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CELEBRATIONS FOR THE 228TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE TRICOLOUR FLAG OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
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07 January 2025
There was a large influx of visitors and students, particularly from primary and middle schools, to the "228th anniversary of the birth of the tricolour flag".
Videos, images and documents - from the first presentation of the tricolour in Genoa in 1789 - involved the young visitors.
There were many connections through the Museum's large videowalls: in particular with the city of Reggio Emilia for the main celebrations in that city, where the flag-raising ceremony and the playing of the national anthem took place in square Prampolini.
PINO DANIELE: TEN YEARS LATER AT THE MUSEUM OF PEACE MAMT
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04 January 2025
Emotion and nostalgia at the Museum of Peace - MAMT, in the "PINO DANIELE ALIVE" section, ten years after the great musician's death.
"We had spoken just a few minutes before the end of that 2014 to exchange greetings - said President Michele Capasso - but above all to agree on what to do next: the section of the Museum of Peace - MAMT that he so strongly wanted, the Concert for Peace and much more. That January day in 2015, the phone call from his son Alessandro froze my heart... and then the contacts with the mayor of Naples to organise the funeral in HIS NAPLES too !".
Ten years later Pino lives again in the section of the Museum of Peace: "PINO DANIELE ALIVE".
With humility and passion we fill the "famine of him and his music" by lovingly welcoming colleagues (Emma, Elodie, Ornella Vanoni, Tullio de Piscopo, etc.), fans, the many children suffering from rare diseases who find comfort in his music, the many international guests.
All outside the commercial canons and without time limits: those who enter this space leave after hours moved and retain an indelible trace of Pino's emotions.
The highlights in Michele Capasso's docufilm "PINO IS TERRA MIA".
We love you, Dear Pino!
CONDOLENCES FOR THE DEATH OF BIANCHINA
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02 January 2025
The Secretary-General, Prof. Michele Capasso, the Board of Directors with Pia Molinari, the Council of Ambassadors and the members of the "United States of the World" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" express their profound condolences on the death of Bianchina.
Bye Bianchina!
THE "VIVA MARIA" ORATORY VISITS THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD AND THE MUSEUM OF PEACE
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30 December 2024
The Salesian "Viva Maria" Oratory - led by don Roberto Berruti - visited the headquarters of the United States of the World and the Museum of Peace.
Welcomed by Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari - after a beautiful moment of prayer in the Don Bosco Chapel - the guests visited the various museum sections at length, expressing astonishment, appreciation and gratitude for what they were able to enjoy.
OPENING OF THE HOLY DOOR AND HOLY MASS OF THE NIGHT ON THE SOLEMNITY OF THE LORD'S BIRTH
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24 December 2024
At 7pm this evening, the Holy Father Francis presided over the rite of the Opening of the Holy Door and the Mass on the Night of the Solemnity of the Lord's Birth.
During the Eucharistic Celebration, after the proclamation of the Holy Gospel, the Pope delivered the homily that we reproduce at the links below.
A delegation from the "United States of the World" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" took part in the ceremony.
NAPLES CAPITAL OF PEACE
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22 December 2024
The city is increasingly strengthening its natural role as a city of dialogue and peace, thanks to the 40-year commitment of the "United States of the World", which with its headquarters in Piazza Municipio represents 181 countries and over 16,000 civil society organisations committed daily to safeguarding the earth, maintaining peace and ensuring social justice.
Even the symbol, the "Totem for Peace" by sculptor Mario Molinari, sees its presence in Naples - a unique case - in five symbolic places: the headquarters of the "United States of the World", Palazzo San Giacomo, the Nunziatella military school, the Capodimonte seminary and the square in front of the maritime station. The latter monumental work, 20 metres high, was inaugurated by Pope Francis on 21 March 2015 and contains the urn with the relics of the Unknown Migrant: soon, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary, an additional urn will be placed with the relics of the victims of the many wars and conflicts around the world.
In the Parliament of Rabat, Morocco, one of the first works of the "Totem for Peace" was placed between the main entrance and the office of King Mohammed VI in 2010: In recent days, a delegation of the "United States of the World", led by Secretary-General Michele Capasso, in the presence of the Ambassador of Italy to Morocco Armando Barucco and the highest officials of the Assembly of Representatives, renewed the importance of the symbol, which will be further disseminated in parliaments around the world next year, when the delegations of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliaments and those of the Inter-Parliamentary Union will meet in Rabat.
MEETING "FOR THE QUALITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND LIVING ENVIRONMENTS: THE NEED FOR A LAW"
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18 December 2024
President Prof. Michele Capasso and Prof. Massimo Pica Ciamarra spoke at the meeting held at the Faculty of Architecture in Naples.
The need for an urgent national law on the quality of architecture in living environments with the common good of the community at its centre was emphasised.
THE UNITED NATIONS SUPPORTS THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD AND THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO
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17 December 2024
The United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC), Miguel Angel Moratinos, sent a message today in which, among other things, he said:
"I express all my support and that of the United Nations to the United States of the World: in particular to Secretary-General Michele Capasso. The work and commitment you have been carrying out for 37 years to consolidate this noble action of yours deserves all our approval. Rest assured that as the United Nations and as High Representative for the Alliance of Civilisations we will work with you, hand in hand, to build a better world in which peace and justice will be our common goals".
Two United Nations Secretaries-General had already previously expressed full support for the United States of the World: Kofi Annan, who stated that "the idea of reuniting Peoples through the United States of the World through the involvement of Civil Society is a fundamental complement to the action of the United Nations", and Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who wrote that "the commitment of the United States of the World must be supported because it guarantees the future and the safeguarding of values and social justice".
In a communiqué, Secretary-General Capasso thanked the United Nations, reaffirming its ongoing commitment to safeguarding the earth and maintaining peace.
THE GIFT OF MOHAMED MARGOUL
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12 December 2024
Fate would have it that, by pure chance, Mohamed Margoul met Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari in the Medina of Marrakech.
Mohamed is the brother of Said Margoul, Michele and Pia's fraternal friend and a member of the Fondazione Mediterraneo and the United States of the World.
Following in the footsteps of his brother Said - who donated precious artefacts for the Museum - Mohamed has undertaken to complete his brother's collection and has started by donating an ancient Berber wooden hammer and a Berber silver belt.
Thank you, Mohamed.
FELIPE VI OF SPAIN IN NAPLES TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE EUROMED CIVIL FORUM
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12 December 2024
Exactly twenty-seven years after that 12 December 1997, Felipe VI, King of Spain, returned to Naples to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the Federico II University of Naples - on the occasion of the 800th year since its foundation.
The Secretary-General Michele Capasso, from Fez where he was engaged in institutional activities, recalled that "On 12.12.1997, Felipe, then Prince of Asturias, spoke at the Forum organised by the Fondazione Mediterraneo at the Mostra d'Oltremare, attended by the President of the Italian Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro with 21 other Heads of State and 3,000 representatives from various countries: on that occasion, a very substantial impulse was given to the project of the United States of the World and Prince Felipe firmly supported the Fondazione Mediterraneo, bringing Spain's full support".
After receiving the award at the San Carlo Theatre in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella, Queen Letizia of Spain, and other dignitaries, Felipe Vi had this to say:
"Visiting Naples once again, a city so closely linked to the history of Spain, is always an intense and evocative experience, and it is also so for the Queen and for me on this occasion".
Before the ceremony King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia were guests of President Mattarella at Villa Rosbery.