MEETING WITH UN UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL JOAN CLOS

Napoli | 01 September 2012
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) - Category: Anno 2012

On the eve of the 6th World Urban Forum, President Michele Capasso, met with the Director General of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and UN Under-Secretary General Joan Clos. On that occasion, the former Mayor of Barcelona reminded participants that collaboration with the Fondazione Mediterraneo began in 1995 when an international conference was organized with the Fondazione Mediterraneo entitled: “The Cities of the Mediterranean”.

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Appeal For Syria

Napoli | 26 August 2012
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For 20 years, the Fondazione Mediterraneo has been dedicated to the issues that will be debated at the 6th World Urban Forum to be held in Naples from 1-6 September 2012, at which it is also a partner. It will collaborate on the themes dedicated to Women and Youths (2 September 2012), and will present a project for the “Interethnic City”, in addition to awarding a special edition of the “Mediterranean Award” and making an “Appeal for Syria”, the text of which has been subscribed to by thousands of people from all over the world in just a few days, among them, politicians, intellectuals and academics, men of women from cultural and scientific circles, as well as diplomats and citizens. These include Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (Director General ALECSO), Sister Maria Pia Giudici – Mediterranean Award for Interreligious Dialogue - Maria Angels Somillo, Andrè Morin, Alvaro Branco and others.

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THE TOTEM FOR PEACE BY MOLINARI: ART IS “ALMOST” THE GRANDCHILD OF GOD

Pescasseroli | 25 August 2012
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Sister Maria Pia Giudici, winner of the “2012 Mediterranean Award for Inter-religious dialogue” made a written dedication to the Totem for Peace by Mario Molinari entitled “Art and Spiritualism”.

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THE TOTEM FOR PEACE AND HOLY MASS IN THE WOODS

Pescasseroli | 19 August 2012
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The Totem for Peace by Molinari is increasingly becoming the symbol of peace, including at a suggestive Holy Mass in the woods surrounding Pescasseroli, where it was celebrated with festivities and dancing at the end of mass. Father Roberto Berruti, a Roman parish priest in the suburbs of Testaccio exhorted the prayer groups and young people to spread the message of love and dialogue.

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