Statement by Italy’s Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci at the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations High-level Meeting on the fight against Tuberculosis
Excellencies, distinguished colleagues, According to the WHO, in 2022 tuberculosis was the thirteenth cause of death worldwide and the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19. Unfortunately, the Pandemic reversed years of progress made in the fight to end TB globally, and in the past three years TB incidence’s rate and the estimated number of deaths […]
Read moreStatement delivered by Italy’s Deputy Permanent Representative at the “Article XIV Conference” on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty – CTBT
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The current fraught geopolitical scenario we are going through places ahead of us a number of challenges involving multiple dimensions of security. The illegal war of aggression triggered by the Russian Federation – besides brutally endangering civilians and civil infrastructure – evokes concrete concerns for nuclear and radiological security, raises threats […]
Read moreStatement by Italy’s Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci at the 78th UN General Assembly’s High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage
Excellencies, distinguished colleagues, Italy strongly believes in the crucial importance of Universal Health Coverage; in fact, our Constitution recognizes health as a universal right and ensures the access to healthcare services to all, observing the principles of solidarity and equity in the spirit of “leaving no one behind”. As recalled in this year’s Political Declaration, […]
Read morePrime Minister Meloni’s speech at the 78th United Nations General Assembly
Mr President, Mr Secretary-General, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honor for me to represent Italy before this General Assembly of the United Nations. An honor that is, however, not light like privilege, but heavy like the weight of responsibility. We are living in complex times, of continuous emergencies and change, and we cannot […]
Read moreStatement by Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani at UNGA78 Security Council meeting “Upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter through effective multilateralism”
Thank you Mr. President. The position of the Government of Italy led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the Russian aggression on Ukraine is clear and very well known. We stand with Ukraine, an invaded people fighting to defend their freedom and sovereignty. We all suffer the consequences of this war that like a domino […]
Read moreOpening Remarks by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Edmondo Cirielli at UNGA78 Side Event co-organized by Italy “Catalysing Global Action for Sustainable and Resilient Agri-Food Systems Transformation to Accelerate the SDGs”
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very glad to meet all of you in New York less than two months after the UN Food Systems Summit hosted by Italy in Rome in July. I want to thank my colleagues from Japan and the Emirates who accepted to co-sponsor this event. This event has been possible […]
Read moreKeynote Speech by Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani at the UNGA78 Side Event: “Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment”
Good evening, everybody. I’m very happy to be here and I want to also thank the European Parliament of the group of children’s rights, the United Kingdom and the UNODC, and the Italian embassy to the UN for organizing this event. The defense of children’s human rights in the digital environment is a key priority. […]
Read moreStatement by Italy’s Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci at the 78th UN General Assembly’s High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, UNGA78
Excellencies, Distinguished colleagues, The UNGA can play indeed a major role in enhancing political momentum and commitment with regard to health emergencies and in promoting the central and coordinating role of the World Health Organization in global health architecture. We should of course keep supporting also the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body in order to conclude the […]
Read moreUNITING FOR CONSENSUS MINISTERIAL JOINT PRESS RELEASE
The “Uniting for Consensus” Group (UfC: Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, San Marino, Spain, Türkiye) met at Ministerial level on September 20th, 2023, on the margins of the High-Level week of the United Nations 78th General Assembly in New York. The UfC reiterated its full commitment to an […]
Read moreIl Vice Ministro Cirielli ha presieduto a New York una Riunione Ministeriale dei Paesi del Gruppo “Uniting for Consensus”
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