The Italian Deputy Minister for Infrastructures and Transports, Edoardo Rixi, at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva
The Italian Deputy Minister for Infrastructures and Transports, Edoardo Rixi, today is in Geneva for the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (Resilience Dividend: Towards Sustainable and Inclusive Societies), organized by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). The Deputy Minister spoke at the high-level dialogue on “Progress made in implementing sendai framework – global and […]
Read moreWHO – Press release on the draft document “WHO guiding principles and framework manual for front-of-pack labelling for promoting healthy diets”
The Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Geneva expresses concern over the content of the draft document titled “WHO guiding principles and framework manual for front-of-pack labelling for promoting healthy diets” and about the modalities of its drafting and early circulation. Italy has been repeatedly asking for more transparency from WHO’s side […]
Read moreWIPO Roving Seminar on the services and initiatives in the field of Industrial Property (Treviso, 10 aprile)
The World Intellectual Property Organiazation (WIPO www.wipo.int) and the Directorate General for the Fight against Counterfeiting – UIBM, in partnership with T2i (trasferimento tecnologico e innovazione) and CCIAA Treviso-Belluno-Dolomiti, organized last 10 April the 6th edition of the free “Roving Seminar on WIPO Services and Initiatives”. The event took place at CCIAA Treviso-Belluno-Dolomiti both in Italian and […]
Read moreThe Foreign Ministry acts to protect displaced persons and refugees in Libya, Tunisia and Ethiopia with new contributions to the UNHCR
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation approved, with resources from the Africa Fund, new financial contributions worth 7 million Euro towards the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), for projects and assistance to IDPs and refugees in Lybia, Tunisia and Ethiopia. In Lybia, in consideration of the risks civil population, […]
Read moreGeneva Launch Event of the EAT-Lancet Commission on “Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems”
The Geneva Launch of the EAT Lancet Commission Report on “Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems” took place today at the Palais des Nations. Co-sponsoring of the event from the World Health Organization, initially announced, was lately withdrawn. However, the Director of WHO’s Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, Dr. Francesco Branca, took part […]
Read morePress release on the launch of the EAT-Lancet Commission Report on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (Geneva, 28 March 2019)
Next March 28th, a presentation of the EAT-Lancet Commission Report on “Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems” will take place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, sponsored by the World Health Organization. We believe that the World Health Organization should not have anything to do with this initiative, and here we are explaining why. […]
Read moreVisit to Geneva of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Claudia Del Re (18-19 March 2019)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Claudia Emanuela Del Re, was in official visit to Geneva on 18 and 19 March 2019, accompanied by the Director General for Development Cooperation, Min. Plen. Giorgio Marrapodi, and by the Permanent Representative of Italy to the International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado. During his […]
Read moreMeeting of the “Group of Friends of Healthy and Sustainable Diets: Mediterranean and others” with WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Today, members of the “Group of Friends of Healthy and Sustainable Diets: Mediterranean and others” together with observer countries, met with the Director General of the World Health Organization. The Group, bringing together Albania, Cyprus, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, San Marino and Tunisia, explained its objective of promoting and preserving […]
Read moreTransparency of medicines’ prices – Minister Grillo presents the draft resolution proposed to WHO
“Without transparency in the market of medicines there cannot be true competition. Cost of medicines is a crucial topic for our country, because it is directly linked to the sustainability of the national health system. We should not be afraid of transparency, markets should not fear a change in this direction, which is more and […]
Read more8 march 2019 – International Women’s Day
The 8th of March is dedicated to the International Women’s Day, an occasion for celebrating the acts of courage and strength of ordinary women that played an extraordinary role for advancing their societies and communities. The 8th of March is also a day for reflecting on progresses achieved by womnen and thanks to the contribution […]
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