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APPEAL AGAINST INFANTICIDE IN SYRIA
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10 June 2012
| President Michele Capasso, together with Mustafa Denial (Director of the National Observatory for Children’s Rights in Morocco) and Chedly Srarfi (The Tunisian Association for Children’s Rights) launched an appeal against the slaughter of dozens of innocent children by the Syrian regime and called for the immediate identification and condemnation of the culprits. |
THE TOTEM FOR PEACE IN TUNISIA
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10 June 2012
| President Michele Capasso met with the president of the National Organization for Infancy in Tunisia, Chedly Srarfi, to build the monumental sculpture the “Totem for Peace” by Mario Molinari dedicated to infancy. |  |
PRESIDENT CAPASSO FORESAW MOROCCAN/TURKISH RELATIONS 13 YEARS BEFORE IT HAPPENED
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09 June 2012
| Moroccan politicians and intellectuals acknowledge President Capasso as the “foreteller” of international political events. In this case, mention was made of a speech made by President Capasso in 1999 in which he considered Morocco and Turkey as the “two feet” on which Europe stands, one to the East and one to the West. At the same time, Capasso predicted relations and growing closer of Morocco and Turkey, which in fact took place in 2011 and 2012. Bouchra Boulouiz confirmed this was the case. |
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FATEMA MERNISSI PROMOTES THE FRENCH EDITION OF “NOSTRO MARE NOSTRO”
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09 June 2012
| Sociologist and Moroccan writer Fatema Mernissi promoted the French edition of the book “Nostro Mare Nostro”, written by Michele Capasso, whom she described as the “Ibn Battouta”: the "new Marco Polo of the Mediterranean”. |  |
THE XVIIIth EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC
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08 June 2012
| The Fondazione Mediterraneo, through its President Michele Capasso, supports this cultural event which enriches the city of Fez and promotes dialogue among the peoples of the world. |  |
PRESIDENT CAPASSO INTRODUCES THE Xth CONGRESS OF THE CHOUALA ASSOCIATION
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08 June 2012
| The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso made a succinct and widely appreciated speech to introduce the works of the Xth Congress of the Chouala Association, which is represented throughout the whole of Morocco. The organisation brings together hundreds of bodies dedicated to infancy issues and Civil Society. The founder of the Democracy Movement through the development of civil Society in Morocco, Mohamed Amadi was also present. Other speakers included the Mayor of Rabat Fatallah Oualalou, as well as Mohamed Achaari and Driss Guerraoui who is a member of the executive committee of the Fondazione Mediterraneo. |
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THE CHOUALA ASSOCIATION IS AWARED THE MEDITERRANEAN AWARD FOR CIVIL SOCIETY
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08 June 2012
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At a ceremony attended by 600 members of the Chouala Association, the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso, accompanied by Driss Guerraoui (a member of the executive committee), awarded the “2012 Mediterranean Award for Civil Society” to the Chouala Association represented by its Mohamed Amadi and Abdelmaksoud Rachdi. President Capasso emphasized the essential role play by the Chouala Association in 1975 and the value of the “Totem for Peace” as a symbol of the World Movement for Democracy. In the presence of the Mayor of Rabat Qualalou and other regional representatives, President Capasso asserted that “The Totem for Peace” by sculptor Molinari would be created in Rabat with the colours of the Moroccan flag as a symbol of law and democracy. |
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MINISTER DAOUDI PROMOTES THE TOTEM FOR PEACE
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08 June 2012
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The Moroccan Minister for Higher Education and Research Lahcen Daoudi promotes and supports the “Totem for Peace”. Together with President Capasso, remembers the Dakhla meetings at which the Totem for Peace” was presented. |
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WORK ON THE MEDITERRANEAN OBSERVATORY FOR CHILDREN’S RIGHTS (OMDE) COMMENCES
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07 June 2012
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The ”MEDITERRANEAN OBSERVATORY FOR CHILDREN’S RIGHTS (OMDE) is being set up. It is promoted by the Fondazione Mediterraneo in partnership with the Moroccan NATIONAL OBSERVATORY FOR CHILDREN’S RIGHTS (ONDE) and the TUNISIAN NATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR INFANCY (ONET). The latter organization serves the aim of dissemination the rights of children as the basis for future of society. During the meeting in Rabat, the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, Michele Capasso, the director of the Moroccan ONDE Mustafa Denial and the President of the Tunisian Chedly Srarfi defined the organizations bye-laws and programme. |
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MEETING WITH THE MOROCCAN MINISTER OF TOURISM LAHCEN HADDAD
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07 June 2012
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The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso met with the Moroccan Minister for Tourism . Prof. Lahcen Haddad at the head offices of the Ministry in Rabat. During the meeting, they agreed on the feasibility of setting up the Dar El Maghrib”, or “Moroccan House” at the seat of the Maison de la Paix in Naples. The premises will be used to promote tourism, culture and commerce in Morocco, including during the visit of the Forum of Cultures to be held in Naples in 2013. |
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