Arcigay: "Italy's important contribution to the major exhibition"“
Bologna, October 30, 2015 – “It is by no means secondary that an event like Expo, projected across the globe, addresses the issue of welcoming and including all the differences that inhabit this world,” declared Flavio Romani, president of Arcigay. which continues: "The 'Expos that welcome everyone' charter that Giuseppe Sala presented today to the President of the BIE Steering Committee, Albina Assis Africano, is first and foremost a testament to the work undertaken by the Italian Expo throughout its duration to be a welcoming place for all. But not only that: that document is above all a very important incentive because it raises an unavoidable theme for enhancing the greatest international showcase and truly projecting it into the future. Setting the goal not only of non-discrimination but of being welcoming towards all, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, geographical origin, age, physical or economic conditions, political or religious beliefs, means feeling the full responsibility of speaking to the entire world. Now it is up to the BIE to gather and make Italy's incentive structural: in this way the Expo would truly become a great vehicle of civilization, capable of impacting even in contexts where discrimination exists by law. We must not be afraid, in composing the portrait of a 'better world', of "To emphasize the equality of all and the recognition of human, civil, and social rights. Finally," Romani concludes, "it must be emphasized that the Italian Expo is closing by providing the best concrete and structured response to those who, at the opening of the event, improperly used the Expo logo to project visibility onto initiatives that had nothing to do with the spirit of the great world exhibition, but rather fomented conflict and discrimination. The Expo must not serve to erect walls: today's ceremony also provides the appropriate conclusion to those incursions.".
