A heartfelt appeal in the form of an open letter has been sent to friends and supporters of the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD and the MUSEUM OF PEACE, asking for their support following the serious damage sustained by the Museum of Peace in Naples as a result of the fire on 21 July 2026 and the earthquake on 31 July 2026.
Following the international event on 12 June 2026, the United States of the World and the Fondazione Mediterraneo are continuing their efforts to provide aid and solidarity to the mothers of war victims in Gaza. As part of the ‘MADRI’ programme – in addition to financial and material aid, which was also delivered today – particular attention is being paid to preserving the memory of these mothers, so that one of humanity’s greatest recent tragedies is not forgotten. Among the participants were many mothers and women from Gaza, the Palestinian Ambassador Mona Abuamara, and Ahlam Mohamadi, a lecturer at the Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez and a ‘Standard-bearer for the United States of the World’. On this occasion, Dr Alaa al-Najjar was remembered; she was a paediatrician at Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, who lost nine of her children and her husband in an Israeli airstrike on 23 May 2025.
Since 20 July 2026, one hundred World Heritage sites across the Campania Region have been showcased in evocative high-definition videos. The videos document the extraordinary beauty of over one hundred sites in the Campania Region. Produced by ‘Stati Uniti del Mondo’ and the ‘Fondazione Mediterraneo’ for the Museum of Peace – MAMT in Naples, they were made possible thanks to co-funding from the Campania Region (PR Campania FESR 2021–2027. Axis I – Specific Objective RSO1.3 – Action 1.3). The footage has been carefully selected from around 600 hours of 4K high-definition footage and, over 300 minutes, captures the emotions and beauty of the Campania region, including, to name but a few: from Avellino to Bisaccia, from Caposele with the Sanctuary of San Gerardo to Lake Laceno, from Quaglietta to Gesualdo, from Castelvetere to Volturara Irpina, from the Piana del Dragone to Montefusco, from Rocca San Felice to the Sanctuary of Montevergine, from Casertavecchia to San Leucio, from Capua to Santa Maria Capua Vetere, from Lake Letino to Lake Matese, from the Domizio Coast to Maddaloni, from the Carolino Aqueduct to Pietramelara, from Sessa Aurunca to the mouth of the Volturno, from the Faraglioni of Capri to the Aragonese Castle on Ischia, from the Corricella in Procida to the Chiesa del Soccorso in Forio (including unique traditional events such as, for example, the Holy Week processions in Procida and the ‘Festa agli scogli di Sant’Anna’ in Ischia), from Pietrelcina to Cerreto Sannita, from Telese to Sant’Agata dei Goti, from San Lorenzello to Durazzano, from Guardia Sanframondi to Morcone, from Santa Croce sul Sannio to Sassinoro, from Naples to Vesuvius, from the Amalfi and Sorrento coasts to Cuma and the Submerged Bay, from Palinuro to Agropoli, from Vallo della Lucania to the Certosa di Padula, from Ascea to Perdifumo, from Castellabate to Sapri, from Acciaroli to Velia, from Pioppi to Paestum, and so on down a long list. The images are accompanied by captions featuring comments from distinguished travellers and set to previously unreleased music by Pino Daniele and other musicians, made available to the Museum of Peace – MAMT. The programme “THE CAMPANIA OF EMOTIONS 2025” (CUP: B64H25001510007) is directed by Michele Capasso.
Following events in Gernika (April 2025), Naples (June 2025) and Sarajevo (October 2025), a new stage of the programme “Call for Peace: Ending Wars and Upholding International Law” took place in Luanda (Angola) in the presence, amongst others, of Under-Secretary-General Miguel Ángel Moratinos, High Representative for UNAOC, and Dionísio Manuel da Fonseca, Minister of State of Angola. In a message, the Secretary-General of the United States of the World, Michele Capasso – one of the partners in the programme launched by UNAOC since its very first edition – emphasised the importance of the global call for dialogue and the building of an inclusive peace. High Representative Moratinos presented the Luanda Joint Declaration, “a new call to end wars, restore trust and respect international law… so that humanity may move forward in unity, dignity, justice and peace.”
Secretary-General Michele Capasso, together with Pia Molinari and the members of the Executive Board and the Council of Ambassadors, expresses his deepest condolences for the death of Peppino Di Capri, a long-standing friend and supporter of the Fondazione Mediterraneo and the United States of the World. “One of the last great figures of 20th-century Italian music has left us. A refined pianist, an elegant performer and the composer of songs that have become part of the collective memory, he spanned over sixty years of music, managing to speak to different generations without ever compromising his own style: a dear friend – I remember his last visit to the Museum of Peace,” said a moved Michele Capasso.