STATEMENT OF ITALY INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ASTRID PUENTES RAÑO ON THE HUMAN RIGHT TO A CLEAN, HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT; 21ST PLENARY MEETING OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE OF THE GA, 79TH SESSION
Young Delegate 18Chiara Gisinti As Youth Delegates of Italy, we welcome the Special Rapporteur’s report and its recommendations, which highlight crucial steps we must take to address the environmental crisis we are facing. Although the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is recognized as a human right, we are still forced to drink […]
Read moreSTATEMENT OF ITALY AT THE 2ND COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY JOINT CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS: ERADICATION OF POVERTY AND AGRICULTURE, FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION
Thank you Chair. Excellencies, Colleagues, Italy welcomes today’s joint consideration of the items on poverty eradication and on agriculture, food security and nutrition by the 2nd Committee. We thank the UN Secretariat for the presentation of the informative Reports of the Secretary-General. Eliminating Poverty and Hunger must continue to be at the top of our […]
Read moreTHE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS - 14-18 OCTOBER 2024
THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS - 14-18 OCTOBER 2024 The Week Ahead at the United Nations 14- 18 October 2024 (This document is for planning purposes only and is subject to change) The Week Ahead is available online here: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/the-week-ahead-the-united-nations To find out which events will be webcast, see: https://media.un.org/en/webtv/schedule You can also consult […]
Read moreSTATEMENT OF ITALY AT THE PLENARY OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S THIRD COMMITTEE, GIVEN BY ITALY’S UN YOUNG DELEGATES
CHIARA GISINTI Thank you Madame Chair, Honorable Excellencies and Delegates, This year marks the 35th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and, today, as we face unprecedented global challenges, it is more essential than ever to rearm the rights and values enshrined therein, because, even though children’s rights […]
Read moreSTATEMENT OF ITALY BY YOUTH DELEGATE AT THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE GA THIRD COMMITTEE
Thank you Mr. Chair, Italy welcomes the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Ann SKELTON, and is thankful for sharing the outcome of the latest activities of the Committee, which point at alarming data to be acted upon and adroitly highlight the current challenges and crises children are called to face. […]
Read moreWORLD AND EUROPEAN DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
In celebration of the World and European Day against the Death Penalty, Italy reaffirms its firmest and unconditional opposition to capital punishment. This is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment that negates human dignity and has no added value in terms of security and crime deterrence, while it renders every miscarriage of justice fatally irreversible. […]
Read moreSTATEMENT OF ITALY AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S SECOND COMMITTEE
Madame Chair, Thank you for the floor. Of course, we are in support of any action against violence against women and, of course, for a total gender equality and balance everywhere in the world and in our country. Here, I would like to make a special reference to the report on violence against women and […]
Read moreSTATEMENT OF ITALY AT GA PLENARY OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE
Excellencies, Colleagues, Italy aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the EU and its Member States. Allow me to add a few remarks in my national capacity. First of all, I congratulate the new Chair and the new Bureau of the Second Committee. We look forward to productive discussions and a successful session. […]
Read moreTHE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS, 7-11 OCTOBER 2024
THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS - 7-11 OCTOBER 2024 The Week Ahead at the United Nations 7-11 OCTOBER 2024 (This document is for planning purposes only and is subject to change) The Week Ahead is available online here: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/the-week-ahead-the-united-nations To find out which events will be webcast, see: https://media.un.org/en/webtv/schedule You can also consult the […]
Read morePRESS RELEASE – THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AWARENESS ON FOOD WASTE AND LOSS
PRESS RELEASE As part of a series of events to celebrate the International Day of Awareness on Food Waste and Loss (29 September), Italy, in its capacity as President of the UN Group of Friends for Food Security and Nutrition, has started a collaboration with FAO and UNEP (UN Environmental Protection Programme) for a day […]
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