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WORLD REFUGEE DAY
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20 June 2023
The "United States of the World" with its autonomous sections "Fondazione Mediterraneo" and "Accademia del Mediterraneo" celebrated "World Refugee Day" in order to intensify efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts and contribute to peace and security for refugees.
The United Nations General Assembly chose to celebrate "World Refugee Day" on 20 June each year with Resolution 55/76. The document was passed on 4 December 2000 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.
The "United States of the World" joined with Resolution No. 136 of 16 July 2001.
"Still this year, said Secretary-General Michele Capasso, Syrians, citizens of Sudan, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo will be among those most in need of a resettlement programme".
Several events have been organised in various countries by the "United States of the World" around the world to mark the Day.
THE MUSEUM OF PEACE IS ENRICHED WITH A NEW ART GLASS COLLECTION
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19 June 2023
The Museum of Peace is enriched with a new collection of art glass donated by collector and expert and international level Dr. Sandro Pezzoli.
The handover of a first batch of works and signing of the deed of donation took place at the Peace Museum's headquarters in the presence of President Michele Capasso, Director Pia Molinari, Dr. Sandro Pezzoli and Prof. Andrea Zepponi.
20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPONNETTO FOUNDATION
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17 June 2023
The United States of the World and the Fondazione Mediterraneo collaborated and participated in the Anti-Mafia Summit on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the "Fondazione Antonino Caponnetto", a founding member of the United States of the World.
The Caponnetto Foundation celebrated its 20th anniversary with an event, held on Saturday 17 June at the Biblioteca delle Oblate in Florence, Sala Sibilla Aleramo, entitled "Cosa cambia nel 2023 nella lotta alla mafia. Commitments and perspectives. Dedicated to Nazzareno Bisogni'. A summit, open to the public, was attended by numerous representatives of the anti-mafia movement.
"An important anniversary for the Caponnetto Foundation," said Deputy Mayor Alessia Bettini, "which for 20 years has been doing great work not only in analysing data, but also in raising awareness among young people to promote the culture of legality.
"We are 30 years on from the Georgofili massacre, said the Secretary-General of the United States of the World Michele Capasso, "and we must always remember that the mafias are still there: it is necessary to continue to be vigilant and to transmit the culture of respect for the rules, without ever being indifferent. It is very nice that the public initiative of the Caponnetto Foundation is taking place at the Oblate library, a place of culture, social presidium and democratic and critical citizenship. Because when there is knowledge there is always attention, vigilance and awareness".
"After 20 years of the Foundation's foundation, we have decided to return to Florence with our usual anti-mafia summit. Today,' stressed Caponnetto Foundation president Salvatore Calleri, 'it is more important than ever to understand the mafia and the 2.0 perspectives of the fight against the mafia in our country, at a time when the PNRR funds are arriving, of which 2 billion in the Florentine metropolitan area, and when the mafia, let us not forget, invoices 18 billion in Tuscany, 230 billion in Italy and has a treasure trove of three thousand billion in Ivan-less banks around the world".
"The fight against the mafia," added former anti-mafia investigative directorate Renato Scalia, "must be constant and daily. Certain hesitations cannot be tolerated, such as widening the mesh of public tenders, trying to limit controls, further weakening telephone tapping, and other measures that make the fight against mafia-type crime less effective".
"Thirty years after the Via dei Georgofili massacre in a historical period in which the mafia has changed and at the same time become modern and tribal, on the 20th anniversary of the birth of the Caponnetto Foundation," added the president of the Equal Opportunities, Peace, Human Rights, International Relations and Immigration Commission, Donata Bianchi, "the Foundation has decided to hold an extraordinary anti-mafia summit, the 32nd, with the prospective title: 'What changes in 2023 in the fight against the mafia. Commitments and perspectives'. Historically, the summit was created to bring together anti-Mafia minds and to establish the best strategies to combat the mafia'.
"An important 20-year anniversary, continued the President of the Commission for Policies for the Promotion of Legality and Urban Sustainability Alessandra Innocenti, 'for the role played by the Caponetto association, which bears the name of a magistrate we will never forget for his strength and his desire to defeat Cosa Nostra with his valuable investigations.
It is an association that seeks to keep a high profile on a phenomenon that unfortunately has not been defeated, but rather has changed its type of action and is no longer only relegated to certain Italian regions, but is also present in our region. The association, with its reports that help to understand the phenomenon of organised crime and its projects dedicated to schools, keeps attention high, which we must never lower, in order to strongly guarantee legality. It was a good choice to hold the summit at the Oblate Library, where two rooms were recently named after Dario Capolicchio and Giovanna Maggiani Chelli, mafia victims. In conclusion, said Alessandra Innocenti, have a good life Caponnetto Foundation".
STUDENTS FROM THE "ALPI-LEVI" INSTITUTE NOMINATED "STANDARD BEARERS OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD"
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16 June 2023
Accompanied by Prof. Maya Bova and Prof. Anna De Mattia, students from the Istituto Comprensivo "Alpi-Levi" in Scampia visited the headquarters of the "United States of the World" and the Museum of Peace, a World Heritage Site.
