STATEMENT DELIVERED BY ITALY AT THE INFORMAL MEETINGS OF THE PLENARY ON THE PROCESS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATION ON THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA (February 17, 2015)
Mr. President / Distinguished Co-Chairs,We would like to associate ourselves with the expressions of sympathy and solidarity with the nations recently affected by hideous terrorist attacks and wish to align ourselves with the statement made on behalf of the EU and its member states.Co-Chairs, we completely share earlier comments on the character of the declaration […]
Read moreSTATEMENT DELIVERED BY ITALY AT THE 2015 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS (February 20, 2015)
Madame President,I am confident that under your able guidance and with the assistance of the Working Group Chair Ambassador Grant we will undergo fruitful deliberations and will consensually adopt our Report. I thank also the many delegations who are working with the Chair to put forward proposals for this year Report.I welcome also the very […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE SITUATION IN LIBYA – February 18, 2015
Mr. President, Members of the Council, Mr. Ministers,Italy condemns in the firmest possible terms the barbaric killing of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian citizens in Sirte. To the families of the victims and the Egyptian authorities, we express our deepest condolences and solidarity.The Libyan crisis is one of the most pressing, sensitive challenges facing the international […]
Read moreSTATEMENT DELIVERED BY ITALY AT THE OPEN MEETING OF THE GROUP OF FRIENDS OF THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS ON “ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIMENSION OF HUMANITARIAN AID” (February 18, 2015)
Your Excellency, Mr. High Representative,Under-Secretary General Amos,Ladies and Gentlemen,Italy wishes to thank the High Representative for convening this meeting and drawing our attention once more to the utmost importance of intercultural dialogue. We join others in thanking the Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Valerie Amos, for her valuable contribution to this discussion. We fully […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, ON BEHALF OF THE “UNITING FOR CONSENSUS” GROUP AT THE INFORMAL MEETING ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS ON THE QUESTION OF EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION AND INCREASE IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE COUNCIL (February 11, 2015)
Mr. Chair, On behalf of the Uniting for Consensus (UfC) group, I first wish to thank you for convening this preliminary meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Security Council reform. We appreciate your initiative to listen to the views of Member States on how to structure our work, in a way that enables the […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY ITALY AT THE HIGH LEVEL THEMATIC DEBATE ON MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR A TRANSFORMATIVE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA – Panel on “The role of parliaments, cities and local authorities in the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda” (February 10, 2015)
Mr. Chair, we thank the President of the General Assembly for having included such an inspiring panel in the program of this Highl-level thematic debate and we align ourselves with the statement delivered yesterday on behalf of the European Union and its Members States also with respect to today’s topic.Mr. Chair, Italy has always attached […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY ITALY AT THE HIGH LEVEL THEMATIC DEBATE ON MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR A TRANSFORMATIVE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA – Plenary segment on “A renewed global partnership for implementation of the post-2015 development agenda” (February 9, 2015)
Mr. President, Mr. Deputy Secretary General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,We align ourselves with the statement delivered on behalf of the EU and its Member States.We thank you, Mr. President, for having scheduled the discussion on a renewed Global Partnership and on means of implementation right at the beginning of the high-level thematic debates which will […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AMBASSADOR INIGO LAMBERTINI, AT THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE UN WOMEN EXECUTIVE BOARD (February 9, 2015)
Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your appointment, together with the new Vice Presidents and members of the UN Women Executive Board. Italy is also very pleased to be back as a member and stands ready to offer its full support in the work ahead.I wish to thank the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (February 6, 2015)
Dear Excellencies, dear Colleagues and friends,I am honored to be here with all of you today to celebrate, for the first time at the United Nations Headquarters, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilations. I am thankful to the Executive Director of UNFPA, H.E. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, to today’s keynote speaker, the […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE FIFTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (February 5, 2015)
Madam Chair,Broad areas of the planet still live in conditions of grave deprivation. Even when extreme poverty reduction goals have been reached, there is still a persistent condition of fragility and precariousness. It is thus a priority to renew our efforts, with the active involvement of all the institutional stakeholders and civil society, to define, […]
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