Paolo Gentiloni

Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni sent Gariwo the following message on the occasione of the first Day of the Righteous of the humanity.
Here is the letter's text:

Dear President Nissim,

On the occasion of the upcoming 6 March, Day of the Righteous of the humanity, I am sending you my greetings to all the participants in the important events that will be held to celebrate this recurrence.

This is the first year, in which, thanks to the Parliament's commitment, the Day of the Righteous is Civil Feast in Italy; and I consider it is a favourable event that our Country has been the first to officially support the Day established on 10 May 2012 by the European Parliament, which welcomed Gariwo's proposal to dedicate a recurrence to the Righteous.

Keeping alive the memory of those Righteous people who, in every time and place, have rescued human lives and defended the people's rights and dignity, is fundamental to spreading and strengthening the values of responsibility, tolerance and solidarity.

I thus would like to seize this opportunity to express my appreciation of Gariwo's commitment to promoting the culture of meeting and dialogue, representing a key ingredient of our civil life.

Kind regards,

Paolo Gentiloni