In the presence of the President of the Euromed University of Fès (UEMF) Prof. Mostapha Bousmina, Prof. Abdelhak Azzouzi, ministers, ambassadors and representatives of various countries, the ceremony was held to designate the five thousand students, from 50 countries, as ‘’Standard bearers of the United States of the World‘’. The awards were presented by Secretary-General Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari, head of the youth area and board member of the "United States of the World". In his speech, Secretary-General Michele Capasso wanted to leave the written text behind and speak from the "heart" to the new "Standard Bearers": to convey to them the need to pursue the goals contained in the "Constitution of the United States of the World".
The 34th Antimafia Summit, organised by the Antonino Caponnetto Foundation in collaboration with OMCOM and the United States of the World, took place on Saturday 30 November 2024 at 15:00 in the Sala Capitolare of the Convento di Santo Spirito. This meeting, entitled "From Mafia 4.0 to Antimafia 4.0", reflected on the changes and challenges posed by organised crime in the digital age, recalling the need for modern and incisive anti-mafia action. The event was open to the public and was attended by experts and leading figures in the fight against organised crime: an opportunity to better understand the current challenges and support the commitment for a mafia-free Italy and Europe. Speakers for the "United States of the World" included:
Salvatore Calleri, President of the Caponnetto Foundation and co-president of OMCOM (Mediterranean Observatory on Organised Crime and Mafias), member of the "United States of the World";
Michele Capasso, Secretary General of the "United States of the World";
Giuseppe Lumia, President of the "Volunteerism" Commission of the "United States of the World";
Giuseppe Antoci, Member of the European Parliament and "Ambassador of the United States of the World".
Delegations from the "United States of the World" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo" participated in the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women’ celebrated in various cities. "The elimination of violence against women, - said Secretary-General Michele Capasso, - is one of the pillars of the Constitution of the United States of the World. We are close to the Dominican Republic in the memory of Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa Maribal killed on 25 November 1960 in a triple feminicide".
The tenth edition of the MED Mediterranean Dialogues Conference was held from 25 to 27 November 2024 in Rome at the Rome Cavalieri - Waldorf Astoria Hotel: a delegation from the United States of the World and the Fondazione Mediterraneo took part in the proceedings. The conference, promoted since 2015 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Institute for International Policy Studies (ISPI), officially opened on Monday 25 November with a speech by Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and ISPI President Franco Bruni. High-level representatives from across the broader Mediterranean region attended, as well as representatives of numerous relevant international organisations, including: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General, Arab League; Taher al-Baour, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Libya; Abdallah Bou Habib, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Lebanon; Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, India; Mohamed Salem Ould Marzouk, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauritania; Shaya Mohsin Zindani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Yemen; Geir O. Pedersen, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria. The Mediterranean Dialogues are the main public diplomacy initiative of the Farnesina, and this year's edition is being held in conjunction with the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting hosted by the Italian Government. Launched ten years ago by ISPI and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Rome MED has become the point of reference for discussing the strategic issues of an enlarged Mediterranean and fostering an open and informal high-level debate with institutional representatives, experts, analysts, young people and exponents of civil society, the economy and the media.
A delegation from the "United States of the World" and the "Fondazione Mediterraneo’" participated in the "World Diocesan Youth Day’" held on the occasion of the Solemnity of Christ the King. On this occasion, the Pilgrim Cross and the Icon of Our Lady Salus Populi Romani, "symbols" of WYD, will be welcomed and exhibited to the public on 29 November in the Myeongdong Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Seoul, South Korea, where World Youth Day 2027 will be held.
