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DELEGATES TO THE UNESCO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE VISITING THE MUSEUM OF PEACE AND THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD
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28 November 2023
After visiting places in the historic centre of Naples, delegates to the UNESCO International Conference "Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century" were welcomed to the United States of the World and the Museum of Peace by Secretary-General Prof. Michele Capasso and other members of the institution.
On this occasion, the long-standing relations with UNESCO were emphasised: from the visits of former Director Generals Mayor and Bokova to the programmes on water and cultural heritage, coordinated by United States of the World members Maurizio Iaccarino (former UNESCO Deputy Director) and Massimo Pica Ciamarra.
Secretary General Michele Capasso then retraced the main stages since 1987 and underlined the importance in the Constitution of the United States of the World of the articles devoted to climate change, ecological conversion and the protection of cultural heritage - tangible and intangible - in perfect harmony with UNESCO's mission and the issues addressed by the Naples conference.
Among other things, the numerous visits of André Azoulay - Advisor to the King of Morocco and father of the current UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay - to the United States of the World were recalled.
The delegates were impressed by the beauty of the site, a World Heritage Site, and by the 4K videos of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Campania and other places around the world.
MUSEUM OF PEACE: DELEGATES AT UNESCO CONFERENCE VISIT "CAMPANIA OF EMOTIONS"
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28 November 2023
After visiting sites in the historic centre of Naples, delegates to the UNESCO International Conference "Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century" were welcomed to the Peace Museum by the Secretary-General Prof. Michele Capasso and other members of the institution.
The delegates were impressed by the beauty of the site, the emotional heritage of mankind, and by the 4K videos on the UNESCO HERITAGE sites made as part of the programme "THE CAMPANIA OF EMOTIONS".
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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25 November 2023
The "UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD" with its autonomous sections "MEDITERRANEAN FOUNDATION" and "KIMIYYA" celebrate in various countries, as they do every year on 25 November, the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women" formalised by the United Nations in 1999.
"The date of 25 November," emphasises Secretary-General Michele Capasso, "was chosen to commemorate the life, activism and above all the courage of three sisters: Patria, Maria Teresa and Minerva Mirabal, also nicknamed 'mariposas', or butterflies, who fought for the freedom of their country: the Dominican Republic, which during the 1940s and 1950s was in the grip of General Rafael Trujilo's dictatorship. The Mirabal sisters decided to engage in political activism by denouncing the horrors and crimes of the dictatorship. But on 25 November 1960, the three 'mariposas' sisters were tortured and murdered by Trujillo's assassins. The outrage at their deaths raised a wave of horror both at home and abroad, drawing international attention to the Dominican regime and the 'machismo' culture that did not tolerate women occupying public and political space. It is in the memory of Patria, Maria Teresa and Minerva that every 25 November marks the beginning of a 16-day period dedicated to activism against gender-based violence, which ends on 10 December with International Human Rights Day”.
In this year, ravaged by wars and extreme events, the 'UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD' calls on everyone to 'pull together' to ensure respect for women's human dignity and, above all, to prevent the feminicides that infest all societies.
MUSEUM OF PEACE: PSYCHOLOGISTS MEMBERS OF THE "EFPA" BOARD VISITING THE SECTION DEDICATED TO RAFFAELE CAPASSO
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24 November 2023
Representatives of the associations of psychologists from the various European countries united in the "EFPA" (European Federation of Psychologists' Associations) meeting in the "board" and "council" at the Peace Museum visited the section dedicated to Raffaele Capasso in the Museum of Peace, expressing their appreciation for the Mayor of the reconstruction of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio.
In particular, EFPA President Prof. Christoph Steinebach, highlighted the educational and training value of Raffaele Capasso's life and political experience.
PSYCHOLOGISTS MEMBERS OF THE "EFPA" BOARD VISITING THE MUSEUM OF PEACE
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24 November 2023
Representatives of the associations of psychologists from the various European countries united in the "EFPA" (European Federation of Psychologists' Associations) meeting in the "board" and "council" at the Museum of Peace visited the various sections of the Museum, expressing their appreciation for a unique and extraordinary place full of values that are indispensable at this difficult time in the history of humanity.
