FELIPE VI OF SPAIN IN NAPLES TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE EUROMED CIVIL FORUM

Naples | 12 December 2024
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Exactly twenty-seven years after that 12 December 1997, Felipe VI, King of Spain, returned to Naples to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the Federico II University of Naples - on the occasion of the 800th year since its foundation.
The Secretary-General Michele Capasso, from Fez where he was engaged in institutional activities, recalled that "On 12.12.1997, Felipe, then Prince of Asturias, spoke at the Forum organised by the Fondazione Mediterraneo at the Mostra d'Oltremare, attended by the President of the Italian Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro with 21 other Heads of State and 3,000 representatives from various countries: on that occasion, a very substantial impulse was given to the project of the United States of the World and Prince Felipe firmly supported the Fondazione Mediterraneo, bringing Spain's full support".
After receiving the award at the San Carlo Theatre in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella, Queen Letizia of Spain, and other dignitaries, Felipe Vi had this to say:
"Visiting Naples once again, a city so closely linked to the history of Spain, is always an intense and evocative experience, and it is also so for the Queen and for me on this occasion".
Before the ceremony King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia were guests of President Mattarella at Villa Rosbery.

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PINO DANIELE: NAPLES IS THE SOUL OF MUSIC, FROM MASCALZONE LATINO TO GIOGIÒ

Naples | 11 December 2024
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The Cardinal of Naples, Don Mimmo Battaglia remembers Pino Daniele on the occasion of the publication of Pietro Perone's book.
"Pino Daniele was a poet of the people, a voice that knew how to sing the beauty and pain of Naples, its chiaroscuros, inhabited by a thousand colours. With his notes and words he told us about the human soul, with its feelings and dreams, but also the soul of a people, our own. "Tell me when this war will end" he sings in one of his most touching songs, and today these words resonate like a cry because we are all waiting for the end of a war: the one that lives inside us, the one of violence that still abounds in our cities, the one that wounds relationships, and that sows death in many places in the world. May Pino's music, with its universal language, be for all of us an inexhaustible source of inspiration, of breaking down walls and building bridges of peace and hope in the heart of Naples, in the heart of the world".
The book will soon be presented at the United States of the World and the Museum of Peace. 

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30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOOK "IL VIAGGIO DEL SIGNOR NIENTE"

Naples | 10 December 2024
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On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the first presentation of the book "Il Viaggio del Signor Niente" - dedicated to the story of Raffaele Capasso, Mayor of the reconstruction of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio - the main stages of the great socialist's political adventure were re-published.
For the centenary of his birth, next February 2025, the volume will be re-edited with comments from those who have read and appreciated it over the past decades.

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THE TOTEM FOR PEACE SYMBOLISING PARLIAMENTS AROUND THE WORLD

Rabat | 10 December 2024
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One of the first works of the "Totem for Peace" by sculptor Mario Molinari was placed in the Parliament of Rabat, Morocco, in 2010, between the main entrance and the office of King Mohammed VI: it was strongly desired by the then President Abdelwahed Radi and inaugurated in the presence of the Presidents of the Parliaments of the Euro-Mediterranean countries.
Today, a delegation of the "United States of the World", led by Secretary-General Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari, in the presence of the Italian Ambassador to Morocco Armando Barucco and the highest officials of the Assembly of Representatives, renewed the importance of the symbol, which will be further disseminated in parliaments around the world next year, when the delegations of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliaments and those of the Inter-Parliamentary Union will meet in Rabat.
"After that of the United Nations, the recognition of Parliaments around the world strengthens the action of our institution and its symbol: the Totem for Peace" - Capasso said at the end of the meeting.
‘We are honoured to have been among the first to host the Totem for Peace,’ said Parliamentary Secretary General Najib El Khadi, and our commitment is to strengthen the mission of the United States of the World by bringing the Totem for Peace, its symbol, to the Parliaments of various countries.

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