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Maurizio Giuliano (born 1975) is an Italian
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official, traveller, author and journalist. As of 2004 he was, according to the '' Guinness Book of World Records'', the youngest person to have visited all sovereign nations of the world (aged 28 years and 361 days).''Maurizio Giuliano: A Modern Day Marco Polo''
World Atlas, 20 April 2016
He has worked for various international organizations in the field of media relations.


Personal life and education

Giuliano is the son of a lawyer father and a housewife mother. He has lived in Cuba, Chile and Indonesia. After completing high school in
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and in
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, he earned a degree from the
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
in 1996 Maurizio Giuliano, ''El Caso CEA: Intelectuales e Inquisidores en Cuba'' (back cover),
Ediciones Universal Ediciones Universal is a publishing house founded in Miami, Florida, USA, in 1965 by Juan Manuel and Marta O. Salvat. The biggest publishing house among the Cuban exile community, it is largely dedicated to publishing material critical of the comm ...
, 1998,
and a master's degree from the
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in 1997. At
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,''New Role at United Nations''
University College News, 2019
he studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, specialising in Latin America and eastern Europe. While at Oxford, he was a member of the
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. As of 1998, he was a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CESOC) in
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, Chile.


Writings


Academic work on Cuba

He authored two books and some academic articles on Cuban politics, focusing among other things on the US embargo, which he claimed (in the book "''La Transición Cubana y el "Bloqueo" Norteamericano''" and other works) has a strong counter-productive effect, in supporting the continuation of Cuba's regime. In the book and other writings, Giuliano staunchly contested the view that an end to the
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regime would be near,Maurizio Giuliano
''Scripting a Succession''
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, 14 June 1995
and expressed the view that any transition would be slow and gradual. In an article published in the British
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''Democratization'' in 1998, he focused in particular on how the US embargo against Cuba helps create "empathy" by third parties towards Cuba, which is then domestically perceived as support towards Cuba's regime. He argued, hence, that the US Government - in addition to the embargo's direct influence on supporting Cuba's regime - indirectly inhibits potentially constructive pressures towards change, insofar as third countries, foreign non-governmental organizations and prominent individuals lend support to Cuba's resistance to the US embargo, and this offsets external pressures to democratize, thereby allowing the Cuban regime to convert such "empathy" into a source of legitimacy at home.Maurizio Giuliano, ''The United States' embargo and Cuba's foreign relations: missed opportunities for democratization'', Democratization, Vol. 5, Issue 3, Autumn 1998


Purge of Havana's Centre for American Studies (CEA)

His scholarly work on internal Cuban politics, notably on the 1996
purge In history, religion and political science, a purge is a position removal or execution of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, another organization, their team leaders, or society as a whole. A group undertak ...
of
Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.
's Centre for American Studies (CEA) (contained in the book "''El Caso CEA''" published in 1998), has been the object of academic reviews, as it exposed the internal conflicts between Cuba's political apparatus and the country's intelligentsia, previously unknown. Pablo Alfonso
''Cuba hizo purga contra académicos''
,
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, 8 May 1998
Alejandro Lorenzo
''Presentan obra de purga académica''
,
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, 27 May 1998
Joel Edelstein (
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)
''The Centro de Estudios sobre América: An Account of a Regrettable Loss''
(review of ''El Caso CEA''), Latin American Perspectives, Issue 125, Vol. 29, No. 4, July 2002, page 80
According to some reviews the book, a work of investigative journalism complemented by academic analysis, dealt a strong blow to hard-liners within the regime Carlos Ruíz
''Cabellero reincide''
, Venezuela Analítica, 6 August 2001
Carlos Alberto Montaner Carlos Alberto Montaner (born April 3, 1943) is an exiled Cuban author and journalist known for his criticism of Fidel Castro and the Cuban government. He has been published widely in Latin American newspapers, and published fiction and non-fic ...
, ''El cadáver inquieto'',
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, 7 June 1998
by exposing for the first time the internal conflicts between Cuba's apparatus and its intelligentsia.Peter Johnson (
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)
Review of ''¿ Intelectuales vs. Revolución ? El caso del Centro de Estudios sobre América''
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, 2001
In 2001 Cuban exiled scholars Alberto Álvarez and Gerardo González, who were among those purged from the CEA, wrote the book "''¿ Intelectuales vs. Revolución ? El caso del Centro de Estudios sobre América''", which strongly built upon Giuliano's book to offer further insights on relations between Cuba's political apparatus and the country's intellectuals. Along with these two scholars and Giuliano, Cuban sociologist Haroldo Dilla Alfonso expressed the view that the purge mechanisms described in Giuliano's book have been a key pillar for the regime's ability to prevent the rise of reformers, Haroldo Dilla Alfonso,
''The Rise and Fall of a Cuban Think Tank''
Havana Times ''Havana Times'' is an independent Cuban blog and online magazine founded in 2008. The online publication is edited in Nicaragua. Most of its contributors live in Havana, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo. There are also Cuban contributors in Venez ...
, 27 March 2011
Haroldo Dilla Alfonso
"¿Qué pasó con el Centro de Estudios sobre América?"
Cuba Encuentro, 24 March 2011
and that such dynamics remain in place as late as 2016. Julio Aleaga Pesant
''Cuando le quebraron el corazón al CEA''
Primavera Digital en Cuba, 16 March 2016


