Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Italian Network

Roma | 23 March 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The Steering Committee of the Italian Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation met in Rome. The aim of the meeting was to relaunch the Italian Network and coordinate is main activities. The participants unanimously laid down the operative guidelines and shared the tasks among the four coordinators.

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Vittorio Di Pace visits the Fondazione Mediterraneo

Napoli | 22 March 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

Architect Vittorio Di Pace, 105 years old, and promoter of the “Città Intertnica”, visited the Fondazione Mediterraneo and his “dearest friend and colleague Michele Capasso with his daughter Edith”. Di Pace expressed his personal recognition and appreciation for the work carried out by President Capasso to promote peace and dialogue, defining him as “more than just a hero!”.

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THE FONDAZIONE MEETS PRESIDENT BARZANI

Erbil | 17 March 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari – Board member of the Fondazione – met with the President of the Region of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani, accompanied by a delegation of ministers and Head of Cabinet Fuad Hussein. On that occasion, President Barzani adhered to the “Totem for Peace” project guaranteeing the support of his country in the hope that the monumental work would be constructed in the capital, Erbil, and dedicated to the martyrs of Kurdistan. President Capasso invited President Barzani to Naples during the Universal Forum of Cultures and offered to create areas in the “Maison de la Méditerranée” that would narrate both the history and future of Kurdistan, as well as speak of the historical and archeological importance of Erbil, the oldest city in the world. At the end of the meeting, President Barzani wrote a dedication in the book of honour of the Fondazione Mediterraneo expressing his appreciation for the work carried out to promote peace and the Fondazione’s appeal for the cause of Kurdistan and against genocide.

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THE MARTYRS OF HALABJA ARE REMEMBERED IN ERBIL

Erbil | 17 March 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari - board member – took part in a ceremony in Erbil to commemorate the genocide of Halabja.  On 16 March 1988, Saddam Hussein’s forces carried out one of its most ferocious attacks with chemical weapons and gas, annihilating the lives of thousands of innocent civilians and causing irreparable damage to survivors. In his speech, President Capasso expressed his support for the cause of acknowledging the genocide, by reading the appeal he wrote and disseminated throughout the world in 1988, as a result of which 300,000 people signed a petition “IN MEMORY OF” this Terrible crime against humanity. On that occasion, President Capasso met the Minister for Martyrs and Anfal Affairs Aram Ahmed Muhammad, suggesting that the Totem for peace should be dedicated to honour the victims and create a virtual memorial dedicated to them.

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