EXPO MILAN 2015: Foreign minister Mogherini’s speech. Vienna

Federica Mogherini, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated: “Italy has the honour to host the 2015 World Expo in Milan, under the main theme Feeding the planet. Energy for Life. Expo Milan 2015 will represent a major global event, acting as a comprehensive platform for discussion and as a showcase for industrial innovation, showing prospects for the future on a wide range of key issues for the progress of civilization, including food security and global and sustainable access to nutrition. In this framework, through the Milan World Expo and its theme, the Italian Government is going to contribute to the global debate on nutrition, as well as on the UN Millennium Development Goals – which will reach their deadline in 2015 – and their successors, the Sustainable Development Goals, presently under discussion.
In our perspective, Expo 2015 will be a success if we are able to change our attitude on the use of land and water; if we can give concrete answers to the fight against malnutrition as well as on bad and over nutrition; if we are able to agree on strategies aiming at the reduction of food waste and losses. These concepts are very much in line with the priorities of the United Nations, as it was highlighted by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last month in Rome, when he reiterated the importance of the Milan World Expo as a means to reach and influence the world public on such global challenges. The response from the international community has been very satisfactory: 147 countries and International Organizations have so far confirmed they will join us in Milan for this extraordinary Event.
Among other things, Expo Milan 2015 is going to be the only World Exhibition taking place in our Continent in a time span of at least 25 years. In the current global economic context, Italy is investing on a sustainable and innovative concept of Expo. We conceive it as a European event through which Italy and Europe will promote a virtuous cooperation with emerging regions, encouraging a process of profound innovation in the food production and distribution chain.”
Please check the link below to see the worksite progress status of EXPO Milan 2015:

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