Journalism

Besides work on Cuba, other countries Giuliano covered in his journalistic work include
East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...
Maurizio Giuliano
''Timor Est, dove nessuno ride''
, Popoli, May 1999
and
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(Burma).''Journalist detained in Burma, photographs of Aung san Suu Kyi confiscated''
, IFEX, August 2000
''Myanmar deports French and Italian journalists''
Asian Political News, 24 August 1998
''Burma expels Italian reporter for "illegal reporting"''
, TV Myanmar, 18 August 1998
In 1993 he worked for the
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n weekly magazine
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, for which he interviewed Mikhail Gorbachev, who expressed criticism at the reforms carried out by
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n president
Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
: when Yeltsin called a referendum for 25 April 1993 in an attempt to achieve even greater powers as president, Gorbachev told Giuliano that he would not vote and instead advocated for new presidential elections.Maurizio Giuliano, ''Müssen schnell wählen'', Profil (Austria) (nr. 19, page 61), 10 May 1993 In 2000, he visited
North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...
and published an essay about his visit, essentially describing his tour around the country as a '' mise en scène'' by the North Korean authorities. In his journalistic work, he reportedly ran into problems with the authorities of at least two countries. On 16 August 1998 he was denied entry to
Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
after making contact with the
National League for Democracy The National League for Democracy ( my, အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီ အဖွဲ့ချုပ်, ; abbr. NLD; Burmese abbr. ဒီချုပ်) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (Burma). It ...
and meeting its leader
Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2 ...
,''Italian journalist turned away''
AFP, 17 August 1998
Gary Thomas
''Burma has deported an Italian journalist''
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, 17 August 1998
''Second journalist ousted''
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, September 1998
with Myanmar authorities accusing him of falsely claiming to be a tourist''Italian reporter with false document expelled'',
New Light of Myanmar ''The New Light of Myanmar'' (, ; formerly ''The New Light of Burma'') is a government-owned newspaper published by the Ministry of Information and based in Yangon, Myanmar. ''The New Light of Myanmar'' is often viewed as propaganda on part of t ...
, 17 August 2008
and of "illegally gathering news",Maung Hmat Kyauk, ''International Relations'',
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, 25 August 1998
''Myanmar expels Italian reporter''
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, 19 August 1998
which prompted condemnations by organizations such as the International Federation of Journalists and Reporters without Borders;''Les journalistes dans le collimateur des généraux birmans''
Libération, 19 August 1998
only in 2013 Giuliano managed to return to Myanmar and also meet Suu Kyi.James Mackay,
''Aung San Suu Kyi at the National League for Democracy Headquarters in Rangoon''
, Enigma Images, January 2013
While on 30 October 2002, he was reportedly detained and manhandled by Israeli authorities while crossing the
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, which also prompted condemnation by Reporters without Borders.''Six journalists arrested''
, Annual Report 2002,
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, 2002
Giuliano however describes his worst authorities-related odyssey as he was travelling in 2003 around the South Pacific, where authorities in New Zealand and some South Pacific islands reportedly caused serious hindrance to his movements for the simple fact that he appeared to be suspicious because of his strange travel patterns. Giuliano's writings have also included lighter topics. During his time in
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, for example, he wrote restaurant reviews for a local English-language magazine.''Introduction''
, Afghan Scene (magazine), Issue 11, May 2005, page 3


