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The presentation of the book by Michele Capasso entitled "Raffaele, the Mayor" (Edition San Paolo) was held at the headquarters of the United States of the World and the Museum of Peace - MAMT.
The book is dedicated to the figure of Raffaele Capasso, mayor of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio for 35 years and architect of the reconstruction of the town destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in March 1944.
Large audience participation: speakers included the prefect of Naples di Bari, the mayor of Naples Manfredi, Senator Lumia, Professor Pica Ciamarra and many others. Pietro Perone, editor-in-chief of "Il Mattino", coordinated the event.
During the event, the docufilm "Raffaele, the Mayor" was screened.

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Received by the Secretary-General, Professor Michele Capasso, the Honourable Giuseppe Lumia, Professor Massimo Pica Ciamarra, Professor Giuseppe D'Antonio and other members of the association, the Prefect visited the main itineraries, lingering over those dedicated to Don Bosco, Don Diana, Raffaele Capasso and others.
At the end of the visit, he expressed his admiration for the efforts made since 1987 for the Earth and for Peace and for the high level of representativeness of the museum site.

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A delegation from the "United States of the World" in the Vatican, with the Holy Father, to attend the International Summit on the Rights of the Child.
"Every effort must be made to guarantee schooling and access to necessary care for all, and we must all work together, united, to build a world where children and their rights are at the centre, against all war and exploitation, for the survival of humanity". These were the words of Secretary-General Prof. Michele Capasso, who emphasised the presence of dear friends such as H.M. Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, Cardinal Angel Fernandez Artime, Father Enzo Fortunato and others.

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Sixty years ago, on 24 January 1965, Winston Churchill died. He was twice British prime minister, between 1940 and 1945 and between 1951 and 1955.
The "United States of the World" - with the Museum of Peace, where the "Churchill Room", in which the statesman stayed for a long time, is located - remembered him with a series of events and a meeting with students during which films of the British statesman's main speeches were shown.
He is still remembered today as one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century, who was able to make an entire people resist the bombing and destruction brought to British soil by the planes of Nazi Germany.
"I can promise you nothing but blood, toil, tears and sweat", were his words at his inauguration in 1940.

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