Secretariat of State - Index 2008

The Holy See

2008

Statement of the Holy See Delegation at the 63rd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on the Declaration on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (December 18, 2008)
[English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi on the occasion of the commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Geneva, 12 December 2008)
[English, Italian]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly commemoration the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 2008)
[English, Italian, Portuguese]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Dominique Mamberti at the 16th Ministerial Council of the O.S.C.E. (Helsinki, 4 December 2008)
[English, Italian, Portuguese]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Dominique Mamberti at the Oslo Conference on the occasion of the Ratification to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (December 3, 2008)
[English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the Doha International Conference on Financing for Development (December 1, 2008)
[English, French, Italian, Portuguese]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Fernando Filoni, Substitute for General Affairs, to the new Commandant of the Pontifical Swiss Guard (November 30, 2008)
[Portuguese]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi at the Eighth Special Session of the Human Rights Council (November 28, 2008)
[English, Italian, Portuguese]

Address of H.E. Msgr Silvano Maria Tomasi at the 48th International Conference of UNESCO on Education (November 26, 2008)
[English, Italian, Portuguese]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi at the Ninth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (Geneva, 24 November 2008)
[French, Italian]

Declaration attached to the Instrument of Ratification to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (November 21, 2008)
[English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Statement of Msgr. Renato Volante, Head of the Delegation of the Holy See, at the 35th Special Session of the F.A.O. Conference (November 20, 2008)
[English, Italian, Portuguese]

Statement of H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the UN Security Council debate on Reduction of Armaments for Peace (November 19, 2008)
[English, Italian, Portuguese]

Address of Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with States, on the occasion of the signing of the Agreement between the Holy See and the Federative Republic of Brazil (November 13, 2008)
[French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Statement of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly on The Culture of Peace (New York, 12 November 2008)
[French, Italian, Portuguese]

Statement by the Holy See at the 4th Seminar of the Council of Europe Education Ministers’ from the States of the European Cultural Convention [Nürnberg-Dachau, 5-7 November 2008] (November 6, 2008)
[French, Italian]

Statement by H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly on The Global Financial Crisis (New York, 30 October 2008)
[English, Italian]

Statement by H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly on Religious Freedom (New York, 29 October 2008)
[Italian]

Statement by H.E. Msgr. Agostino Marchetto at the Second World Forum on Migration and Development [Manila, 27-30 October 2008] (October 29, 2008)
[English, Italian, Portuguese]

Statement by H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the Second Committee of the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly on Sustainable Development (October 28, 2008)
[English, Italian]

Statement by H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly on Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (New York, 28 October 2008)
[English, Italian, Portuguese]

Statement by H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly on "2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa" (October 15, 2008)
[Italian, Portuguese]

Statement by H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly on The rule of law at the national and international levels (New York, 14 October 2008)
[English, Italian]

Intervention by the Holy See at the 180th Session of the Executive Council of UNESCO (October 14, 2008)
[French, Italian]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi during the 59th General Session of the Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (Geneva, 7 October 2008)
[English, Italian]

Statement by H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly on General and complete disarmament (New York, 7 October 2008)
[English, Italian]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the 63rd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on the Work of the Organization (New York, 6 October 2008)
[English]

Statement by H.E. Archbishop Dominique Mamberti,
Secretary for the Holy See’s Relations with States,
at the 52nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] (Vienna, 29 September 2008)
[English, Italian, Portuguese]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore during the General Debate at the 63rd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 29 September 2008)
[English, Italian]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the 63rd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on Millennium Development Goals (New York, 25 September 2008)
[English, Italian]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi during the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (Geneva, 22 September 2008)
[English, Italian]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the 63rd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations during the High-Level Meeting on Africa (New York, 22 September 2008)
[English]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi during the 9th Session of the Human Rights Council on All forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination (September 19, 2008)
[English]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore during the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council - ECOSOC (New York, 2 July 2008)
[English]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi during the 42nd Meeting of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Standing Committee held in Geneva (June 28, 2008)
[English]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi during the 97th session of the International Labour Conference held in Geneva (June 10, 2008)
[Italian]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi during the 8th Session of the Human Rights Council (Geneva, June 4, 2008)
[English]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi during the Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions held in Dublin (May 30, 2008)
[English, Portuguese]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi during the 7th Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the Right to Food (Geneva, May 22, 2008)
[English, Italian]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi during the Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions held in Dublin (May 19, 2008)
[English, Italian, Portuguese]

Address of H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore during the 16th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development of ECOSOC held in New York (May 16, 2008)
[English]

Address of Msgr. Michael Banach at the 34th Session of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Vienna, 15 May 2008)
[Italian]

Message of H.E. Msgr. Fernando Filoni, on behalf of the Holy Father, to Msgr. Michał Heller, winner of the Templeton Prize (April 30, 2008)
[English, Italian]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Silvano M. Tomasi during the 12th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (Accra, Ghana, 20-25 April 2008)
[Italian, Portuguese]

Note for discussion on Poverty, trade and development sent by the Secretariat of State to the member States of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (Accra, Ghana, April 20-25, 2008)
[English]

Address by Msgr. Renato Volante, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to FAO, during the 30th Session of the Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Brasilia (April 14-18, 2008)
[Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore during the 41st Session of the Commission on Population and Development of the Social and Economic Council on the theme: "World population monitoring, focusing on population distribution, urbanization, internal migration and development" (April 9, 2008)
[English, Italian]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore during the 62nd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on the theme: "Recognising the achievements, addressing the challenges and getting back on track to achieve the MDGs by 2015" (April 4, 2008)
[Italian]

Communiqué by the Secretariat of State following the publication of the new Prayer for the Jews (April 4, 2008)
[English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Silvano Maria Tomasi on racial issues during the 7th Ordinary Session of the Human Rights Council (March 18, 2008)
[Italian]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Silvano Maria Tomasi during a panel discussion on intercultural dialogue and human rights at the 7th Ordinary Session of the Human Rights Council (March 18, 2008)
[Italian]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Silvano Maria Tomasi during the 7th Ordinary Session of the Human Rights Council on the Rights of children in the womb and those suffering from grave and life-threatening illnesses (March 11, 2008)
[English]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Silvano Maria Tomasi during the 7th Ordinary Session of the Human Rights Council on the Recognition of fundamental rights and their implementation (March 5, 2008)
[English, Italian]

Address by Msgr. Renato Volante at the 29th session of the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (March 1-5, 2008)
[English, Italian]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (March 3, 2008)
[Italian]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Agostino Marchetto at the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking, organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (February 13-15, 2008)
[English, Italian]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the meeting of the UN General Assembly debating on the theme: "Addressing Climate Change: the United Nations and the World at Work" (February 12, 2008)
[English, French, Italian]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Celestino Migliore at the 46th Session of the Commission for Social Development of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations(ECOSOC) (February 7, 2008)
[English, Italian]

Note from the Secretariat of State concerning the new dispositions of the Holy Father Benedict XVI for the Liturgical Celebrations of Good Friday (February 4, 2008)
[English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish]

Address by H.E. Msgr. Silvano Maria Tomasi at the Meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) of the States Parties to the "The Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects" held in Geneva (January 14, 2008)
[French, Italian]

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