IN FLORENCE TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE
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18 November 2023
A united and federal Europe has always been a dream of western man, especially from the 17th and 18th centuries to more recent times with the Ventotene group and Churchill in his speech in Zurich after the Second World War.
Unfortunately, the project of a united and federal Europe has not come to fruition to date, because a step-by-step road was chosen that got stuck, starting with the ECSC, passing through the EEC and stopping at a European Union that is currently an imperfect confederal model with delicate structural problems.
Today, in the post-pandemic international scenario and amidst a context of wars in Europe and the Middle East, we are realising that the European Union has no socio-political weight, appearing powerless in the face of events.
A European Union that has no weight is a European Union that is unfortunately useless. That is why we need a change of pace, a decisive turn towards federalism. Even Mario Draghi is aware of the criticalities that exist today, and he is certainly someone who knows about them.
This will be discussed with the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD during the morning part of the Anti-Mafia Summit of the Antonino Caponnetto Foundation to be held in Florence at 10 a.m. on 18 November at the Oblate Library.
33RD ANTI-MAFIA AND UNITED STATES OF EUROPE SUMMIT
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18 November 2023
The speech by the Secretary-General of the United States of the World Michele Capasso at the 33rd Anti-Mafia and United States of Europe Summit co-organised by the Caponnetto Foundation, the Fondazione Mediterraneo and the United States of the World.
CONDOLENCES ON THE DEATH OF DAISAKU IKEDA
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16 November 2023
The Secretary-General, the Council of Ambassadors and the 16,000 members of the United States of the World express deep condolences on the passing of Daisaku Ikeda, founding Buddhist Master of the Soka Gakkai.
The SG Capasso, who was moved, recalled his great contribution to Peace and the main values to affirm human dignity.
WINDS OF PEACE: TWO PEOPLES, TWO STATES
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13 November 2023
The meeting entitled "Winds of Peace: Two Peoples in Two States" took place in the Palestine Room of the United States of the World.
In his address, Secretary General Michele Capasso summarised the Foundation's commitment since 1987 and the historic visits of Rabin, Arafat, Abu Mazen, Shimon Peres and other protagonists of the Middle East scene.
INAUGURATION OF THE "BARTOLUCCI" MUSIC COLLECTION WITH A CONCERT AT THE MUSEUM OF PEACE
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11 November 2023
The discovery of the entire manuscript musical corpus of Adelmo Bartolucci (Pergola 1852- Pergola 1938) was the result of four years of research and now, thanks to the exquisite and sensitive generosity of the Amirante family, descendants and heirs of the musician, the maestro's entire oeuvre is present in the Museo della Pace: his five works Zingara di Granata, Giordano Bruno, Lyna, Deidda and Faublas are finally available for a proper historical-critical reading and, hopefully, forthcoming transcription. Prof. Andrea Zepponi, director of the Museum's music archive, inaugurated the happy acquisition of the music collection accompanied by the generous donation by the Amirante family (first and foremost Mrs. Maria Luisa Bartolucci, a descendant and direct niece of Adelelmo) of the excellently constructed Playel piano given to Bartolucci by the great Pietro Mascagni, then director of the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, complete with an original commemorative plaque, and various other objects that contextualise the historical piece in a recreated 19th-century corner of the Museum. But there is more: Among these objects are heirlooms of absolute curiosity that belonged to another great name from Pergola (PU), that of the opera singer Virginia Colombati (1863-1956), whose father, Giulio Pompeo Colombati (1836-1916), a composer and singer himself, was Adelmo Bartolucci's first teacher and composed a collection of chamber music arias with piano accompaniment; his daughter Virginia's Neapolitan-made mandolin, her black glass beaded shawl and similar handbag restored together with various household goods of the period. This museum corner on the ground floor of the museum (which consists of five full of priceless riches and documents) could not be more interesting. All must be visited. The library part of the archive includes music editions, monographs and encyclopaedias on musical subjects, and an endless record collection.
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