The Permanent Representation of Italy to the International Organizations in Paris has organized a series of initiatives to celebrate the 78th anniversary of the Republic. On the occasion of the reception addressed to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the International Organizations based in Paris, which took place in the headquarters of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Ambassador Luca Sabbatucci reviewed some of the main themes in agendas of large multilateral bodies, such as OECD and ESA. Ambassador Sabbatucci, who last January was elected to the Chairmanship of the External Relations Committee of the OECD – the body responsible for defining the global projection of the Organization – made particular reference to the enlargement process, which today concerns seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Indonesia, Romania, Peru and, in the future, Thailand).
“The OECD is a family and, as such, it is naturally destined to expand, welcoming new members, who will contribute to enriching the wealth of knowledge and good practices that the Organization collects by promoting its standards and values on an even larger scale. In this important and ambitious path, Italy will continue to work for an increasingly open, inclusive and strong OECD”. In a meeting with the press on the sidelines of the event, the Ambassador underlined how the Organization is experiencing a crucial moment in its history “international competition, the role of BRICS, the crisis in the Middle East and Russian aggression against ‘Ukraine are factors that, read across the board, pose challenges that can only be addressed in a multilateral context, while maintaining a necessary realistic approach. And the OECD” explained Ambassador Sabbatucci “due to its vocation, structure, reference values, will necessarily have to act as a center of connection between the West and the main actors of the Global South who cannot escape their destiny as protagonists on the stage global, I’m thinking of Indonesia, for example.”
