09 January 2007 :

"Pannella’s initiative, taken on by the government and by [Foreign] Minister D’Alema, must find a way to carry on,” said Emma Bonino, Italian Minister for European Policies and International Trade, commenting on the initiative for a universal moratorium on capital executions. 
“Next week I will be going to New York, with some UN contacts, and then onto Washington. In particular I will be meeting the Bahraini President of the United Nations General Assembly which will be another occasion to express myself on this matter currently under worldwide attention.”