Political advocacy

In the early 2000s, Giuliano was a consultant for the Italian Senate's Committee on Human Rights.''University College Record 2003'',
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, 2003
At that time, some his writings were intended to influence the positions of the Italian Government on certain human rights issues, as was the case with material that he wrote on North Korea.''Activity Report''
, Life and Human Rights in North Korea, Spring 2000, Vol. 15, page 46


Development career

In 2004, Giuliano worked for the
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in the elections for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, where he advocated for turnout by potential voters in spite of precarious security conditions.''Pakistan: IOM busy with Afghan voter education campaign''
IRIN, 29 September 2004
''Afghanistan - Pakistan: Insecurity hampered voter registration in North and South Waziristan''
IRIN, 7 October 2004

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, 5 October 2004
And in 2005 he worked in Afghanistan for the
United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...
's justice division which endeavoured to reform the country's legal system.''Attorney-General's Office one step closer to delivering justice for narcotics-related crime''
(press release),
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, 14 May 2005
''Afghan Law Students Score High in Washington DC''
(press release), UNDP, 4 April 2005
In both cases, he was working in the field of communications with the media. He worked for the United Nations, again in the field of media relations, in
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in 2006, where he denounced very low levels of funding for a "neglected" emergency and called Western governments to be generous in saving lives of the most vulnerable Central Africans.''Central African Republic: Humanitarian Crisis Continues, Funding Remains Low'' (press release)
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, 10 February 2006
''CAR: Donor conference begins in Cameroon''
IRIN, 20 February 2006
''Plea for Humanitarian Aid in Northern CAR'', Angola Press, 22 February 2006 Modeste J. Poubalandji

Le Confident, 19 December 2005
He moved to Sudan in 2007, where he vocally denounced abuses by increasingly fragmented armed groups as well as access constraints caused by the Sudanese Government,
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''Chaos in Darfur Rises as Arabs Fight With Arabs''
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, 3 September 2007
Opheera McDoom
''Sudan surrounds, attacks volatile Darfur camp - witness''
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, 22 August 2007
Opheera McDoom
''Armed men attack police in Darfur refugee camp''
Reuters, 20 August 2007
Opheera McDoom

Reuters, 16 August 2007
Anthony Lodiong, ''Boy aged 10 jailed for avenging father'',
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, page 1, 20–27 April 2007
and called for more funding also in response to floods that hit the city of
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.Alistair Thomson
''Deadly floods, disease afflict Africa's arid Sahel''
Reuters, 15 August 2007
''UN spokesperson speaking to Aljazeera during Sudan Floods''
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, August 2010
In 2008 he was posted to
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, calling for more international attention amidst conflict between Chadian and pro-Sudanese forces which displaced more than half a million people,Craig Timberg
''Chadian Rebels Urge Cease-Fire As Push Falters''
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, 6 February 2008
Massimo Alberizzi
''Yamena, la capital fantasma de un Chad arrasado por el terror''
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, 11 February 2008
and with the events culminating in the battle of N'Djamena of February 2008, after which he worked in
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following the refugee crisis caused by war and asking for solid international support for the refugees and for reconstruction efforts,Craig Timberg
''Aid Groups Work to Avert Disaster Among Chadians in Cameroon''
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, 8 February 2008
Sarah Simpson
''Chadian refugees head home after failed rebel coup''
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, 14 February 2008
R.M.
''Maurizio Giuliano: "Une trés bonnne réponse de la communauté internationale"''
Cameroon Tribune, 18 February 2008
''Les refugiés de N'djaména craignent toujours de rentrer chez eux''
Cameroon-One, 15 February 2008
warning that a humanitarian crisis could turn into a humanitarian catastrophe in the absence of a robust response.Craig Timberg

