Presentation of the strategic document on “The Partnership with Africa”
oday, at 11.00, the launch event “The Partnership with Africa”, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs policy document identifying Italy’s main foreign policy priorities on the African continent, will be held in a virtual format. The first part of the conference will feature speeches by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, […]
Read moreUNHCR turns 70
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, was formally entrusted with its mandate on December 14, 1950 – 70 years ago – when the UN General Assembly adopted its Statute. For seven decades, we have been protecting people forced to flee. This is an opportunity to reflect on the dedication of UNHCR workers, past and present. UNHCR’s […]
Read moreCIDU Human Rights Award
Created on the initiative of Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re, in agreement with Minister Di Maio, the CIDU Prize for Human Rights will be awarded every year to 7 candidates, among Institutions, Associations and individuals, who have particularly distinguished themselves for having contributed to increase the collective awareness of Human Rights in our country. In […]
Read moreDM Del Re at the the Ministerial Coordination Group on COVID-19
Speaking at the 12th call of the Ministerial Coordination Group on #COVID19 with Brazil, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Morocco and the United Kingdom. We discussed our domestic responses to Covid-19 since we are all experiencing a second wave of the virus, and common strategies to be adopted. In the past two weeks, the trend of contagion […]
Read moreVM Sereni participates at the Fourth Edition of the Women’s Forum of MED Dialogues 2020
“From the speeches heard during this Forum, which is now four years old, two truly important messages emerge: on the one hand, the need to promote the economic emancipation of women in the context of the pandemic and beyond, and on the other, how to increase the role of women in peace-building”. This was stated […]
Read more3 December – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Proclaimed in 1992 by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 47/3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities represents an important moment for the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities with a view to further enhance their participation in the political, economic, social and cultural life of our society. Within the United Nations framework, […]
Read morePresident of the Council of Ministers Giuseppe Conte inaugurates the Italian G20
The Italian G20 Presidency has, officially, just begun. Italy stands ready for the intense year ahead of us. It is our common responsibility to address the important global challenges we are facing. And to build – today – the world of tomorrow, in order to hand our children a better Planet. Italy will live up […]
Read moreDG of IOM, Antonio Vitorino at MED2020 Dialogue:
Five years after the 2015 ‘refugee crisis’, migration remains a significant political and humanitarian issue in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many of the longstanding deficiencies of current international migration governance. Regular migration pathways shrank to a minimum, the economic shock hit origin and transit countries hard, and the two forces combined heightened […]
Read moreVice Minister Emanuela Del Re opens the forum on ”The Health-Nutrition-Agriculture Nexus in the Mediterranean”
Vice Minister Del Re opened the forum on “The Health-Nutrition-Agriculture Nexus in the Mediterranean” with the Director of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute – CIHEAM – of Bari, Maurizio Raeli. The forum will be closed by the Director-General for Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Giorgio Marrapodi. Follow live: https://youtu.be/FVqPekuV-RU
Read moreMinister Di Maio: satisfaction for Grandi’s renewal of mandate at UNHCR
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed great satisfaction with the renewal of Filippo Grandi’s mandate as UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the January 2021 – June 2023 period. “This renewal of mandate is a recognition of the excellent work carried out by Filippo Grandi in recent years and of his […]
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