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Welcome to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta to the United Nations Office and International Organisations in Geneva.

 

 

This website contains information on the Sovereign Order of Malta’s multilateral diplomacy in Geneva and offers direct links to other websites of the Order around the world, including that of its Government in Rome and of its Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York. It also enables you to discover the Order’s 900 year history and find out about its global humanitarian activities of to-day.

 

 

Thank you for visiting our website which will give you an insight into the Order’s diplomacy with a humanitarian dimension and a human perspective.

 

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The Grand Master meets the Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva - 17th June 2011

The Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing. Discussed during the long and cordial meeting were the Order’s programmes in acute humanitarian emergencies and the progress of recent initiatives in the African continent with particular reference to Sudan and Congo. Satisfaction was also expressed for the joint projects undertaken in the Balkans, in Africa and in Asia and for the intention to strengthen joint humanitarian interventions in crisis areas.

 

After the meeting there was a ceremony during which the Grand Master donated to the United Nations Office in Geneva a sculpture entitled “Compassione” by the Venetian artist Giorgio Bortoli.

In thanking the Grand Master, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stressed the universal nature of the compassion and commitment of the Sovereign Order of Malta and the United Nations to improve the living conditions of people worldwide.

 

Present at the meeting were Grand Chancellor Jean-Pierre Mazery and Ambassador Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann, the Order of Malta’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations at Geneva.

 

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Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi receives the Grand Chancellor, Jean-Pierre Mazery

2012-05-17

 

Today the Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi received the Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Jean-Pierre Mazery. The excellent state of bilateral relations was reaffirmed during the meeting. The Order of Malta’s activities in the health and welfare sectors, developed in cooperation with Italy, were examined as well as the joint initiatives in the civil defence field. Other matters reviewed included the Order of Malta's international institutional and hospitaller programmes. The freedom of religion and protection of Christians worldwide was also discussed.

 

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Crisis in Mali: Ordre de Malta France assists refugees in Burkina Faso

2012-05-10

 

There are currently some 55,000 refugees from Mali in Burkina Faso, fleeing from the civil war that has broken out in their country. At the request of the Burkina Faso authorities, Ordre de Malta France, present in the country for over ten years and specialized in first-aid and transport of the wounded, immediately made available their human and logistic resources.

 

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2012-05-06

 

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