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MICHELE CAPASSO'S BOOK "WAR JOURNALS. BOSNIA" HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
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10 October 2025
Michele Capasso's book "War Journals. Bosnia" has been published in Italian and English. It is the first in a series that bears witness to the major conflicts of the last century and this century.
The ‘diary book’ is Michele Capasso's testimony and recounts his experience in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1964 to the present day, recounting episodes of friends, men and women, who came together in a great ‘chain of love’ for acts of solidarity towards the victims of a war that caused hundreds of thousands of innocent casualties.
One of the protagonists of the book is Predrag Matvejevic’, writer and essayist, who shared with the author the most significant moments at the turn of the millennium, from 1988 to 2017.
It is the story of unique human experiences at a historic moment when the Mediterranean, at the turn of the millennium, took on strategic importance for dialogue and peace: with Bosnia and Herzegovina the victim of a conflict symbolically represented by Sarajevo and Srebrenica, the town where the second genocide of the 20th century was perpetrated on 11 July 1995.
Fratricidal war, ethnic cleansing, urbicide, memoricide, genocide: against everything that was happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina and, in general, in the former Yugoslavia and the Balkans, Michele Capasso took action, investing all his personal resources and urging people not to give up, as evidenced by the stories told in this book, where everything can be rigorously verified in documents and images.
The overall meaning of the narrative is to highlight the great strength that human beings have been able to develop in countering the adversity and pain caused by war and senseless hatred, facing adversity without ever losing faith in tomorrow.
The preview presentation of the book will take place in Sarajevo on 16 October 2025 in the presence of the protagonists and representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the main international institutions.
FEMALE THOUGHT AND CREATIVITY IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
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07 October 2025
The United States of the World, with the sections "Fondazione Mediterraneo" and “Kimiyya”, are participating in the event "Female thought and creativity in the Islamic world". Pia Molinari, director of the Museum of Peace, emphasises that "female creativity in the Islamic world is a resource for all of us".
THE "BOOKS FOR PEACE" INITIATIVE BEGINS
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04 October 2025
The "Books for Peace" initiative has been launched to promote solidarity in areas affected by war and social unrest.
The Foundation has made rare and valuable books available to raise funds for those most in need.
Artè was among the first companies to join the initiative.
HUMANITY MUST NOT END IN GAZA
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04 October 2025
While Italy prepares for the national demonstration for Gaza, which will start at the Pyramid and end at Piazza San Giovanni, I read an article by my dear friend Ibrahim Faltas, Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, which I agree with word for word.
In the text, he writes:
"Humanity must not end in Gaza. It is truly difficult to believe that human beings can inflict such suffering on other human beings, on more than two million people who have already suffered, who have died, who are suffering from a lack of rights and basic necessities. No one is stopping this absurdity, which robs both those who suffer and those who cause it of all dignity. After this total destruction, who can justify so much bloodshed and suffering? Will what is built on suffering and death have solid foundations? It is impossible to understand such relentless persecution of innocent, defenceless, unarmed people."
He continues:
"There can be no understanding and no justification for such inhumanity, for complicit silence, for words of circumstance. It was time to disarm the fratricidal hands and stop the fire. At this moment, I have only questions for humanity, which has defeated its own nature and does not respond to the fundamental needs of justice and truth. I hope that the international community has asked itself these same questions while we silently, helplessly and astonishedly witness this further massacre and inhuman destruction."
EMOTION AMONG VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM OF PEACE
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02 October 2025
There was great excitement today among visitors to the Museum of Peace from Italy and Latin America.
There was particular emotion in the chapels dedicated to Saint Charbel and Saint Carlo Acutis and in the section dedicated to Pino Daniele.
EMOTIONAL VIDEO ”THE MUSEUM OF PEACE TEN YEARS LATER” PRESENTED
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01 October 2025
During a ceremony marking the tenth anniversary of the reopening of the MAMT Peace Museum, the emotional video ‘The Peace Museum Ten Years Later’ was presented.
Diplomats and members of the 181 countries of the United Nations participated.
