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SIGNING OF THE ITALY-FRANCE TREATY AT THE QUIRINAL. PRESIDENT CAPASSO: A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD.
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26 November 2021
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron signed the "Treaty for Enhanced Bilateral Cooperation" at the Quirinale, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, and the Italian and French delegations. At the end of the ceremony, President Draghi and President Macron made joint statements to the press at Villa Madama.
President Michele Capasso stressed that this treaty is a first significant step towards the United States of the World. Responding to journalists, he said:
"Usually diplomats deal with treaties and they are often drafted as if they were a photocopy of each other. The Italy-France treaty, on the other hand, should be known because it is peculiar, it goes beyond the interests of diplomacy and concerns everyone. In essence, it involves the general interest of the two Countries and, in general, of Europe. Country. The "Treaty of the Quirinale" may affect the history of relations between Italy and France and the very future of Europe. Italy and France, two countries so close but often so far apart. This "Treaty" takes the path of integration in the most important sectors of a country's life: from security to technological innovation, from justice to the economy, from education to social and sustainable development, even in the extremely delicate sector of agriculture, in which Italy and France have often been in competition. But the added value is that this treaty is not closed, i.e. 'bilateral', as we say in diplomatic jargon. Instead, it is open to Europe and aims, mind you, not at defending the current intergovernmental, i.e. federal, structure, but at building a Europe that is finally federal, the one that young people dream of, the one we need, the one that the dramatic challenges of globalisation in the time of the pandemic require of us: the "United States of Europe" and the "United States of the World".
INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON THE THEME: TWENTY YEARS AFTER 9/11 AFGHANISTAN BETWEEN REGIME CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
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26 November 2021
The international meeting on "Twenty years after 11 September, Afghanistan between regime change and transformations of the international system" was held at the headquarters of the Fondazione Mediterraneo and the Museum of Peace. Speakers included the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Italy Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso and Roberto Paura of the Italian Institute for the Future.
On this occasion, the various problems facing Afghanistan and possible solutions were analysed.
President Michele Capasso recalled the Foundation's many initiatives in favour of Afghanistan since 1990 and the need to reach out to the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD to bring the case of Afghanistan to due attention.
Ambassador Zekriya thanked President Capasso and the Fondazione Mediterraneo for their constant action in favour of dialogue and peace and for their aid to the Afghan people even at this difficult time.
THE AMBASSADOR OF AFGHANISTAN ZEKRIYA JOINS THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD
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26 November 2021
After a presentation by the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso, the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Italy, Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, joined the project of the United States of the World that the Fondazione Mediterraneo - based on an intuition of Gustavo Rol - is carrying out with the adhesion of many countries.
THE AMBASSADOR OF AFGHANISTAN ZEKRIYA SUPPORTS THE WORK OF MARIO MOLINARI
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26 November 2021
The Ambassador of Afghanistan in Italy Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, welcomed by the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso, visited the Museum of Peace - MAMT and, in particular, the section dedicated to "Molinari, sculptor of colour".
There was particular emotion in front of the Totem for Peace: the monumental work by Mario Molinari, symbol of the United States of the world.
THE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES IN SEVERAL CITIES THE "INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN"
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25 November 2021
The Fondazione Mediterraneo - together with the Anna Lindh Italia Federation, the Kimiyya programme and the Museum of Peace - MAMT - celebrated in Naples and in other Euro-Mediterranean cities the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This event was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations through resolution number 54/134 of 17 December 1999.
The United Nations General Assembly," President Capasso reminded the many women present at the Museum of Peace, "designated 25 November as the date of the anniversary and invited governments, international organisations and NGOs to organise activities on that day to raise public awareness of the problem of violence against women.
The date of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women also marks the beginning of the "16 days of activism against gender-based violence" preceding World Human Rights Day on 10 December each year, initiated in 1991 by the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) and supported by the United Nations, to highlight that violence against women is a violation of human rights. This period", said President Capasso, "includes a number of other significant dates, including 29 November, Women Human Rights Defenders Day (WHRD), 1 December, World AIDS Day, and 6 December, the anniversary of the Montreal Polytechnic massacre, when 14 female engineering students were killed by a 25-year-old man who claimed he wanted to fight feminism".
In many countries, such as Italy, the colour displayed on this day is red and one of the symbolic objects is red women's shoes, lined up in squares or public places to represent the victims of violence and feminicide. The idea came from an installation by Mexican artist Elina Chauvet, Zapatos Rojos, created in 2009 in a square in Ciudad Juarez, and inspired by the murder of her sister by her husband and the hundreds of women kidnapped, raped and murdered in this border town in northern Mexico, a hub of the drug and human trafficking market. The installation has since been replicated in many countries around the world, including Argentina, the United States, Norway, Ecuador, Canada, Spain and Italy. The campaign in Italy is being carried out in particular by the Anti-Violence Centre and women's associations working in the field of violence against women.
