On the occasion of United Nations Day 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the Organisation’s founding (see AVIONEWS), Italy reaffirms its commitment to effective multilateralism, grounded in the promotion of peace, the protection of human rights, and sustainable development.

UN Day is observed annually on 24 October, the date in 1945 when the United Nations Charter came into force, formally establishing the Organisation. Eight decades on, its principles of peace, justice, human dignity, equality, and social progress remain as relevant as ever, continuing to guide Italy’s foreign policy.

This year, Italy is also celebrating the 70th anniversary of its UN membership (14 December 1955). Italy took part in the 80^th-anniversary celebrations in Rome at FAO on 16 October, where President Sergio Mattarella and FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu inaugurated the Museum and Network for Food and Agriculture – MuNe, funded by Italian Cooperation. Celebrations were also held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where Italy is a partner of the exhibition “United in life, united in the future”, inaugurated on 21 October by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

“In such a symbolic year, we have embraced with responsibility Italy’s election to the Human Rights Council for 2026–28, and we are committed to promoting the Olympic Truce ahead of the Milan-Cortina Games, at a time when the international community faces the highest number of active conflicts since the Second World War", said Minister Antonio Tajani.