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PRESENTATION OF THE EUROMESCO NETWORK
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01 May 2024
President Michele Capasso presented the Euromesco Network, co-founded by the Fondazione Mediterraneo, at an event with young university students on Labour Day.
In a world plagued by misinformation, manipulation, and competing narratives, where major powers are striving to control the narrative and sway public opinion, the Mediterranean becomes a battleground of ideas with a gap of narratives between both shores. With a growing sense of hostility and mistrust in Euro- Mediterranean relations, strategic communication becomes critical. The platform will gather communication experts, media analysts and policymakers to dissect, analyse, expose and understand narratives, perceptions, and disinformation to find innovative approaches to Strategic Communication as a tool to enhance Euro-Mediterranean relations.
STUDENTS FROM THE MARCO TERENZIO VARRONE HIGH SCHOOL VISITING THE MUSEUM SIGN THE KIMIYYA MANIFESTO
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30 April 2024
Students from the Liceo Classico Marco Terenzio Varrone in Rieti visit the Museum and sign the "Kimiyya" Manifesto for women's rights.
Welcomed by President Michele Capasso, they visited the main emotional paths, retracing the stages of the institution founded in 1987.
PRAYER FOR PEACE
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29 April 2024
Secretary General Michele Capasso, Pia Molinari and other members of the United States of the World participated in a prayer in the Basilica of St. Mary Major against all wars.
On this occasion, the Appeal for Palestine launched by the United States of the World was read out.
POPE FRANCESCO'S VISIT TO VENICE
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28 May 2024
"I am here to share!": with these words, at 8 a.m., Pope Francis lands in the women's prison of Giudecca.
We are invited to attend the Pope's brief visit at various stages: a small delegation from the "United States of the World" participates in the events that characterise an important day.
Pope Francis' visit lasts only five hours, enough, however, to write an important page of history for a city like Venice, already a destination for papal presences.
It begins well ahead of schedule, starting right from the Prison. For Pope Francis it is the first time in Venice, for the city it is the fourth Pope to visit it, the first ever to visit the Art Biennale. The route winds its way through calli and canals starting from the Holy See pavilion set up in the Giudecca prison.
MEDITERRANEAN BETWEEN PEACE AND WAR
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20 April 2024
Tahar Ben Jelloun, a founding member of the Fondazione Mediterraneo and the United States of the World, took part in the event "Mediterranean between Peace and War", as part of the "La Repubblica delle idee" festival.
Interviewed by director Maurizio Molinari, he reviewed the atrocities of the war in Gaza.
MICHÈLE RUBIROLA VISITING THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD
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19 April 2024
Michèle Rubirola the first female mayor of the City of Marseille elected on 4 July 2020, of Neapolitan origin - visited the United States of the World headquarters.
Accompanied by Karim Hammoumraoui, Director of External Relations of the City of Marseille, she was welcomed by Secretary-General Michele Capasso.
On this occasion, the intense activities carried out since 2000 with the City of Marseille, which proposed itself as the first headquarters of the international institution, were recalled.
Memorable was the "Rentrée solennelle" of the United States of the World held in Marseille on 6 July 2000 with the participation of Heads of State and Government of various countries.
At the conclusion of the meeting, it was planned to continue the concrete collaboration with a series of initiatives involving cities for ecological conversion and dialogue for peace: fundamental pillars of the mission of the United States of the World.
MICHÈLE RUBIROLA SIGNS THE KIMIYYA MANIFESTO
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19 April 2024
Michèle Rubirola - the first female mayor of the City of Marseille elected on 4 July 2020, of Neapolitan origin - signed the "Kimiyya Manifesto" for women's rights.
The "Kimiyya" network was proposed in Marseille on 6 July 2000 during the "Assises de la Méditerranée".
Accompanied by Karim Hammoumraoui, Director of External Relations of the City of Marseille, she was welcomed by Secretary-General Michele Capasso.
At the end of the meeting, it was planned to continue the concrete collaboration with a series of initiatives involving the "Kimiyya" network for the defence of women against feminicides, gender violence and the distorted use of artificial intelligence.
MICHÈLE RUBIROLA VISITS THE MUSEUM OF PEACE
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19 April 2024
Michèle Rubirola - the first female mayor of the City of Marseille elected on 4 July 2020, of Neapolitan origin - visited the Museum of Peace MAMT.
Accompanied by Karim Hammoumraoui, Director of External Relations of the City of Marseille, she was welcomed by Secretary-General Michele Capasso.
At the end of the meeting, appreciation and emotion was expressed for a unique place, a heritage of humanity. In particular, the Marseille Hall has paintings and exhibits donated by previous Mayors since 2004.
FEUROMED: EURO-MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL OF ECONOMICS
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18 April 2024
A delegation from the United States of the World and the Fondazione Mediterraneo participated in the second edition of the Euromediterranean Festival of Economics, chaired by Patrizio Bianchi, Ambassador of the United States of the World.
There were many speeches including those of Romano Prodi, Ignazio Visco, Anna Maria Bernini, Gaetano Manfredi, Vincenzo De Luca and others.
President Capasso congratulated Patrizio Bianchi and Romano Prodi, Awarded by the Fondazione Mediterraneo in 2014 and 2022, for the concreteness of the topics dealt with, which took up the proposals already launched at the II Euromed Civil Forum organised in Naples in 1997 by the Fondazione Mediterraneo.
THE FIRST G7 FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING IN CAPRI
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17 April 2024
The first of two meetings of G7 Foreign Ministers that will be hosted in Italy in 2024 was held in Capri. As stated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, the aim is to strengthen the G7's role as the main forum for consultation among the major liberal democracies and as a factor for stability in the face of the major crises taking place at the global level.
The agenda therefore focused on the main issues at the centre of the international debate, starting with the situation in the Middle East. Among the topics discussed were the serious humanitarian crisis and the resumption of a meaningful and incisive political process for the "two peoples, two states" solution.
The worrying situation in the Red Sea also found a place on the G7 Foreign Ministers' agenda, with particular reference to the safety of shipping and the repercussions on trade routes, particularly to the Mediterranean.
The Italian Presidency also sought to renew cooperation with Africa in a spirit of mutual respect.
Although Israel's response to Iran disrupted the proceedings, major global issues also found their way into the debate. These included food security, energy security, the fight against climate change, cyber security and Artificial Intelligence, which opens up enormous opportunities but presents significant risks for humanity.
Secretary-General Michele Capasso, on his return from Gaza, was in Capri on 18 and 19 April, emphasising the role played since 1987 by the "United States of the World" in achieving "two Peoples in two States" with the historic visits of Arafat, Abu Mazen and Shimon Peres to Naples.