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27 June 2025
Ms Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, acting Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, continues her visit to Japan
Poursuite du déplacement au Japon de Mme Isabelle Berro-Amadeï © DR
Ms Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, acting Minister of State and the Principality’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, currently remains in Japan where she is visiting Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.She began her trip with an extended tour of the Monegasque pavilion, taking the opportunity to chat to the team in charge of running the building and greeting members of the public. So far, over 540,000 visitors have come to learn more about the Principality and its environmental commitments, enjoying the pavilion’s specially designed scenography featuring immersive and educational presentations. The Minister later visited the Spanish and Swiss pavilions, and the Women’s pavilion.On 26 June, she gave a speech at a special “Visit Monaco” event hosted by the Tourist and Convention Authority’s Japan office, aimed at showcasing the Principality as a tourist destination with travellers, the media, and Japanese influencers.
Poursuite du déplacement au Japon de Mme Isabelle Berro-Amadeï 2 © DR
Poursuite du déplacement au Japon de Mme Isabelle Berro-Amadeï 3 © DR
27 June 2025
World Refugee Day: Monaco’s Mission to the UN teams up with Peace and Sport
Projection de La Flamme de la Paix © DR
As part of events to mark World Refugee Day, and in recognition of Monaco being named World Capital of Sport 2025, a special screening of the documentary “The Flame of Peace” took place at Monaco’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, on 19 June 2025.A co-production by Monaco Info and Peace and Sport, the documentary follows a year in the organisation’s work around the globe - from Monaco to the Middle East, via Latin America, India, and Africa - showing how sport can be a powerful way to promote peace, social cohesion, and hope, even in the most challenging situations. In the film, some of the coaches, young people, and Peace Champions involved with the initiatives share their inspiring stories, giving viewers an insight into sport’s power to overcome barriers, restore dignity, and help displaced people to integrate.The screening was followed by a round-table discussion with two iconic personalities:• Marlène Nidecker, Olympic taekwondo medallist and member of the Champions for Peace Club, who has spent years working to promote access to sport for young people in Africa, through the Heart Angel foundation.• Ali Hussein, Syrian refugee and kickboxing coach, whose work with young people at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan helped to change lives and bring hope to a generation living in exile.The event highlights the Principality of Monaco’s unwavering commitment to leveraging sport as a way to promote development, protection, and inclusion, especially for forcibly displaced persons, of whom the UN High Commission for Refugees estimates there are now more than 120 million worldwide.
26 June 2025
Child vaccination: Monaco reaffirms its support for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Isabelle Rosabrunetto au Sommet de l'Alliance Gavi ©DCI
At a Gavi global summit in Brussels on 25 June, Isabelle ROSABRUNETTO, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, announced that the Prince’s Government would double its financial support for the Alliance’s 2026-2030 strategy.The Principality’s Department of International Cooperation devotes some 30% of its annual budget to healthcare, making the sector one of the biggest recipients of Monegasque development aid, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is among the Department’s leading partners. Founded at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2000, Gavi brings together national governments, public banks, major multilateral institutions, non-profits, and private enterprises.At the summit in Brussels on 25 June, Gavi held a meeting with current and potential stakeholders aimed at securing the funding it needs to carry out its work. Co-hosted by the European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the event secured over 9 billion dollars in donor pledges, despite the United States government’s decision to withdraw funding. Over the last 25 years, more than a billion children have been vaccinated thanks to Gavi’s work.Ms ROSABRUNETTO praised the organisation’s model, which allows fair access to vaccination in less developed countries, but stressed that “we absolutely need to step up our efforts, because it is unacceptable that children are still dying every day as a result of not being vaccinated. That is why the Principality of Monaco has resolved to double its support for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance over the next five years.”In line with its commitment to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 (“Good Health and Well-being”), the Department of International Cooperation will continue to fund efforts aimed at combating child and youth mortality and infectious diseases over the period 2025-2030.
25 June 2025
Visit to Japan by Ms Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, acting Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
Echanges avec M. Hisayuki Fujii, Ministre d’Etat pour les Affaires Étrangères ©DR
Ms Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, acting Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, is visiting Japan in parallel with Monaco Day, celebrated on 28 June at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.During the first part of her trip, she travelled to Tokyo where she met with Mr Hisayuki Fujii, Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs. Their discussions focused on global affairs, relations between Japan and Monaco and the participation of the Principality in Expo 2025 Osaka. The two ministers welcomed the friendship between their countries based on shared values. Ms Berro-Amadeï also addressed the double tax agreement currently under discussion.The Minister then met with Mr Akihiko Tanaka, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). After presenting Monaco’s development aid policy, Ms Berro-Amadeï spoke about partnership opportunities with Japan in pressing areas common to both countries such as healthcare, education and child welfare.Ms Berro-Amadeï also met with Mr Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation *(now Honorary Chair), a non-profit working in the fields of health, education, environmental protection and economic development. Like Monaco, this Foundation works with poor populations in Sub-Saharan Africa and other locations.
Mme Isabelle Berro-Amadeï et M. Hisayuki Fujii, Ministre d’Etat pour les Affaires Étrangères ©DR
Visite de l’Agence Internationale de Coopération du Japon (JICA) ©DR
Echanges avec la Nippon Foundation ©DR
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