Libya: new flight for Italy brings hope to asylum seekers
Ninety-three asylum seekers from Libya landed today at Fiumicino Airport. After their arrival, they will be able to apply for refugee status, which will give them the right to protection. The asylum seekers traveled on a charter fIight of the UNHCR, the United Nations Agency for Refugees. It is the first arrival implementing a protocol […]
Read morePress release on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
On the occasion of the 2021 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and its foreign network join the awareness-raising campaign “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!” launched by UN Women. This year, the campaign aims at preventing all forms of violence, […]
Read moreStatement by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella on the occasion of “The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women”.
The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella on the occasion of “The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women” has issued the following statement: “This Day calls for a yearly comparison with an unacceptable number of cases witnessing a continuous, widespread and ineradicable violence against women. Our society is still filled with incidents […]
Read moreStatement by President Mattarella on the occasion of World Children’s Day
The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, on the occasion of World Children’s Day, issued the following statement: “On the day we commemorate the approval, by the United Nations General Assembly, of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, one of the fundamental principles of the Charter, that of non-discrimination, must be firmly asserted: […]
Read moreSereni opens the Assembly of the Parties to the IDLO at the Farnesina
“The rule of law is now more essential than ever, as the effectiveness of the measures adopted by Governments in order to ‘rebuild better’ after the pandemic depends on the ability of Institutions to be transparent, effective and accountable.” This was stated by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni in her opening speech at the Farnesina of […]
Read moreSereni at the Global Interfaith Summit: cooperation and dialogue between states and religious institutions are fundamental
Speaking in Dubai at the Global Interfaith Summit, an event hosted by the Italian Pavilion of Expo Dubai 2020, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, said “Cooperation and dialogue between states and religious institutions are fundamental. During the pandemic, religious leaders raised their voices in defence of the poor and […]
Read moreElection of Professor Nesi to the United Nations Commission on International Law
After more than ten years, an Italian academic has returned to the prestigious United Nations Commission on International Law. With 152 votes Giuseppe Nesi, Professor of International Law at the University of Trento, has just been elected by the UN General Assembly in New York to the critical body of 34 jurists whose delicate task […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio’s participation in the ministerial meeting on the response to Covid-19
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, participated today by videoconference in the ministerial meeting on the response to Covid-19 (“Covid-19 Ministerial”), convened by the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, as a follow-up to the “Covid-19 Summit” hosted by President Biden on the sidelines of the 76th UN General Assembly. […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio establishes the figure of the Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTIQ+ people
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has established the figure of the Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the Human Rights of LGBTIQ+ people. To carry out this important role, which places Italy at the forefront internationally for the protection of the rights of […]
Read moreClimate change. – Vice Minister Sereni and the strategy for protecting women and children in the most fragile countries
“The Index has now become increasingly significant for all the development cooperation players, when it comes to the protection of the fundamental rights of millions of women and children”. The Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marina Sereni, said as much while presenting the WeWorld 2021 Index, adding: “Climate change is multiplying certain global crises like […]
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