Agreements, projects, and culture for a fairer Europe

Budapest, 6 August 2025 – As part of its international cooperation and diplomatic activities, the Confederation of Humanitarian Nations (CNU), represented by Secretary General Harry Tallarita, held an official meeting at the Embassy of Italy in Budapest with First Secretary Nicole Spada, to discuss joint humanitarian and development strategies of shared interest.

🤝 Strategic Dialogue Between CNU and Diplomatic Representations

The meeting took place in an atmosphere of mutual respect and institutional cooperation, with a clear agenda focused on:

  • Training for human rights defenders and civic participation;

  • Reviving micro-economies in rural and depopulated areas;

  • Implementing ecological monitoring programmes;

  • Promoting shared cultural heritage between Sicily and Hungary, especially around the Lake Balaton area.

The selected region is part of a broader CNU initiative for community revitalisation, based on participatory and human-centred models already applied in Italy and Senegal.

🕊️ Silent but Effective Humanitarian Diplomacy

The CNU, an intergovernmental organisation active in 56 countries with over 1,200,000 human rights defenders, adopts an unconventional but effective approach:
No social media, no emotional marketing, no publicity.
Only verified results, institutional dialogue and long-term field presence.
As stated by Secretary General Tallarita:

“We prefer silent, concrete work to meaningless noise.”

📌 Key Proposals: Training, Ecology, and Micro-Economy

Three major operational proposals emerged from the meeting:

  1. Training Centre for Human Rights Defenders
    A civic training hub for young people, social operators, and local representatives, focused on equality, democratic engagement, and community empowerment.

  2. “Environmental Sentinels” Programme
    In collaboration with local authorities and partners such as VAB (founder of the Italian Civil Protection), this project aims at environmental monitoring, prevention, and ecological resilience.

  3. Human-Centred Microeconomic Model
    A cooperative economic initiative designed to regenerate rural areas by encouraging ethical trade, local empowerment, and participatory governance.

🏛️ Institutional Trust and Cultural Diplomacy

The CNU expressed its intention to request Moral Patronage from the Italian Embassy for the proposed initiatives, also involving Italian associations in Hungary – including the Friulian community – as part of a larger effort to foster cultural and civic bridges between Italy and Hungary.

A unique and symbolic proposal also emerged: the establishment of a Joint Cultural Laboratory on Sicilian and Hungarian Runes – ancient symbolic writing systems reflecting shared historical roots and migrations.
Both Hungary and Sicily were once under Ottoman rule – a shared past worth exploring.
The initiative will be developed under the CNU’s Wisdom Heritage Collegium, promoting cultural diplomacy and the preservation of symbolic wisdom.

🌐 Proven Diplomatic Capacity in Complex Scenarios

CNU’s operational capacity was recently demonstrated in Costa Rica, where a German national, victim of abuse and unlawful confinement by her American partner, turned to the local CNU Mission.
Through coordinated diplomatic efforts involving the German and US embassies and Costa Rican authorities, the legal case – initially dismissed – was reopened.
The President of Costa Rica expressed appreciation for the Organisation’s decisive and respectful role in the case.

✨ Conclusion: Building a Fairer and More Human Europe

The institutional meeting between the CNU and the Embassy of Italy in Hungary is not a mere formality.
It is a model of humanitarian diplomacy in action, where ethics meets pragmatism, and where long-term vision is rooted in real cooperation.

Where media cannot reach, the CNU acts.
Where institutions falter, it steps forward.
Where the human being is forgotten, it offers dignity.

Confederation of Humanitarian Nations – Office of the Secretary General