The closing session of the second edition of the Youth Parliament took place today at the Farnesina. This initiative involved over a hundred high school students in a simulation of the workings of the Chamber of Deputies, with the aim of promoting an understanding of the institutions and encouraging young people\u2019s active participation in democratic life.<\/p>\n
Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani sent a message to the participants, highlighting the value of Parliament as the heart of democracy and the importance of exchanging different ideas in order to reach shared decisions, while emphasising the role of young people in democratic life.<\/p>\n
The event was opened by the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Massimo Dell\u2019Utri, and by the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia. In his speech, the Undersecretary emphasised the importance of young people\u2019s participation in public life, encouraging the young people present to seek out dialogue as an opportunity for personal growth. The Secretary\u2011General emphasised the importance of parliamentary diplomacy, which complements the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs\u2019 overseas network in promoting dialogue and cooperation between countries.<\/p>\n
During the closing session, the students presented and voted on the final versions of the texts drafted as part of the Committees\u2019 work, including that of the Foreign Affairs Committee, which focused on transparency in supply chains and the ban on the import of goods produced in contexts of serious human rights violations and war. The initiative concluded with the presentation of certificates of attendance, in recognition of the commitment and work carried out by the young people during the parliamentary simulation sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The closing session of the second edition of the Youth Parliament took place today at the Farnesina. This initiative involved over a hundred high school students in a simulation of the workings of the Chamber of Deputies, with the aim of promoting an understanding of the institutions and encouraging young people\u2019s active participation in democratic […]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":212451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[384,468],"class_list":["post-212455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-segretario-generale","tag-sottosegretario-massimo-dellutri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212456,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212455\/revisions\/212456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}