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30 January 2017
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, received the Mayor of Venice, Mr. Luigi Brugnaro.

The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, received the Mayor of Venice, Mr. Luigi Brugnaro, at UNESCO Headquarters, in the presence of representatives of the Italian government, to discuss the protection of the city of Venice and its Lagoon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.   Read the press release

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27 January 2017
Italy participates in Expo 2017 Astana International

The International Expo 2017 – taking place between two Universal Expos, in Milan (2015) and Dubai (2020) – will be held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, from 10 June to 10 September 2017 on the theme “Future Energy”

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27 January 2017
UNESCO commemorates the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, commemorated the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

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27 January 2017
New Year Message by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Angelino Alfano to all Italians abroad

Click here to watch the video of best wishes for the Nnw year that Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Angelino Alfano sent to all Italians abroad.

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11 April 2016
Italy’s National Statement at the Plenary Debate of the 199th session of the Executive Board, delivered by H.E. Ambassador Vincenza Lomonaco

Mister President of the Executive Board,Mister President of the General Conference,Madam Director-General,Dear colleagues and Members of the Executive Board, Italy fully subscribes to the speech that will be delivered by the Representative of the European Union. The numerous challenges that confront us have already been mentioned during this debate, so I won’t repeat them. The issue […]

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6 April 2016
Article from “La Repubblica”Firenze, il sindaco Nardella vola all’Unesco: “Ha avuto successo”

E pace fu. Stavolta con la massima ufficialità. Dopo “l’indagine” dei mesi scorsi su Firenze attivata dall’Icomos, il braccio operativo che si occupa delle verifiche sul campo, ieri l’Unesco, il tempio mondiale per la tutela dei beni culturali, ha invitato a Parigi il sindaco Dario Nardella per raccontare il modello di tutela scelto dalla città. […]

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21 March 2016
Collina Po is the Italian Biosphere Reserve among the 20 that have been just inscribed in UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves. Among those that have been extended is the Selva Pisana site.

The International Co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme of UNESCO added 20 sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves during its meeting in the capital of Peru on 18 and 19 March. The newly adopted sites include 18 national site and one transboundary site shared between Spain and Portugal. The […]

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18 February 2016
Rome and Parma have been appointed to the Creative Cities Network (for cinema and gastronomy)

Today UNESCO appointed Rome and Parma to the Creative Cities Network, respectively for cinema and gastronomyThe Creative Cities Network was launched in 2004 with the aim of fostering sustainable development by promoting cultural traditions, craftsmanship and local firms. Today it comprises 116 cities, which are classified under the following categories: cinema, music, craftsmanship and folk […]

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17 February 2016
UNESCO Director-General takes part in High-level Symposium at WWAP in Perugia

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/water/wwap/

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17 February 2016
Italy creates a UNESCO Emergency Task Force for Culture

http://en.unesco.org/news/italy-creates-unesco-emergency-task-force-culture-1

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