STATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AMB. ANTONIO BERNARDINI, AT THE HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT (October 4, 2013)
Mr. President,Mr. Secretary-General,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,It is with great sorrow that I take the floor today after the tragedy that took place last night off the shores of my own Country, in the waters surrounding the island of Lampedusa. The shivering figures of this event give us the sense of the magnitude of such a tragedy: […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, HON. ENRICO LETTA, AT THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON THE SAHEL (September 26, 2013)
Secretary-General, Colleagues,I am honoured to participate in the High-Level Meeting on the Sahel. Substantial advances have been made since the past High level Meeting on the Sahel last year. The people of Mali voted peacefully in their presidential election, showing their desire for stability and democracy. Considerable efforts have been made by the International Community to […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY, HON. ENRICO LETTA, AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS (September 25, 2013)
Mr. President, Allow me to congratulate you on your recent appointment as President of the United Nations General Assembly.You can count on Italy’s support in the performance of your responsibilities for the benefit of the international community. I wish to express my full appreciation of the choice of development as the theme of the 68th […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, HON. ENRICO LETTA, AT THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT “BUILDING THE FUTURE WE WANT: FROM RIO+ 20 TO THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA” (September 24, 2013)
Mr. President,Mr. Secretary-General,Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen,This meeting is a significant step in the implementation of the “Future We Want,” the ambitious forward-looking document we adopted last year in Brazil at the Rio+20 Conference.It was an honor for Italy to lead with Brazil the consultations that defined the format and organizational modalities of this Forum. I wish […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN (September 19, 2013)
Mr. President,I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report and the Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his briefing.Italy fully aligns itself with the statement (to be) delivered by the European Union and would like to add a few remarks in a national capacity.Afghanistan is about to enter a crucial phase of its […]
Read moreMESSAGE FROM THE ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EMMA BONINO TO MARK THE DAY OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE (July 17, 2013)
Today, 17 July, we are celebrating the Day of International Criminal Justice, commemorating a key moment in the promotion of rule of law, the protection of human rights, and the punishment of crimes that undermine peaceful coexistence among peoples. On 17 July 1998, the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court was adopted: an event […]
Read moreOPENING AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR CESARE MARIA RAGAGLINI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE HIGH-LEVEL SPECIAL EVENT: “SHARING BEST PRACTICES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK ON THE WORLD DRUG PROBLEM” IN COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING (June 26, 2013)
OPENING REMARKS Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,By resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987, the General Assembly decided to designate 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, expressing the Member States’ determination to strengthen action and cooperation for a world free of drug abuse.In 2009 – on the occasion of […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR CESARE MARIA RAGAGLINI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE PLENARY MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS ON THE QUESTION OF EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION ON AND INCREASE IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE COUNCIL (June 27, 2013)
Mr. President,Let me start by thanking you for convening this meeting. As you stated in your letter, Security Council reform “has been one of the most significant and sensitive processes on the General Assembly agenda over the last several years”. We therefore welcome your chairmanship of this meeting. This shows your deep involvement in this […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR CESARE MARIA RAGAGLINI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY (June 24, 2013)
Mr. President,Allow me to begin by thanking you for organizing this open debate of the Security Council. I also wish to thank the distinguished speakers for their important statements and to reiterate Italy’s full support for the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on sexual violence in conflict.Italy welcomes the adoption by the […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR CESARE MARIA RAGAGLINI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN (June 20, 2013)
Mr. President,I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report and the Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his briefing.Italy fully aligns itself with the statement (to be) delivered by the European Union and would like to add a few remarks in a national capacity.Afghanistan is going through a very important moment. The beginning […]
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