With deep emotion, as Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII (APG23) we join the universal Church in mourning the death of our Holy Father, Pope Francis. Matteo Fadda, President of APG23, remembered him with these words: Thank you Pope Francis! In the Holy Father’s message ‘Urbi et Orbi’ on the occasion of Holy Easter, we find […]
At the 58th ordinary session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva (opened on 24 February with a minute of silence for the victims of human rights violations around the world), during the General Debate on Item 2 that follows the presentation of reports and oral updates by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, […]
On the 16th of October 2023, the world celebrates the Global World Food Day. This year’s theme is “Water is life, water is food”. Water and food are closely connected and are essential components of our daily lives. Nonetheless, for some people access to and availability of water and food is not given for granted […]
“Once and for all, the time has come to free the right to development from the trap of the political games, as well as from the tendency to cherry-pick its contents. Let it fly!” With this powerful call, the Main Representative of Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII (APG23) concluded her statement, addressing the Full-Day High-Level […]
The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation is strictly linked to the implementation of the right to development, Ms. Maria Mercedes Rossi (APG23) underlined in the keynote panel of the 2022 UN Social Forum. The 2022 UN Social Forum, which took place in Geneva on 3 and 4 November, focused on Water for […]
