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THE MEDITERRANEAN AWARDS CEREMONY IN FEZ
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13 November 2024
At a press conference, the next recipients of the "Mediterranean Awards" were presented, who are:
- Miguel Angel Moratinos - high representative of the UNAOC (UN) - for the "Institutions" category;
- Mostapha Bousmina - President of the Euromed University of Fez - for the "Culture" category;
- Faouzi Lekjia - Deputy Minister of Morocco - for the "Institutions" category;
- Amina Bouayach - president of the Moroccan National Council for Human Rights - for the "Social Solidarity" category;
- Francoise Altan - singer - for the "Art and Creativity" category.
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The ceremony will take place in Fez on 6 December 2024 in the presence of Secretary-General Michele Capasso and other members of the "United States of the World", as well as representatives of various countries, European Commissioners and authorities of the Kingdom of Morocco.
THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD AT COP 29
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11 November 2024
A delegation from the "United States of the World’" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" attended Cop 29 - the United Nations Climate Conference - bringing the contribution of the 181 member countries, particularly on the topic of ecological conversion.
Secretary-General Michele Capasso conveyed the strong perplexity about the poor results obtained that do not take into account the serious global emergency.
Italian Prime Minister Meloni spoke on 13 November.
FROM THE SOUTH A NEW SOLIDARITY TO IMAGINE AND BUILD NEW POSSIBLE WORLDS
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08 November 2024
The "Paestum Days for Volunteering" were held on the theme "From the South a New Solidarity to imagine and build new possible worlds".
Many participants included members of the "United States of the World" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" coordinated by Giuseppe Lumia and Emanuele Alecci.
On this occasion, Secretary-General Michele Capasso gave a speech on the global context entitled "Earth and Peace".
COP 29 OF RELIGIONS: A UNITED APPEAL FOR THE CLIMATE
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06 November 2024
In preparation for the COP29 international climate summit that will begin in Baku next Monday11 November, the "Global Summit of Religious Leaders for Climate", organised by the Caucasus Muslim Council (CMB) under the patronage of Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, took place on 5 and 6 November in the capital of Azerbaijan. A delegation from the United States of the World and the Mediterranean Foundation participated in the proceedings, which were held as a continuation of the work started last year at COP28 in Abu Dhabi.
The Baku Summit was co-organised by the Muslim Council of Elders, the COP29 Presidency, the Azerbaijan State Committee for Relations with Religious Organisations and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Over 300 government representatives, senior UN officials, leaders of international organisations, global religious leaders, scholars and environmental experts from around the world gathered under the theme "World Religions for a Green Planet".
PINO È IS BEING FILMED AT THE MUSEUM OF PEACE
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02 November 2024
The section of the Museum of Peace dedicated to Pino Daniele becomes for one day the set of "Pino è", the docufilm that will be released on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the death of the great Neapolitan musician.
THE KILLING OF SANTO ROMANO IN FRONT OF THE TOTEM OF PEACE IN SAN SEBASTIANO AL VESUVIO
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01 November 2024
"Never would I have imagined that the name of my father Raffaele - mayor of the reconstruction of the town - and the "Totem for Peace", located in front of the town hall, would be known in Italy and other countries for the murder for trivial reasons of the young Santo Romano, which took place right at the foot of the work symbolising the United States of the World".
These were the words of President Michele Capasso upon hearing the news of the young man's tragic murder.
Hence the proposal to dedicate the monumental work to the "Young Victims of Petty Crime".
The Prefect of Naples, Michele di Bari, convened a Committee for Order and Security, which was held in the City Hall of San Sebastiano and dedicated to Raffaele Capasso.
There was great general mobilisation with torchlight processions, youth marches and prayers in front of the Totem for Peace.
PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF "DILEXIT NOS - ENCYCLICAL LETTER ON THE HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS CHRIST".
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24 October 2024
The Press Conference for the presentation of "Dilexit nos - Encyclical Letter on the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ" took place at the Holy See Press Office in Via della Conciliazione 54.
Speakers included: H.E. Monsignor Bruno Forte, Theologian, Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto (Italy); Sister Antonella Fraccaro, General Head of the Disciples of the Gospel.
A DELEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD PARTICIPATES IN BRICS
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22 October 2024
A delegation of the "United States of the World" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo", exclusively as ‘observers’, attended the BRICS held in Moscow, Kazan, on the banks of the Volga.
Secretary General Michele Capasso commented:
"Instead of uniting in a single ‘whole’ - such as that of the United States of the World - they continue to create rifts by feeding rampant egoism when there is a gigantic ‘love gap’ in the world to be filled. Exploiting a certain anti-Western resentment fosters the paralysis of that global cooperation that is already in crisis: climate change, debt crisis, food security are just some of the topics that resonate with insistence in the meetings taking place around the world and are issues that also weigh heavily on the geopolitical dynamics of a world torn apart by conflicts and rivalries. The slowness with which the global financial system has reacted to the new challenges, the need for partnerships with the global South and a more bottom-up driven development, the objective of accelerating the fight against poverty in the face of growing inequalities: there is also this in the terms of the dialectic with the Brics that does not appear in any of the working tables".
COP 16 - WORLD CONFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY
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21 October 2024
A delegation from the "United States of the World" and the ‘Fondazione Mediterraneo’ participated in the event, which brought together delegates from 200 governments and around ten thousand representatives of various organisations in southwest Colombia.
This year's COP16 takes place in Cali, capital of the department of Valle del Cauca (Colombia), between 21 October and 1 November 2024.
The slogan ‘Peace with Nature’ is a call for reflection to improve the relationship we have with the environment, to rethink an economic model that does not prioritise extraction, overexploitation and pollution of nature.
"This World Conference on Biodiversity - said Secretary General Michele Capasso - is one of the last opportunities to preserve the inestimable cultural heritage of the planet, and it is being held in a country and a city where the contradictions in terms of respect for Creation are most evident. Colombia is, in fact, an unparalleled treasure chest of biodiversity. According to the most up-to-date data, it is the second largest country in the world. The only one on the continent where practically all the natural environments of South America exist: the Andes and the Amazon, the Atlantic and the Pacific, the desert, the savannah and the great plains, the Caribbean islands and the long rivers".
But Colombia is also, and by far, the most dangerous country in the world for environmental defenders: 73 murders in 2023, 40 per cent of all those on the planet. They are those who fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking, monocultures, deforestation. For the first time, South America is hosting a world intervention on the environment, in anticipation of next year's climate conference in Belém, Brazil, and this is taking place in a city that symbolises Colombian violence. For this very reason, in Colombia, ‘COP16’ is seen as a great opportunity. It raises hopes, of which both the Church and, more generally, civil society and popular movements are spokesmen. The Colombian Church has a massive presence at the conference. The programme includes conferences, forums, congresses, exhibitions and documentary screenings, organised in particular by the Archdiocese of Cali, the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, the Episcopal Council of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM) and the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (Repam). Also present in Cali is a representation of the Vatican Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development, as well as the Apostolic Nuncio, Msgr. Paolo Rudelli.
MEETING WITH POPE FRANCIS
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16 October 2024
Secretary General Professor Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari had an affectionate meeting with Pope Francis.
On this occasion, the Holy Father was shown the path of the "United States of the World" and the importance of the "Constitution" based precisely on the encyclicals "Laudato sì" and "Fratelli tutti" promulgated by the Pontiff.
Secretary General Michele Capasso stressed "how an immense famine of love and joy is invading humanity, in the face of rampant selfishness that is destroying the fundamental values of life".
On this occasion, an original copy of the text of the "Constitution of the United States of the World" containing the rights and duties of the planet's inhabitants was dedicated to the Pope.
Pia Molinari offered the Pontiff a Spanish language copy of the magazine of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians ‘DMA’ and two copies of the magazine ‘OSUM’: the first, from March 2015, reports the visit of Pope Francis to the "Totem for Peace" containing the urn with the relics of the "Unknown Migrant" in the port of Naples; the second reports the appointment of "Ambassador to the memory" of Blessed Carlo Acutis and the appointment of many young "Standard Bearers", for the Earth and for Peace.
At the end of the meeting, the first copy of Michele Capasso's book "United States of the World. Una storia davvero di Dio" and a canvas bag made by the mothers of Gaza whose children were slaughtered in the ongoing conflict.
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