Intervention of the Permanent Representative of Italy to the 111th session of the Council of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The Permanent Representative of Italy to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado, delivered his statement to the IOM’s Council session, at the presence of the Director General, Antonio Vitorino. Ambassador Cornado highlighted the great challenges we are facing today due to the COVID-19 pandemic, calling it “a health emergency […]
Read moreNew WHO Communication Campaign “We Are #InThisTogether
TheWorld Health Organization today launched a new communication partner to continue to promote Science, Solutions and Solidarity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic entitled “We Are #InThisTogether”. The campaign was launched in conjunction with the work of the World Health Assembly to show how, as humanity faces a common threat, communicating the main measures to […]
Read moreItaly at the Board of Directors of the ILO
The Permanent Representative of Italy to the International Organizations, Gian Lorenzo Cornado, has delivered today a statement on behalf of the Group of the Industrialized Market Economy Countries (IMEC) at the 340 Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organizazion. Ambassador Cornado’s intervention supports the activities of the ILO International Training Centre-ITC of […]
Read moreDel Re: a multidimensional response to the Covid pandemic at the centre of the G20 Presidency agenda
Vice Minister Del Re participated, in VTC, in the 2nd High Level Meeting of the Facilitation Council of ACT – the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator – convened by the Norwegian Development Minister and the South African Health Minister. The aim of the meeting was to provide an update on the state-of-the-art of the diagnostics, […]
Read moreItaly participates to the 36th Session of the Working Group on Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights
The 36th session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group, a mechanism of review between the Member States of the United Nations on the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, began on November 2, 2020 in Geneva. During this session, which will end on November 13, the human rights situation in the following countries will […]
Read moreTeatro alla Scala and Roberto Bolle set to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations
Italy honors the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations by bringing to its solemn General Assembly Hall a live, global broadcast of a performance without precedent. With the support of Intesa Sanpaolo, the exclusive offering conceived for the occasion by Teatro alla Scala, featuring Roberto Bolle and the leading names of La Scala ballet company, […]
Read moreInternational day against the death penalty
On the World and European Day against the Death Penalty celebrated today, Italy reiterates its strongest condemnation of the death penalty in all circumstances. Italy believes that the Death Penalty has no deterrent value concerning crime while making any judicial error dramatically irreversible. In occasion of the ministerial week of the 75th session of the […]
Read moreIntervention of the Permanent Representative of Italy to the 71st session of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
The Permanent Representative of Italy to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado, delivered his statement to the Executive Committee of UNHCR, at the presence of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi. Ambassador Cornado highlighted the unimaginable challenges that we are confronted today with because of the […]
Read more45th Session of the Human Rights Council – Interactive Dialogue with the Fact-Finding Mission on Libya
The Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado, intervened today at the Interactive Dialogue with the Fact-Finding Mission on Libya during the 45th Session of the Human Rights Council. He expressed appreciation for the swift appointment of the members of the Mission and congratulated them on their first […]
Read moreVTC Meeting Prime Minister Conte – UN Secretary General Guterres
Prime Minister Conte had a conversation tonight via VTC with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, at the occasion of the inauguration of the General Debate of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly. The agenda was focused on the main global issues and on the importance of multilateral cooperation to […]
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