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20 September 2023
Opening Remarks by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Edmondo Cirielli at UNGA78 Side Event co-organized by Italy “Catalysing Global Action for Sustainable and Resilient Agri-Food Systems Transformation to Accelerate the SDGs”

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very glad to meet all of you in New York less than two months after the UN Food Systems Summit hosted by Italy in Rome in July. I want to thank my colleagues from Japan and the Emirates who accepted to co-sponsor this event. This event has been possible […]

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20 September 2023
Keynote Speech by Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani at the UNGA78 Side Event: “Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment”

Good evening, everybody. I’m very happy to be here and I want to also thank the European Parliament of the group of children’s rights, the United Kingdom and the UNODC, and the Italian embassy to the UN for organizing this event. The defense of children’s human rights in the digital environment is a key priority. […]

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20 September 2023
Statement by Italy’s Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci at the 78th UN General Assembly’s High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, UNGA78

Excellencies, Distinguished colleagues, The UNGA can play indeed a major role in enhancing political momentum and commitment with regard to health emergencies and in promoting the central and coordinating role of the World Health Organization in global health architecture. We should of course keep supporting also the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body in order to conclude the […]

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20 September 2023
UNITING FOR CONSENSUS MINISTERIAL JOINT PRESS RELEASE

The “Uniting for Consensus” Group (UfC: Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, San Marino, Spain, Türkiye) met at Ministerial level on September 20th, 2023, on the margins of the High-Level week of the United Nations 78th General Assembly in New York. The UfC reiterated its full commitment to an […]

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20 September 2023
DEPUTY MINISTER CIRIELLI CHAIRS A MINISTERIAL MEETING OF THE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE “UNITING FOR CONSENSUS” GROUP IN NEW YORK

As part of the high-level week of the 78th UN General Assembly being held in New York, Italy’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today chaired a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Member Countries of the “Uniting for Consensus” (UfC) Group, which includes – besides Italy – Argentina, Canada, […]

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18 September 2023
UNGA78 – Statement by Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani at 2023 SDG Summit – UN General Assembly High Level Week

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Italy is at the forefront of the effort of the International Community to achieve sustainable development goals. The challenge today is in Africa. Political and economic instability, climate change, food insecurity, health crises. These factors of crisis, together, have set in motion an […]

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18 September 2023
SAVE THE DATE – Ministerial-level Event on Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment,

Ministerial-level Event on Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York and co-organized by the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights, the Government of the United Kingdom and UNODC on Tuesday, 19 September 2023, from 6:30pm – 8:00pm, in Conference Room 6 at […]

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17 September 2023
“The Grand Italian Vision. The Farnesina Collection”

“The Grand Italian Vision. The Farnesina Collection” is an enthralling journey through the history of Italian art from the 1900s to the present day, by means of 71 works selected from the extraordinary art collection at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic.  The only public institution in the world […]

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14 September 2023
Statement by Italy’s Permanent Representative at Security Council Open Debate on “Advancing Public-Private Humanitarian Partnerships”

President, Italy aligns itself with the statement just delivered by the European Union and would like to add a few remarks in a national capacity. The humanitarian challenge we face is unprecedented. The words of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme today and several appeals by the Secretary General and Under Secretary General […]

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