STATEMENT 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. […]
Read moreUN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON CALLS FOR END OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION ON INTERNATIONAL DAY (Febraury 6, 2014)
The International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) observed today aims to eliminate procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons, violating the rights of millions of women and girls while threatening their lives and futures. Although progress […]
Read moreINTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION – STATEMENTS BY AMB. JOHN W. ASHE, PRESIDENT OF THE 68TH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND MS. PHUMZILE MLAMBO-NGCUKA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN WOMEN (February 6, 2014)
On this International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), I call for an end to this devastatingly harmful practice that affects between 100 and 140 million women and girls worldwide.As resoundingly affirmed by Member States in the historic resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2012, and again in this […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY THE ITALIAN MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND SEA, HON. ANDREA ORLANDO,TO THE HIGH-LEVEL EVENT “HEALTHY OCEANS AND SEAS: A WAY FORWARD” ON THE OCCASION OF THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE OPEN WORKING GROUP ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (February 4, 2014)
President of Palau, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemenI feel privileged to participating in this meeting which I consider a most fitting conclusion to a year-long discussion on all the issues that are of vital importance not only for the development of all peoples and nations on Earth, but also for the survival of the way of […]
Read moreSTATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR SEBASTIANO CARDI, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AT THE HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON “HEALTHY OCEANS AND SEAS: A WAY FORWARD” ON THE OCCASION OF THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE OPEN WORKING GROUP ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (February 4, 2014)
Mr. President of Palau, Ministers, Mr. Deputy Secretary-General, Excellencies, dear friendsI am honored to welcome all of you to this gathering, and pleased to be among such distinguished and knowledgeable leaders. Alarms have been sounding over the health of the oceans and seas for years now. Indeed, many of us are already facing stark realities […]
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