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U.N. - 7 Febbraio

We Need Bold Global Leadership to Build Back Better and Fight Climate Change

Some quick wins are available however, that would set us on the right path. First, rich countries must commit to “doing whatever it takes” to vaccinate the entire planet including easing intellectual property rules at the WTO to allow manufacture of the vaccines in developing countries.... Finally, creditor countries should allow developing countries to transfer debt service payments to their health budgets for the duration of the pandemic and offer a plan for extending debt relief to the countries in greatest economic distress.

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New York - 30 Gennaio

NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs Announces Junior Ambassadors

Continuing the City’s commitment to young New Yorkers, Commissioner Penny Abeywardena of the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs today launched the 6th cohort of the NYC Junior Ambassadors program by announcing this year’s participants. Representing all five boroughs of New York City, the diverse group of more than 500 seventh-grade students and educators from 15 schools […]

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U.N. - 14 Gennaio

Six Months Without Mario Paciolla, Without Truth and the UN Tells us to Wait

Six months have passed since Mario Paciolla’s death, the Italian volunteer serving at the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. The doubts are still many. Family and friends call for justice and even the foreign minister, Luigi Di Maio, has launched an appeal for the truth. The 33-year-old Neapolitan was found hanged with a sheet […]

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U.N. - 10 Dicembre 2020

Mazara Fishermen in Libya: Strong Message from the Bishop, but for Whom?

Meanwhile, La Voce di New York asked both the UN Secretary General and the General Assembly UN President spokespersons if a military intervention by the Italian government to free its fishermen caught in international waters would be considered legal.

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U.N. - 20 Ottobre 2020

Mario Paciolla, Autopsy in Colombia Ruled a Suicide, But the UN Remains Cautious

More than 90 days have now passed since the death of Carmine Mario Paciolla, the 33-year-old from Naples, a UN volunteer in Colombia. After almost a month of silence, over the weekend, the magazine “Semana” published the results of the autopsy carried out by Colombian doctors. The evaluation confirmed the suicide, “if the investigative work […]

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U.N. - 25 Settembre 2020

UNGA75, Italy Says: the Vaccine for Covid-19 “Will Be Collective Heritage”

Italian Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, 75 years ago, from the ashes of a global conflict that devastated nations and peoples, the birth of the Organization of the United Nations marked a new beginning for world history, founded on the shared values of freedom, peace and democracy. Today we are faced […]

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U.N. - 4 Agosto 2020

UN Is in Close Communication with Italy on Mario Paciolla’s Death in Colombia

New details cast a shadow on some of the organization's moves after the UN monitor's death.

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Onu - 26 Giugno 2020

Non stracciate quella Carta! Come per 75 anni la UN Charter ha salvato il mondo

In molte aree del pianeta la cooperazione internazionale è stata indebolita dal proliferare di forme di populismo, di unilateralismo e bilateralismo, come quelli evocati dall’attuale presidente degli Stati Uniti, Donald Trump. Estremismi che, mai come nell’ultimo periodo si sono trasformate in una sfrenata voglia di far guerra di alcuni paesi.

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News - 23 Maggio 2020

World Press Freedom Day 2020: US Senate Introduces Bipartisan Resolution

Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations’ Subcommittee that oversees human rights, together with their fellow senate constituents, introduced a bipartisan resolution on May 20th to commemorate World Press Freedom Day. Senators Menendez and Rubio led a bipartisan coalition of 13 senators to […]

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U.N. - 4 Maggio 2020

For World Press Freedom Day, Guterres Urges Governments to Protect Journalists

When journalists are attacked, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, societies as a whole are also attacked. “No democracy can function without press freedom, which is the cornerstone of trust between people and their institutions,” said Mr. Guterres.

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