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Monaco participates in 1st Regular Session of UN World Food Programme Executive Board
Monaco’s Ambassador to Italy H.E. Mr Robert Fillon, accompanied by a delegation,* took part in the 1st Regular Session of the World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Board, held in Rome from 25 to 27 February 2019.During the opening session, guest of honour H.E. Mr Daniel Kablan Duncan, Vice-President of Côte d’Ivoire,...
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Monaco Humanitarian Collective review 2018 395 children treated in 10 years
On Tuesday 5 March 2019, members of the Monaco Humanitarian Collective (charities, treatment centres and the Prince’s Government) held their annual meeting. The outcomes of the Collective’s work are very encouraging. Since the project was launched in 2008, 395 children, primarily from Africa, have received surgery i...
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A committee to promote and safeguard women’s rights in the Principality
The committee to promote and safeguard women’s rights was created on 25 October 2018 by Sovereign Ordinance. It was set up by the former Minister of State on 30 November 2018.The Committee’s remit is to coordinate, implement and evaluate national policies to promote gender equality and combat violence and discrimina...
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Monaco introduces smart bus shelters
Keen to improve services for public transport users in the Principality, incorporate new ways of consuming information outdoors, and develop the “smart city” concept, the Ministry of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development, the Digital Transition Office and Monaco City Hall are currently in the process o...
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Opening of the New Sampling Site of the CHPG's Biology Laboratory
After six months of construction work, the new sampling site of the Biology Laboratory opened on Friday 1 March 2019.To cope with the constant increase in activity of the biology laboratory in terms of blood sampling and miscellaneous sampling, the Princess Grace Hospital has invested to double the surface area of t...
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Antigua and Barbuda
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The Prince's Government Invests in Training
Today, the Minister of State inaugurated the Campus, a learning laboratory based at the premises of the Monaco Digital company in Fontvieille, in the presence, among others, of JeanCastellini, Patrice Cellario and Didier Gamerdinger, Minister of Finance and Economy, Minister of Interior and Minister of Health and So...
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Diplomacy: Accreditation of Ambassadors from Bahrain – Antigua and Barbuda – Panama – Bosnia and Herzegovina
On Thursday 28 February 2019,at a lunch held at the Hotel Hermitage, Ms Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, received H.E. Dr Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bahrain, H.E. Dr Dario Item, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo...
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Didier Gamerdinger invited to take part in Federation of Monegasque Businesses Federal Council
On Tuesday 26 February, Didier Gamerdinger, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, and Pascale Pallanca, Director of Employment, visited the Federation of Monegasque Businesses (FEDEM) to attend the organisation’s Federal Council alongside 21 presidents of employers’ associations and FEDEM President Philippe Ortelli...
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EXPO 2020 DUBAI - Presentation of Monaco's Pavilion
On Wednesday 27 February, in the presence of H.S.H. Prince Albert II and Sheikh Abdallah Ben Zayed Al Nahhyan, the Pavilion that will showcase the Principality of Monaco at the next World Expo in Dubai in 2020 was presented by H.E. Ms. Mireille Pettiti, President of Monaco Inter Expo and Albert Croesi, General Commi...
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Establishment of Innovation Commission for the Construction and Public Works Sector
Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development Marie-Pierre Gramaglia opened the first-ever meeting of the Innovation Commission for the Construction and Public Works Sector this afternoon. She was joined by Jean-Luc Nguyen, Director of Public Works, state officials, and representatives from all pub...
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Environmental restoration programme at Port of Fontvieille
As part of the government’s policy on protecting marine biodiversity, the Department of the Environment today began work on installing tide pools developed by ECOncrete® in the Port of Fontvieille.The tide pools are made from a special type of concrete. They integrate with existing structures (sea wall revetments, p...
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United Nations - Monaco participates in high-level event on humanitarian crisis in Yemen
A Monegasque delegation including Ms Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, and H.E. Ms Carole Lanteri, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Principality to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva, took part in a high-level event on the humanitarian c...
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57th Session of UN Commission for Social Development Side event on “Sport as an Equaliser for Social Inclusion: The Real Madrid Way”
As part of the 57th Session of the UN Commission for Social Development, the theme of which was social inclusion, the Principality of Monaco’s Permanent Representation to the United Nations in New York invited Dr Steven G. Mandis, a professor at the University of Columbia, to present his book, The Real Madrid Way, o...
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Monaco attends 40th Session of Human Rights Council
A Monegasque delegation including Ms Isabelle Rosabrunetto, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, and H.E. Ms Carole Lanteri, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Principality to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva, took part in the opening of the 40th Session of the H...
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SICCFIN takes part in FATF Plenary Meeting - Paris, 17–22 February 2019
Mr Jean-Marc Gualandi from Monaco’s financial investigation unit SICCFIN took part in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary Meeting in Paris from 17 to 22 February, as a member of the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures (MONEYVAL) delegation.The key aim of FATF, which wa...
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Monaco Ocean Week – 3 questions for H.E. Mr Bernard Fautrier, Vice President of the Prince Albert II Foundation
What is the aim of this week dedicated to the major issues facing our oceans? The idea of holding a week of meetings, debates and activities on the oceans results from an obvious fact: there is a need for key stakeholders in this area to share their views on how to address the major issues associated with preservi...
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UN: Monaco participates in 57th Session of the Commission for Social Development
On Tuesday 19 February, Ms Clotilde Ferry, Counsellor at the Principality of Monaco’s Permanent Representation to the United Nations, took part in the 57th Session of the Commission for Social Development. The theme for the 2019 session was “addressing inequalities and challenges to social inclusion through fiscal,...
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Winners of RAMOGE “Man and the Sea” Photo Competition
The winners of the RAMOGE Photo Competition, launched in June 2018 under the auspices of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), have been announced. The theme of the competition was “Man and the Sea”. After deliberation, the jury, made up of one representative from each of the French Ministry for E...
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