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08/10/2018

Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of Nauru

On 5 October 2018 diplomatic relations were established between the Sovereign Order of Malta and the Republic of Nauru.

01/10/2018

The 73th United Nations General Assembly Session

The General Assembly is one of the six main organs of the United Nations, the only one in which all Member States have equal representation: one nation, one vote.

07/05/2018

Elections – 80th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta

Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto has been elected the 80th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta.

09/04/2018

Interventions in Colombia as Refugees Flood across the Border from Venezuela

A political and economic crisis in Venezuela has driven hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in recent months. According to official UN figures, more than 600,000 Venezuelans had fled to Colombia by the end of 2017.

14/02/2018

Speech of the Lieutenant of the Grand Master to the Diplomatic Corps

In early January the Lieutenant of the Grand Master, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto received the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta for the traditional audience of the beginning of the new year at the Magistral Villa in Rome.

19/12/2017

Establishment of diplomatic relations with the Federal Republic of Germany

On 15 November 2017, the German Foreign Minister, H.E. Sigmar Gabriel, was received in Rome, at the Magistral Villa, by the Grand Chancellor of the Order, H.E. Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager and, at the end of the talks, the establishment of diplomatic relations was officially announced between the Sovereign Order of Malta and the Federal Republic of Germany.

07/12/2017

Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration

The "Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration" will be the first intergovernmental agreement prepared under the aegis of the United Nations covering all dimensions of international migration

30/09/2017

The 72th United Nations General Assembly Session

On September 12, the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (GA) opened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York with Miroslav Lajčák as president of the session.

15/09/2017

The 71st United Nations General Assembly Session comes to closure

On September 11th, 2017, the United Nations General Assembly closed its 71st Session focused on Sustainable Development, as outgoing President Peter Thomson passed the gavel to his successor Miroslav Lajcak, President of the 72nd Session set to convene at the UN Headquarters on Tuesday, September 12th, 2017.