Italy takes part in IAEA Mission to support Lebanon in Assessing Integrity of Buildings Impacted in Last Year’s Beirut Blast
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts – including three experts from Italy, Malaysia and Spain, and one IAEA staff member – is in Lebanon this week to support the country in assessing the integrity of buildings that were impacted in last year’s port explosion in Beirut, through the use of non-destructive testing […]
Read moreMinister Di Maio meets the IAEA Director General
On June 14, 2021, Minister Di Maio has met today, at the Foreign Ministry, with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ambassador Rafael Mariano Grossi. The Foreign Minister has reiterated to Mr. Grossi Italy’s commitment to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and Italy’s appreciation for the IAEA’s action vis-à-vis Iran to continue […]
Read moreMessage by Ambassador Alessandro Cortese on the occasion of the National Day of Italy
Like last year, unfortunately the pandemic has taken away from us the pleasure of gathering for the celebration of the Italian National Day, on June 2nd. Today, we celebrate 75 years since the birth of the Italian Republic following the institutional referendum of June 2nd 1946. On that day, Italian citizens – and for the […]
Read moreUNODC & the Vittorio Occorsio Foundation Partner to Explore the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Fight Against Crime
14 April 2021 – UNODC and the Vittorio Occorsio Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work jointly on leveraging artificial intelligence and new technologies to tackle transnational organized crime. Through the MoU, which was signed by UNODC and the Foundation during a virtual meeting between UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly and the President […]
Read moreItaly and UNIDO remain committed to work together to accelerate progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Italy’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Alessandro Cortese, and the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), LI Yong, signed funding arrangements for three projects financed by the Government of Italy. At the signing, Ambassador Cortese, the Permanent Representative of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna, said, “The unprecedented crisis caused by the […]
Read moreUnited Nations – The Convention was signed twenty years ago. Thanks to this Agreement, no State fights transnational organized crime alone. We must further strengthen international cooperation.
A call to action across borders against Organized Crime Dear Editor,These days mark the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), a milestone of multilateralism, which opened for signature in Palermo in December 2000. Its founding vision was the need for more effective tools for international law enforcement and […]
Read moreThe Italian Permanent Representative, Amb. Cortese, has been elected Chair of the UN Crime Commission
Amb. Cortese has been elected today Chair of the 30th session of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Commission (CCPCJ), which formally opened in Vienna on 4 December 2020 and will last until December 2021. The CCPCJ – a functional commission of ECOSOC – is the principal policy-making body of the United Nations […]
Read moreThe Permanent Representative Amb. Cortese joins the “International Gender Champions” initiative.
In line with Italy’s traditional engagement in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, the Italian Permanent Representative, Ambassador Alessandro Cortese, has joined the “International Gender Champions” initiative, a network of around 250 personalities who hold leadership roles at an international level and are committed to breaking down gender barriers in their respective work fields.The […]
Read more10th Conference of the Parties to the Palermo Convention (Vienna, 12-16 October 2020)
The tenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC or Palermo Convention) took place in Vienna from 12 to 16 October 2020. The Conference takes place every two years and aims at reviewing and promoting the implementation of the Convention and the Protocols thereto. The Conference coincided […]
Read moreArt Exhibition “Quadriennale d’arte 2020 – FUORI” (30 October 2020 – 17 January 2021)
We have waited for so long. Now, for italian contemporary art, is the time to come OUT. The exhibition Quadriennale d’arte 2020 FUORI, curated by Sarah Cosulich and Stefano Collicelli Cagol, presents 43 artists, with monographic displays and new works, giving back an original image of Italian art at an international level. FUORI is […]
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