Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

The diffusion of a universalist culture and of a pedagogy of peace appears more than ever to be the path that we must follow for the salvation of all nations on earth.
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

The education of peoples is a necessary precondition to peace.
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

The return to the Organization of the United States of America, the bearers of a great and diversified democratic culture that has inspired many other peoples.
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi