreement for export: the virtual sectorial tables for the promotion of Made in Italy get underway
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the series of 12 virtual sectorial tables for the promotion of “Made in Italy”, began today with agri-food and innovation. From now until Tuesday, March 21, Undersecretary Di Stefano, on behalf of Minister Di Maio, will bring together more than 150 trade associations and business representatives. The purpose is […]
Read moreStatement by Italy on the release of the first report of the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team on the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria
Italy welcomes the first report of the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team, and is deeply concerned by its findings on the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Arab Air Force. Italy condemns in the strongest terms all use of chemical weapons – especially against civilians – and calls for those identified responsible to be held accountable […]
Read moreFarnesina: no contact with Ieffi ever, we’ll send information to the Public Prosecutor’s Office
With reference to the ongoing investigation against the entrepreneur Antonello Ieffi, arrested on charges of having committed a fraud in a Consip tender for the supply of surgical masks, it should be noted that there has never been any contact of any kind, not even via email, between Mr Ieffi and Foreign Minister Luigi Di […]
Read moreCoronavirus, Del Re to the EU: Global Alliance for Vaccine and Universal Immunisation
Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re attended the informal meeting of the Foreign Affairs – Development Council of the European Union, chaired by the High Representative for Foreign Policy, Mr Borrell. The Vice Minister expressed the Italian support to the Commission’s “European Team Package”, for a cohesive and visible European support to the fight against Covid-19 […]
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