THE MAISON DE LA PAIX

 

CASA UNIVERSALE DELLE CULTURE

The Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture is a place strongly representative, in which will convey the knowledge of the different identities and cultures, structuring permanently initiatives aimed at the spreading of peace, necessary for the shared development.

The Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture (MdP) is a project conceived by Michele Capasso, approved by many Countries and international organizations. It is an architecture that keeps the memory of many Peace activities which created history, often more than the wars, but it is – above all – a space "to build” Peace.

The architectonical complex has an important symbolic worth: it represents the Countries of the World engaged in the Peace process and the Countries victim of the conflicts.

Proposed by the Fondazione Mediterraneo with the Maison des Alliances – together with the main adherent organizations, such as the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, the League of Arab States, the "Anna Lindh" Euro-Mediterranean Foundation and others, the MdP represents a referent point for all the ones who dedicate their lives to peace.

The symbol of the MdP is the "Totem for Peace", an artwork by the Italian sculptor Mario Molinari which the Fondazione Mediterraneo is promoting all around the world, creating the network of the "Cities for Peace".

The first seat of the MdP was inaugurated on the 14th of June 2010 (Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture) in the historical building of the Grand Hotel de Londres in Naples.

The action of the Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture aims at improving the main activities of the "Universal Forum of Cultures" in: Barcelona (2004), Monterrey (2007), Valparaiso (2010) and Naples (2013).

The Maison de la Paix performs most of the initiatives jointly with the Maison de la Méditerranée.

 

The Secretary General of the "United States of the World" Prof. Michele Capasso organised a meeting in the Vatican with Cardinal Pietro Parolin - Secretary of State at the Holy See - and Dr. Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi, Director General of the "Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research".
On this occasion, Prof. Capasso re-proposed the "Greater Mediterranean" programme of the "United States of the World", emphasising the fundamental role of the United Arab Emirates in the peace process and inter-religious dialogue.
He called for a meeting in Abu Dhabi between Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azar to sign a common document on dialogue and fraternity.

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In the 21nd anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, thousands of people gathered in the Potocari memorial cemetery, near Srebrenica, to pay homage to the 8,372 victims of the genocide committed in 1995 by the Bosnian Serbs of Ratko Mladic, and to participate at the funeral of another 127 victims identified in the last year. 5,000 participants in the March of Peace arrived in Potocari. Of the 127 victims buried this year alongside the 6,504 existing graves, there are also sminors.
The Fondazione Mediterraneo, founded precisely to help these innocent victims, appeals to the world to prevent genocide of this kind from occurring again.

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In the 22nd anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, thousands of people gathered in the Potocari memorial cemetery, near Srebrenica, to pay homage to the 8,372 victims of the genocide committed in 1995 by the Bosnian Serbs of Ratko Mladic, and to participate at the funeral of another 71 victims identified in the last year. 5,000 participants in the March of Peace arrived in Potocari. Of the 71 victims buried this year alongside the 6,504 existing graves, there are also seven minors: the youngest is Damir Suljic, who was killed only 15 years, while the oldest is Alija Salihovic, 72 years old.
The 6,662 victims of the genocide so far identified with the DNA method, of which 233 at the behest of the families are not buried in Potocari, were found in 81 mass graves. We are still looking for the remains of 1,100 victims of the genocide officially considered 'missing'.
The Fondazione Mediterraneo, founded precisely to help these innocent victims, appeals to the world to prevent genocide of this kind from occurring again.

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Hosted and organized by CNES (Centre National d’Etudes  Spatiales) and powered by AIAA, SpaceOps 2018 is a technical forum of the Space Mission Operations and Ground Systems community that addresses state-of-the-art operations principles, methods, and tools.
SpaceOps 2018 provides the opportunity for you to share mission’s experience, challenges, and innovation solutions.
Held biennially since 1990, the conference will attract technologists, scientists, managers from agencies, academic and research institutions, operators and industry and fosters managerial and technical interchanges on all aspects of space mission operations.
The Fondazione Mediterraneo with the United States of the World participates in the conference by providing information on the "Orbitecture" program exhibited at the Museum of  Peace - MAMT as part of the "Civilization of the city" exhibition of Studio PCA Int.
On this occasion, the titles of "Standard Bearers of the United States of the World" were awarded to the young scientists present from various countries.

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The Mediterranean Foundation sponsors this initiative. The Congress is sponsored by:

  • Mediterranean Studies Association
  • Sant’Anna Insitute, Sorrento
  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  • University of Minnesota
  • Utah State University
  • Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Busan Univ. of Foreign Studies, Korea

President of the Congress (2018): Cristiana Panicco, President Sant’Anna Institute Executive Director: Benjamin F. Taggie, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

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