STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, ON BEHALF OF ”UNITING FOR CONSENSUS” AT THE TENTH ROUND OF 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 (March 13, 2014).
Mr Chair, On behalf of the “Uniting for Consensus” (UfC) group, allow me to first thank you for convening this meeting of the 10th round of Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council reform.We expect the negotiation process to take concrete steps forward, and on behalf of UfC, I wish to reiterate our ongoing commitment to engage […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR LABOR AND SOCIAL POLICIES, THE HONORABLE TERESA BELLANOVA, AT THE GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE 58TH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (March 11, 2014)
Madam Chairperson,Dear Colleagues,Ladies and Gentlemen, Italy associates itself with the statement pronounced by Greece in its capacity as President of the European Union. This year’s session is taking place at a crucial moment in the history of gender equality. A moment in which each of our Countries has to take stock of what has been done […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR LABOR AND SOCIAL POLICIES, THE HONORABLE TERESA BELLANOVA, AT THE 58TH COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN HIGH-LEVEL SIDE EVENT “EMPOWERING YOUTH FOR THE ELIMINATION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION:THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY” (March 11, 2014)
Dear friends, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, My feeling in meeting you all today goes beyond these immediate circumstances. What I wish to convey from the depths of my heart is the sincere joy and pride I feel over the threshold we have reached in the fight against the practice of […]
Read moreWELCOMING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE 58TH COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN HIGH-LEVEL MINISTERIAL SIDE-EVENT ON “EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE TO END FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATIONS: THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY” (March 11, 2014)
Excellencies, Distinguished Ministers, Dear Friends,I am honored to welcome you today to this high-level Ministerial side event on Female Genital Mutilations, organized by Italy together with Burkina Faso, Somalia, UNFPA, UNICEF and UNESCO.I am particularly thankful to Ms. Chantale Compaoré – First Lady of Burkina Faso, Goodwill Ambassador of the Inter-African Committee on harmful traditional […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT (March 7, 2014)
Mr. President, Thank you for convening this Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict. Let me take this opportunity to commend your Country’s chairmanship of the Security Council’s Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict.I join the other speakers in welcoming the launch of the campaign “Children, Not Soldiers” by the Special Representative of the […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY ITALY AT THE HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON “THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN, THE YOUNG AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA” (March 6, 2014)
Mr. President of the General Assembly, Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Italy warmly welcomes the convening of this meeting and its focus on “The Contributions of Women, the Young and Civil Society to the Post-2015 Development Agenda.”We fully align ourselves with the statement delivered by Greece on behalf of the European Union.Mr. President,Italy believes that […]
Read moreWELCOMING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE POLICY FORUM ON INTEGRATING A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND PEACEKEEPING: RECENT EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES (March 3, 2014)
General Jean-Paul PalomérosMajor General Adrian Foster MBEMs. Mari SkåreLadies & GentlemenLet me share with you some inspiring words of a great woman who knows a great deal about peace and conflict, Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi:“For millennia women have dedicated themselves almost exclusively to the task of nurturing, protecting and caring for the young […]
Read moreREMARKS BY AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE INFORMAL MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SYRIA (February 25, 2014)
Italy align itself to the statement delivered by the EU.Italy welcomes the adoption, last Saturday, of UN Security Council Resolution 2139 on the humanitarian situation in Syria and looks forward to a swift implementation of the provisions of the resolution.Syria is facing the worst humanitarian catastrophe of our times. More than 9.3 million people are […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AMBASSADOR INIGO LAMBERTINI, AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON “PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT” (February 12, 2014)
Thank you, Mr. President.Italy aligns itself with the statements made by the European Union, and by Switzerland on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts, and wishes to add a few remarks in a national capacity.Mr. President,The stakes of this debate could not be higher. The news we […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AMBASSADOR INIGO LAMBERTINI, AT THE 52nd SESSION OF THE COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ON THE PRIORITY THEME “PROMOTING EMPOWERMENT OF PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING POVERTY ERADICATION, SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND FULL EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK FOR ALL” (February 12, 2014)
Madam Chairperson,Italy aligns itself with the statement made by the European Union and wishes to add a few remarks in a national capacity.We share the Commission’s focus on empowerment as an instrument of social development. As the Secretary-General has noted, empowerment is closely related to poverty eradication, full employment and decent work, and social integration. […]
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