The United States of the World awarded the prestigious “Mediterranean Award for Peace” 2025 to the “City-Martyr” of Sarajevo, on the occasion of the siege celebration events.
The prestigious title - the "Totem for Peace" by sculptor Molinari - was handed over to Sarajevo Mayor Predrag Puharić and will be shared with the new administration at the events scheduled from 16 to 18 October 2025. The handover was made by the Secretary-General of the United States of the World Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari.
Mayor Puharić expressed his deep gratitude, recalling the strong ties that existed between the city of Sarajevo, Michele Capasso, the Fondazione Mediterraneo and the United States of the World with the visits of previous mayors to the headquarters in Naples: among them, the one in 2003 by Mayor Muhidin Hamamdžić.

The ceremony for the awarding of the “Mediterranean Institutions Award” to the Prefect of Naples Michele di Bari for 2025 was held at the Palestine Hall of the Museum of Peace.
Speakers included the Ambassador of Bosnia to Italy Amira Arifović Harms, the deputy mayor of Srebrenica and president of the committee for the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the genocide Hamdija Fejzić accompanied by Sadeta Suljić, the UN Secretary-General and High Representative for the Alliance of Civilisations Miguel Àngel Moratinos - author of the preface - accompanied by his wife Dominique, the prefect of Naples Michele di Bari, prof. Lhassan Hbid with his wife Lamia, the deputy mayor of Gernika Jon Lejarraga, a representation of the Harbour Offices - Coast Guard Corps led by Admiral Gaetano Angora, diplomats and men of culture from various countries, the Ambassadors of the United States of the World Giuseppe Lumia, Giuseppe D'Antonio, Massimo Pica Ciamarra, Gilles Altan.
Senator Lumia traced a moving profile of Prefect Michele di Bari, emphasising his human and institutional values.

The United States of the World awarded the prestigious “Mediterranean Award for Peace of the Thirtieth Anniversary” to the "City-martyr" of Gernika, on the occasion of the 88th anniversary of the bombing.
The prestigious title - the “Totem for Peace” by sculptor Molinari - was presented in the "House of Culture" in Gernika by Secretary-General Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari to the mayor of Gernika - Lumo José Maria Gorroño Etxebarrieta. Among those present were two survivors of the massacre, Cruzita Etxabe and Maria Carmen Aguirre, citizens and representatives of the institutions.