FONDAZIONE IS IN MOURNING FOR THE DEATH OF CHIARA STRUTTI

Trieste | 27 April 2015
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She was an indefatigable coordinator of the “Civil Forum Euromed”, which was established by Fondazione Mediterraneo in December 1997 gathering together the exponents of 36 countries. Chiara helped us with her organizing and management ability. Shiny, diligent and determined didn’t leave any problem without solution. We owe to her a deeply thank for have gifted us with her knowledge and vitality.

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WORLD FORUM DEDICATED TO “THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS GUIDES IN THE PREVENTION OF INSTIGATION OF ATROCIOUS CRIMES"

Fez | 23 April 2015
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Onu and Kaiciid makes gather together in Marocco religious leaders from all over the world.

On the 23 and  24 of April took place the world forum on the role of religious leaders in the prevention of mass crimes organized by ONU office for the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility of Protection, in collaboration with Wien KAICIID Centre, Interministerial for human rights of Marocco, Majoub El Haiba and Moroccan League of Oulema.
The meeting of Fez gave life to a path of which the following steps will be five regional seminars and a final one which will be global, during which an Action Plan will be adopted. Thirty exponents of the most important religions (Catholic, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism) joined, along with international experts of human rights, interreligious dialogue and prevention of conflict.
The Under Secretary General Adama Dieng, Ban Ki –Moon Special Counselor for the prevention of genocide, thanked Moroccan authorities and in particular way King Mohammed IV for having accepted to organize the Forum in Fez, city of strong spiritual and religious connotation. More than 30 religious guides from different countries and religion, gathered together for two days in Morocco  in the city of Fez in occasion of the first world forum sponsored by United  Nations (Office for the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility of Protection), by interreligious platform Kaiciid, wanted by  the dead Saudi King Abdullah and which takes place in Morocco, and by Mohammedia, the League of Muslim scholars of Morocco. The meeting, as the press release states, fits in a path started by initiative of ONU High Commission for Human Rights after the meetings of Rabat and Geneve and the further involvement of Kaiicid, in the hope that “interreligious dialogue became an essential way for the prevention of possible escalations due to religious abuse and tensions in the community”.
The meeting was the first of a series of forum which will be held later in different countries, historical city of Islamic wisdom, headquarters of one of the first universities of the world and birth country of important saints and wise men.
“Some religious authorities joined to Fez Forum linked criminal atrocities to the problems due to lack of freedom and equal dignity of religious pluralism, and other problems linked to social emargination, poverty and lack of knowledge”, affirmed the vice president of Italian Coreis, the Imam Yahya Pallavicini, who joined to different sessions of Forum.
"Even though I understand these issues  – he declared- these are not balanced to the violent reaction who some provoke through slaughters justified as “give justice” to the honour lost by a religion. On the contrary- declared the imam- these criminals recruit in the West and in the East people, letting them believe that revolution is the definitive solution to the society’s problems.
Such a  instigation strategy arises by lost of authority of authentic leaders of and scarce awareness of traditional heritage of humanity which all the religions testify.” “In order to stop this contempt of religion and all the principles of sacredness of life- kept on talking Pallavicini –is to safeguard the identity and authority of religious guides against false guide without spiritual and theological authority and moreover to sponsor a coordination between Institutions and wise men of different religions in order to calibrate safeguard strategies and educate to Peace”.
The moderator of the meeting was Adama Dieng, special advisor of  ONU for the Safeguard of Genocide and Faisal bin Mu'ammar, Kaiciid general secretary.
Joined the meeting:

For the Induism, Swami Agnivesh from India
For the Judaism, Rav David Rosen from Jerusalem
For the Buddhism, Sam Art Oeun from Cambodia
For Greek Ortodox Church, Metropolita Emanuel Adamakis
For Catholic Church Cardinal John Onaiyakan from Nigeria e Mons. Miguel Ayuso from Vatican
For Protestant Church James Wuye from Nigeria
For Sunni Islam Ahmad Al-Abbadi, general secretary of Mohammedia, the league of wise Muslim men from Morocco
For Schiite Islam, Maythan Al Salman from Bahrain
A delegation from Fondazione Mediterraneo joined the event.

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COMMON RESPONSIBILITY FOR MIGRANTS, FAMILY, WORK, ENVIRONMENT: IN SYNTESIS THE VISIT OF PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC MATTARELLA TO FRANCIS POPE

Città del Vaticano | 18 April 2015
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The meeting between the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and Francis Pope, held in the morning of Saturday 18 April, lasted three hours. The new head of the Republic, elected two months ago, met also the cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of the State.

During the meeting, the warm relationship between Holy See and Italy and as a proof of this mutual collaboration can be seen also the ratification of the Convention of Revenue Service. They talked also about other issues as family, instruction, job and especially, migrations. The cooperation of Catholic Church aimed at helping some disadvantageous situations characterizing some fringes of society. And, attention was focused also to the international framework, and the escalation of violence in Oriental Mediterranean area and North-Africa. The two participants affirmed their will to keep on working together both at local and international level, especially for what concerns the promotion and safeguard of religious freedom and dignity of human person.

In the speech given at the presence of exponents of presidential ministry, Francis Pope called attention to «the shared responsibility for the spiritual and material needs of community which everyone of us must serve with dedication and humility». Among the other topics on which the Pope called attention were the family «essential fortress of values and solidarity», the «lack of work», which «for the youth becomes a scream of sorrow», the need of safeguard the environment and the migration «of who, risking their lives, are asking for a shelter. It is clear that the proportion of the phenomenon need a deepest involvement both of Europe and international institutions».

On the other hand, the president Mattarella highlighted the «very special relationship between Holy See and Italy». A relationship, he continued «which dunks its roots in history and territorial proximity» e «goes through respectful relationship », becoming strong through «— he concluded —pope ruleship addressed to global situation and nonetheless, addresses directly to the Italian social, economical and politic reality».

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CONFERENCE: "THE ARAB REGIONAL ORDER AND THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH ARABA SUMMIT”

Abu Dhabi | 15 April 2015
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The conference of the Arab Regional Order and the Resolutions of the twenty-sixth Arab summit" was held at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. Fondazione Mediterraneo supported this initiative..