And it was precisely red that welcomed the many visitors - in compliance with the anti-Covid 19 rules - who came to the Museum. There was great emotion in the Marrakech Room, where the walls are lined with the blank footprints of violated women whose stories can be seen on the Museum's video wall screens.
MUSEUM'S BRAILLE SIGNAGE EXTENDED
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25 November 2021
With co-financing from the Campania Region, the Museum of Peace - MAMT has extended its braille signage, becoming one of the most advanced museum sites: 56 new plaques have been installed, in addition to the large plaque dedicated to the United States of the World, which now enriches the emotional paths for the blind.
Among the first visitors was a group of Tunisians with some blind people who complimented the quality of the Braille language.
INAUGURATION WITH OTELLO FOR THE SAN CARLO THEATRE IN THE PRESENCE OF PRESIDENT MATTARELLA
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21 November 2021
Great emotion at the San Carlo Theatre, full in every order of seats.
Mameli's anthem, the audience on its feet. And five minutes of applause. This is how the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella is welcomed at the San Carlo for the premiere of Verdi's Otello, directed by Mario Martone. The Head of State was received at the entrance of the theatre by the mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi, the president of the Campania Region, Vincenzo De Luca, the prefect Claudio Palomba and the superintendent of the Neapolitan Massimo, Stephane Lissner.
There is a Western army in the Middle East, we see soldiers scrambling to make a career. A decidedly different scene from the original performance at La Scala on 5 February 1887. a predictable triumph, even then. "For music and drama intertwine and clasp each other in indissoluble knots", the opera's timeless summary. "Esultate", "Innaffia l'ugola" and the love duet in the first act, "Credo in un dio crudel" and "Sì pel ciel marmoreo io giuro", but also "Dio mi potevi scagliar", the "Canzone del salice" and "Niun mi tema" established its fame. With exceptional singers.
Jonas Kaufmann is the 'Moor' without the black face ('I couldn't and wouldn't want to anymore', says Martone). The star plays Otello with Yusif Eyvazov.
The guest of honour is President Sergio Mattarella. Mayor Manfredi shook his hand and accompanied him inside, already looking beyond: "For now we are content with one night, but Naples must always be the capital". Governor De Luca agreed. In the royal box, the President of the Chamber of Deputies Roberto Fico, Education Minister Patrizio Bianchi and Undersecretary Enzo Amendola.
The star in the audience is Toni Servillo, the actor greets the French ambassador to Italy, Christian Masset: he is expected in Paris on 7 December to present the film nominated for an Oscar by Paolo Sorrentino. Magistrates Federico Cafiero de Raho and Giovanni Melillo, and Rai's managing director Carlo Fuertes also arrive. On the balcony sit one hundred university and conservatory students, thanks to the supporters of Concerto d'imprese. And students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples engaged as interns on the new "On" platform for a training project on digital professions.
Roses were thrown at the end of the curtain and the Head of State was applauded as he left.
CONFERENCE ON LIBYA
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12 November 2021
The Fondazione Mediterraneo observer at the Paris Conference on Libya.
Restoring dialogue and democracy in Libya is essential for peace in the Mediterranean.
ANITA FLORIO VISITING THE MUSEUM OF PEACE - MAMT
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04 November 2021
Dr. Anita Florio - manager of the Campania Region's Operational Unit "Promotion and Enhancement of Museums and Libraries" - once again visited the Museum and its Library, accompanied by her husband, sister and brother-in-law.
On this occasion, appreciation was expressed for the continuous development of the Museum and for the creation of routes dedicated to the visually impaired with the installation of Braille plates and tactile plans.
COP 26 - A CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE UK 2021. THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO AND THE ANNA LINDH FEDERATION ITALY PRESENT AT THE EVENT
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01 November 2021
The Fondazione Mediterraneo and the Anna Lindh Italy Federation participated in several sessions at COP 26 in Glasgow, sharing concerns about the lack of shared incisive action essential to curb climate change and allow the survival of mankind on earth.
President Capasso shared the concerns expressed by Barak Obama and other speakers, and once again proposed the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD project. "Only if a unitary political and institutional space is identified - even if only by changing the name of the UN - will it be possible to face the great challenges ahead of us together.
The absence of China and Russia is serious and joint initiatives between the European Union and the other world partners must be taken in this respect. No serious action can be taken if those who are responsible for half of the pollution do not participate and adhere," said President Capasso.
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