The Foreign Ministry has arranged for a financing of 2.5 million euros to support the IOM in Niger and Egypt
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has arranged for a comprehensive financing of 2.5 million euros through the Africa Fund to support the activities of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Niger and Egypt. The 1.5-million-euro project titled “Direct Assistance to Abandoned Migrants” aims to boost the presence of the IOM in […]
Read moreDeputy Foreign Minister Del Re meets with the Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, met with the Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development, Anne-Mari Virolainen, at the Farnesina. At the meeting, they reaffirmed the excellent bilateral relations between the two Countries and discussed the external dimension of European migration policies and the EU’s priorities in […]
Read moreMinister Moavero meets with the Chairman of the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, received at the Farnesina the Chairman of the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs, Gunther Krichbaum, with whom he had an in-depth exchange of opinions on several particularly sensitive European issues. In relation to migration, Minister Moavero reaffirmed that it is essential to put […]
Read moreAnnual meeting of the National Committee for Humanitarian Action against Anti-personnel Mines
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, chaired the annual meeting of the National Committee for Humanitarian Action against Anti-personnel Mines held at the Farnesina today, which was attended by major civil society organisations in the field of humanitarian demining. Italy is staunchly committed towards the universalisation of Conventions against […]
Read moreUndersecretary Merlo on a diplomatic mission to Panama
The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Senator Ricardo Merlo, currently on an official diplomatic mission to Panama, visited the Centro Logístico Regional de Asistencia Humanitaria today. He was accompanied by María Luísa Navarro, Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation, and the Italian Ambassador to Panama, Marcello Apicella. Undersecretary Merlo then […]
Read moreNational Day in Remembrance of the Victims of Immigration
In celebrating the “National Day in Remembrance of the Victims of Immigration”, which commemorates the 368 migrants who drowned in the shipwreck off the coasts of Lampedusa on 3 October 2013, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation recalls that only a joint action by the international community can make it possible to prevent and […]
Read moreUndersecretary Di Stefano meets with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, received at the Farnesina Ms Urmila Bhoola, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. Undersecretary Di Stefano gave Ms Bhoola an update on the state of Italian legislation on the trafficking of human beings, unaccompanied foreign minors and on […]
Read moreUndersecretary Di Stefano attends the plenary meeting of Task Force China
The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, attended the plenary meeting at the Ministry of Economic Development of the Task Force China, which was established with the aim of developing a systemic approach to China within the context of the orientations given by the Situation Room on Internationalization.The meeting highlighted the […]
Read moreHumanitarian financial contribution for Indonesia
Upon the initiative of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, in response to an appeal launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Italian Cooperation Agency has arranged for an emergency financing of 200,000 euros in support of the Red Cross’s action in Indonesia […]
Read moreSecurity: Undersecretary Picchi, the OSCE is the “natural forum” in which to find solutions to the challenges of cybersecurity
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the “natural forum” in which “to debate and find common solutions together” to the challenges posed in the cyber sector. The statement was made by the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Guglielmo Picchi, in his address to the OSCE Conference “How to lower the risks of […]
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