On this occasion, the 10-minute video spot produced in collaboration with RAI was also screened.
The video was produced by ‘Phantasya Communication s.r.l.’ in collaboration with organisations and institutions involved in high-definition filming: the Campania Region co-financed the video as part of its contributions to museums for the year 2025 (D.D. 99 and 102 of 13.06.2025).
In this way, in thirty minutes it is possible to gain an understanding of the main emotional journeys of the Museum, which attract visitors from all over the world, as well as to see the main documents, objects and gifts from heads of state and government to the Museum.
The 20 sections of the Peace Museum cover major themes such as the environment, archaeology, architecture, art, crafts, legality, migration, music, religions, history and traditions, food, and the great protagonists of history: from Pertini to Caponnetto, from Churchill to Kennedy, from Padre Pio to Mother Teresa, from Don Diana to Falcone, from Don Bosco to Borsellino, and so on down a long list.
The Museum is considered an "emotional heritage of humanity" and has been declared of regional and international interest. It is equipped with tactile maps for the visually impaired.
BARBARA DI CASTRI SIGNS THE KIMYYA POSTER
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27 September 2025
Journalist and writer Barbara di Castri has signed the “Kimyya Poster” for women's rights, expressing her great appreciation for the initiative.
THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD AT THE 80TH UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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23 September 2025
A delegation from the “United States of the World” and the “Fondazione Mediterraneo” participated as observers in the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80), held in New York from 9 to 30 September 2025, with the general debate taking place from 23 to 29 September.
The session celebrated the 80th anniversary of the UN and focused on the theme “Better Together: 80 Years and Beyond for Peace, Development and Human Rights”. Side events were also organised, including the SDG Moment and a Climate Summit.
Secretary-General SUM Michele Capasso reiterated the urgent need to renew the UN to adapt it to today's challenges, stressing that "On 7 October 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel, it blew up the entire system and the pseudo-international order that had emerged at the end of the Second World War, going far beyond the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the conflict between Jews and Muslims. The raid on 7 October 2023 destroyed the myth of Israeli invincibility with Netanyahu's abnormal reaction, which caused tens of thousands of deaths in Gaza, particularly children, victims of a crime against humanity".
ACT NOW TO SAVE DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION BETWEEN STATES AND PEOPLES
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22 September 2025
We have launched an urgent appeal on the occasion of the 80th United Nations General Assembly.
The host country of the United Nations has denied entry visas to a “permanent observer” state wishing to participate in the United Nations Assembly.
It is essential to find a representative venue that accommodates all the requirements for the necessary dialogue and discussion.
The “United States of the World” represents the solution to a situation that is no longer tolerable, including through a new image for the headquarters.
The current United Nations headquarters reflects outdated ways of building: the new proposal, on the other hand, will have emblematic features, rightly not contextualised.
- A spherical structure approximately 150 metres in diameter – like a large globe – resting on stone walls that follow the perimeter of the “Antarctic”, reached by underground shuttles. The slightly recessed top follows the perimeter of the “Arctic” and is suitable for arrivals from the sky.
- All the countries of the world in bas-relief on the opaque surfaces (with the names of cities and regions, without borders, only roads and connections that unite them, which can be added to over time thanks to computer devices). Inside, in correspondence, large accessible planted terraces. Oceans and seas that are 2/3 transparent and solar energy collectors to produce “green hydrogen” suitable for the energy needs of the complex based on natural ventilation, self-healing materials, integral water recycling, and “ecocenic biomimicry” principles.
- Inside, there are usable spaces of similar size to the current ones (Secretariat approx. 85,000 square metres; General Assembly + Conference + Library approx. 60,000 square metres); maximum occupancy approx. 12,000 people/day. Surrounding the complex is a park and play areas for the youngest citizens of the future.
THE "AMICI DI GINOSA" ASSOCIATION VISITS THE MUSEUM
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21 September 2025
The "Amici di Ginosa"music association visited the Museum of Peace MAMT, expressing great admiration for a place they described as "unique and extraordinary".