On this occasion, the Secretary-General Prof. Michele Capasso illustrated the aims of the institution and appointed all the teachers and students present - by virtue of the resolution of the International Committee that decreed the adhesion of the I.C. "Alpi-Levi" to the SUM network - as " Standard Bearers of the United States of the World".
IMED AND YOSR HAZGUI VISIT THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD AND THE MUSEUM OF PEACE
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15 June 2023
Imed Hazgui, chairman of the High Administrative and Financial Control Committee of the Presidency of the Republic of Tunisia, and Yosr Hazgui, a journalist working on environmental issues, visited the United States of the World headquarters and the Museum of Peace.
Welcomed by Secretary-General Michele Capasso and Director Pia Molinari, they visited the main emotional itineraries, focusing in particular on those dedicated to Migrants, Religions, Molinari-sculptor and Raffaele Capasso Mayor of Reconstruction.
THE CAMPANIA STATE PROPERTY AGENCY VISITS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD AND THE MUSEUM OF PEACE
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14 June 2023
Officials and managers of the Campania State Property Agency visited the United States of the World Headquarters and the Museum of Peace. In the presence of Director Parlagreco and Deputy Directors Russo and Damagini, the guests toured the main halls and the most significant emotional paths.
On this occasion, Secretary-General Michele Capasso, Director Pia Molinari and International Committee Chairman Massimo Pica Ciamarra explained the future developments of the international institution.
In conclusion, the guests attended a dinner on the occasion of Secretary General Michele Capasso's birthday.
15th EDITION OF THE MARE NOSTRUM JOURNALIST AWARDS
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12 June 2023
The award ceremony for the winners of the 15th edition of the Mare Nostrum International Journalism Awards, organised by Grimaldi Magazine Mare Nostrum and sponsored by the National Order of Journalists, was held at the Grand Hotel Vesuvio in Naples. The ceremony was presented by host Massimo Giletti and was attended by personalities from the institutional, information and shipping worlds.
The international jury of the Prize, chaired by journalist Bruno Vespa and composed of important personalities from the world of culture and journalism - including the Secretary General of the United States of the World Prof. Michele Capasso - decreed the following winners:
The international jury of the Prize, chaired by journalist Bruno Vespa and composed of important personalities from the world of culture and journalism, has decreed the following winners:
- Sandro Neri for the article 'Motorways of the Sea Italy and Greece are even closer' published in “Quotidiano Nazionale”;
- Yosr Hazgui for the article “Tunisie-Pollution Plastique en Méditerranée: Un massacre sous la mer” (“Tunisia-Plastic Pollution in the Mediterranean: a massacre under the sea”), published in “La Presse de Tunisie”.
- Alessandro De Rossi and Federica Botta for the online documentary series “Luna sul Mare”;
- The Spanish journalists Ada Nuño, Álvaro Hermida, Fran Sánchez Becerril, co-authors of the article “Todo empezó con los fenicios: hacia dónde va el transporte marítimo por el Mediterráneo” (“Everything started with the Phoenicians: towards which direction maritime transport in the Mediterranean goes") published in “El Confidencial”;
- Francesco Ferrari for the article "Supporting maritime transport to save the economy and the environment: the investments to make (and the mistakes not to make)" published in “Il Secolo XIX”.
The special prize "Cavaliere del Lavoro Guido Grimaldi", established by the Grimaldi family in memory of the founder of the Grimaldi Group, was awarded to journalist Nigel Lowry, Correspondent from Athens for “Lloyd’s List”.
THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO SUPPORTS THE "ONLY ONE" CAMPAIGN
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12 June 2023
The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso and Director General Pia Molinari spoke at the presentation event of the "Only One" campaign launched by the "Marevivo" Association and held on the school ship "Palinuro".
On this occasion, the joining ceremony of "Marevivo" to the United States of the World took place.
Present at the event were Marevivo's Director General Carmen Di Penta, Marevivo's Vice President and President of the Dorhn Foundation, Ferdinando Boero, and 54 young students from the "Francesco Morosini" Naval Military School who embarked on their "sea baptism" and will accompany the 87-member crew for the next four weeks.
REPRESENTATIVES OF EUROPEAN VOLUNTEERING VISITING THE MUSEUM OF PEACE
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10 June 2023
On the occasion of the international meeting with the theme "Volunteering and the Challenges of Change in Europe", representatives of the main voluntary associations visited the Museum of Peace and the headquarters of the United States of the World.
Welcomed by President Michele Capasso and Senator Giuseppe Lumia - President of the Permanent Commission "Volunteering and Human Rights" of the United States of the World - the guests visited the main emotional paths and, in particular, the Churchill Hall where the foundations for the "United States of Europe" were laid.
VOLUNTEERING AND THE CHALLENGES OF CHANGE IN EUROPE
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10 June 2023
The international meeting on "Volunteering and the Challenges of Change in Europe" was held at the headquarters of the "United States of the World" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo", with the participation of representatives of the main volunteer associations.
Coordinated by Senator Giuseppe Lumia - President of the Permanent Commission "Volunteering and Human Rights" of the United States of the World - the meeting produced several recommendations including that of achieving European coordination of volunteering with shared rules.
On this occasion, the "Padua European Capital of Volunteering" joined the United States of the World.