Why Italy on the UN Security Council?
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Read moreOpening remarks by the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, at the IPI Policy Forum on “Working together for Peace and Security: moving from silos to synergies”
President Lykketoft,Ambassadors Pedersen and Kamau,Colleagues,Ladies and Gentlemen Italy is proud to join forces with Denmark, Kenya and – of course – IPI to present the strategic report on synergies and connectors between the three major reviews carried out last year in the field of peace and security: peacekeeping, peacebuilding and implementation of resolution 1325 on […]
Read moreOpening remarks by H. E. Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, at the UN Event “Mapping the vulnerability of mountain peoples to food insecurity: sharing the results of an FAO global study”
Mrs. Mucavi, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me welcome you all today and thank the co-organizers of an event that focuses on a topic dear to my Country, the peculiarities of mountains’ people and their vulnerability to food insecurity. Italy, with its rich biodiversity is also a land of mountains, with the Alps to the […]
Read moreStatement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, at the High-level conversation of the General Assembly on “Religions for Peace”
President of the General Assembly,Excellencies, colleagues, Today we are witnessing a new eruption of religious factors into international relations and religious stakeholders playing a greater role in foreign policy. A matter of particular concern is the regular, systematic nature of religious-based violence against individuals and against entire communities in various parts of the world. The […]
Read moreStatement delivered by Ambassador Inigo Lambertini, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, at the Informal meeting of the General Assembly on the Secretary General’s Report on Refugees and Migrants
— Mr. President, Special Adviser AbuZayd, I thank you for organizing this meeting and for presenting the Report of the Secretary General to us. Italy aligns itself with the statement (to be) delivered by the European Union and wishes to add some national remarks. We welcome the report. It is a rich and comprehensive […]
Read moreStatement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, on behalf of the “Uniting for Consensus” Group at the General Assembly informal meeting on the Question of Equitable Representation and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and related matters
Madam Chair, On behalf of the Uniting for Consensus (UfC) group, I wish to thank you for convening this fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council reform, focusing on the two remaining clusters — “categories of membership” and “regional representation”. In mid-April, this same Trusteeship Council Chamber hosted the hearings for the candidates […]
Read moreWorld-Cup-Winning Football Coach From Italy to Lead Workshops in Antigua and Barbuda and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
PRESS RELEASE World-Cup-Winning Football Coach From Italy to Lead Workshops in Antigua and Barbuda and St. Vincent and the Grenadines On May 2-5, 2016, Italian World-Cup winning football coach Marcello Lippi will be in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Antigua and Barbuda to lead two high-level football workshops with coaches from Caribbean countries. Mr. […]
Read moreStatement delivered by Ambassador Inigo Lambertini, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, at the General Assembly meeting on the adoption of the Resolution on the Review of the Peace Building Architecture
Mr. President, Italy aligns itself with the statement (to be) delivered by the European Union and wishes to add the following remarks in its national capacity. Italy welcomes today’s adoption of the resolution on the Review of the Peace Building Architecture and the debate on the annual report of the Peace Building Commission and of […]
Read moreStatement delivered by Ambassador Inigo Lambertini, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, at the Security Council Open Debate “Peace Consolidation in West Africa: Piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea”
Mr. President, Italy aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the European Union and adds the following remarks in a national capacity. I thank China, Angola and Senegal for bringing this issue back to the Security Council after the debates in 2011 and 2012 and the adoption of resolutions 2018 and 2039 and […]
Read morePrime Minister Renzi at the UN for Signing Ceremony of Paris Agreement and High-Level Debate on SDGs
New York – On April 21-22, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti were at UN headquarters in New York to lead the Italian delegation at the High Level Thematic Debate on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Signing Ceremony of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. On April 21, Prime […]
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