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THE TOTEM FOR PEACE IN THE LEBANON
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13 June 2012
| President Michele Capasso met with the director of public relations of the Association des Banques du Liban in Beirut to reach agreement on the construction of the monumental work, the “Totem for Peace” by the sculptor Mario Molinari in the Lebanon. |  |
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON EURO-MEDITERRANEAN RELATIONS
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13 June 2012
| The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso took part in the international seminar organised by the “Arab NGO Network for Development” with about 100 experts from various disciplines in the Euromed Countries. The theme was EUROPEAN – SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN RELATIONS: Discussing policies and partnerships to support economic and social rights and the role of civil society. During his speech, President Capasso referred to the 20 year commitment to Euro-Mediterranean partnership, the Euromed Civil forum organised by the Fondazione Mediterraneo, in addition to analyzing today’s challenges following the events of the “Arab Spring”. |
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AT THE SITES OF THE MASSACRE
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12 June 2012
| President Michele Capasso went to the sites of the latest massacre in Homs with a delegation of international organisms for peace. On 11 June 2012, 60 civilians were killed there in a mortar attacks fired from helicopters belonging to Assad’s regime. President Capasso stated that, “as long as the Russians, the Iranians and the Hezbollah continue to support President Assad, the civil war in Syria will continue to cause the deaths of innocent people. I fully share the concern of Shimon Peres about the use of chemical weapons in the possession of the Syrians and if the situation should reach a crisis, I hope that the terms of Chapter VII of the UN Charter will be applied. In other words, that the use of armed force will be allowed under exceptional circumstances. It is totally unacceptable for innocent children to be sacrificed.” |
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MOLINARI AT THE MILAN TRIENNIAL EXHIBITION
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12 June 2012
| Mario Molinari attended the Triennale di Milano presenting the work "Progetto per un tavolino d'amore" (Project for a table of love). The Exhibition was by Gillo Dorfles who entertained Pia Molinari at the private inauguration held on12 June 2012. |  |
A TRIP TO THE LEBANON: A COUNTRY OF PROBLEMS AND CONTRADICTIONS
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11 June 2012
| President Michele Capasso visited Beirut and the Lebanon shedding light once more on the contradictions and difficulties of a country that hangs in the balance between East and West. |  |
APPEAL AGAINST INFANTICIDE IN SYRIA
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10 June 2012
| President Michele Capasso, together with Mustafa Denial (Director of the National Observatory for Children’s Rights in Morocco) and Chedly Srarfi (The Tunisian Association for Children’s Rights) launched an appeal against the slaughter of dozens of innocent children by the Syrian regime and called for the immediate identification and condemnation of the culprits. |
THE TOTEM FOR PEACE IN TUNISIA
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10 June 2012
| President Michele Capasso met with the president of the National Organization for Infancy in Tunisia, Chedly Srarfi, to build the monumental sculpture the “Totem for Peace” by Mario Molinari dedicated to infancy. |  |
PRESIDENT CAPASSO FORESAW MOROCCAN/TURKISH RELATIONS 13 YEARS BEFORE IT HAPPENED
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09 June 2012
| Moroccan politicians and intellectuals acknowledge President Capasso as the “foreteller” of international political events. In this case, mention was made of a speech made by President Capasso in 1999 in which he considered Morocco and Turkey as the “two feet” on which Europe stands, one to the East and one to the West. At the same time, Capasso predicted relations and growing closer of Morocco and Turkey, which in fact took place in 2011 and 2012. Bouchra Boulouiz confirmed this was the case. |
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FATEMA MERNISSI PROMOTES THE FRENCH EDITION OF “NOSTRO MARE NOSTRO”
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09 June 2012
| Sociologist and Moroccan writer Fatema Mernissi promoted the French edition of the book “Nostro Mare Nostro”, written by Michele Capasso, whom she described as the “Ibn Battouta”: the "new Marco Polo of the Mediterranean”. |  |
THE XVIIIth EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC
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08 June 2012
| The Fondazione Mediterraneo, through its President Michele Capasso, supports this cultural event which enriches the city of Fez and promotes dialogue among the peoples of the world. |  |