Voices from the Quantum World – Celebration of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and the Italian Research Day in the World at UNESCO
On the occasion of the 2025 Italian Research Day in the World, the Permanent Delegation of Italy to UNESCO joined the celebrations for the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) – proclaimed in 2024 by the United Nations – by hosting a conference-show at the headquarters of the international organization in Paris. Italy […]
Read more“Love Difference” by Pistoletto inaugurated in Paris
On the occasion of UNESCO’s Executive Board, the Organisation’s headquarters hosted the inauguration of the artwork Love Difference, by Maestro Michelangelo Pistoletto. The renowned Italian artist presented his latest creation, which was especially conceived for the Organisation’s headquarters, in the presence of its Director- General, Audrey Azoulay, and Assistant Director-General for Education, Stefania Giannini, as […]
Read more221st session of the UNESCO Executive Board
The 221st session of the Executive Board of UNESCO opened today. Composed of 58 Member States, including Italy, the Executive Board meets twice a year and is the main policy-making body of the Organization. The Permanent Delegate of Italy to UNESCO, Ambassador Liborio Stellino, will chair the Programme and External Relations Commission (PX), which is […]
Read moreUNESCO: World Water Day dedicated to the emergency of glacier melting
Over the last few days, numerous experts gathered from all over the world at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris for World Water Day. This year’s celebrations were namely dedicated to glaciers, which cover about 700,000 km² of the Earth’s surface and whose rapid melting threatens environmental stability, water security, agriculture and hydropower production. As confirmed by […]
Read moreScreening of “A World apart” by Riccardo Milani in UNESCO Room I
On January 15th, our Representation launched its 2025 event season with the screening of A World Apart (Un mondo a parte) directed by Riccardo Milani. The film tells the story of a primary school teacher living and working in Rome who, tired of the teaching routine of the big city, decides to apply for a […]
Read moreRoots cuisine in Paris: 9th Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World
The Italian Embassy in Paris and the Permanent Representation of Italy to UNESCO organised a gastronomy and oenology event last November 19th for the launch of the 9th Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World, with the support of the ICE-ITA Agency and the participation of the president of the Agriculture Commission of the […]
Read more“Avant tout, l’opéra!” Baroque opera concert at UNESCO on November 27, 2024
On November 27th at 7:00 PM, the Permanent Delegation of Italy to UNESCO and the City of Cremona are organizing “Avant tout, l’opéra!”, a baroque opera concert featuring soloists from the Monteverdi Festival. This event, hosted at the prestigious Maison de l’UNESCO, pays tribute to Claudio Monteverdi, the father of Italian opera, and celebrates the […]
Read moreScreening of the documentary Wartime Notes by Barbara Cupisti at UNESCO
February 24, 2022. In Ukraine, daily life unfolded like any other day—until the first bombings hit. That day marked the beginning of a war that forced many to flee the country, others to take up arms, and nearly everyone to endure separation, fear, shortages of essential goods, and loss.The documentary Wartime Notes (2023, Ukrainian with […]
Read moreInauguration of the exhibition Colours for the Planet at UNESCO in Paris
UNESCO ArtCamp, an itinerant artistic showcase supported by the United Nations agency based in Paris, is a gathering of artists from conflict areas, refugees, and/or immigrants who engage with one another through artistic creation and the sharing of their cultures and inspirations. Now in its tenth edition, the artists who take part in the periodic […]
Read morePermanent Representations in Paris: the Red Bench to counter violence against women, inaugurated
Ambassadors Luca Sabbatucci and Liborio Stellino, respectively Permanent Representatives to the International Organizations in Paris and UNESCO, inaugurated the Red Bench in the garden of the Hotel de Galliffet, home of the two Representations, thus joining the campaign promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation aimed at raising public awareness on violence […]
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