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, 6 February 2008
In 2009 and 2010 he worked in the
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, where he denounced attacks by warring parties against civilians''Congo Civilians Flee as Rwandan Rebels Attack Villages, UN Says''
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, 24 February 2009
Joe Bavier
''Some Congo civilians return, others flee rebels''
, Reuters, 2 April 2009
and the use of rape as a weapon of war, referring to rape as a "pandemic" and "plague".
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''Rapes Are Again Reported in Eastern Congo''
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, 25 February 2011
He denounced the brutality of expulsions between the DRC and
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, alleging that both countries were committing rapes of illegal immigrants who were being deported, Barry Bearak
''Congo and Angola Agree to End Expulsions''
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, 13 October 2009
''ANGOLA-DRC: Retaliatory expulsions reach a new peak''
IRIN, 24 October 2009
and urging them to investigate the allegations on both sides of the border.''Angola urged to investigate Congo expulsion rapes''
BBC, 29 October 2010
Jeffrey Gettleman Jeffrey A. Gettleman (born 1971) is an American Pulitzer prize-winning journalist. Since 2018, he has been the South Asia bureau chief of The New York Times based in New Delhi. From 2006-July 2017, he was East Africa bureau chief for ''The Times' ...

''Hundreds Were Raped on Congo-Angola Border''
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, 5 November 2010
''UN: Mass rapes on Angola-DRC border''
Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...
, 6 November 2010
In response to Giuliano's criticism about the extent of rape in the country, Congo's Government spokesperson
Lambert Mende Lambert Mende Omalanga (born 11 february 1953) is the former minister of communications of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He is best known for saying that an overturned fuel truck that exploded and killed 230 people was trying to overtake a ...
dubbed him as "the rape spokesperson". Bienvenu Kaforo, ''Un phenomène sous contrôle'',
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, 2 November 2010
In 2010 he was UN spokesperson for the 2010 Pakistan floods.
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''UN calls for more aid for flood-hit Pakistan''
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, 19 August 2010
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''UN seeks to boost Pakistan flood aid response''
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, 19 August 2010
Waqar Gillani
''In Flooded Pakistan, a Lack of Basic Supplies''
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, 18 August 2010
He warned of an impending "second wave of death" that would result from post-flood disease and food shortages,Adam Ellick
''Floods Could Have Lasting Impact for Pakistan''
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, 16 August 2010
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and Waqar Gillani
''Pakistan Leader Faces Fury Over Floods''
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, 13 August 2010

''Dödstalen stiger i Pakistan''
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, 27 August 2010
stating that 3.5 million children were at risk of death if they did not get assistance,''Millions of Pakistan children at risk of flood diseases''
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''3,5 miljoner barn hotas av sjukdomar i Pakistan''
Sveriges Television, 16 August 2010
including due to cholera.
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''Blast Strikes Pakistani Police Area''
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and Waqar Gillani
"Disease Threatens Flood Victims in Pakistan"
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, 14 August 2010
He stated that "an already colossal disaster asgetting worse and requiring an even more colossal response",''UN: Flooding has displaced 1 million more in Pakistan''
,
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, 27 August 2010
referring to the relief operations as "a marathon at sprint pace",''Children suffer in flooded Pakistan''
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, 24 August 2010
and giving figures of up to a million people displaced in 48 hours.
Carlotta Gall Carlotta Gall is a British journalist and author. She covered Afghanistan and Pakistan for ''The New York Times'' for twelve years. She is currently the Istanbul bureau chief for The New York Times covering Turkey. Career Summary Daughter of ve ...

''Evacuations Continue in Southern Pakistan''
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, 27 August 2010
''Dubbelt så många hemlösa i Pakistan''
Sveriges Television, 19 August 2010
He argued that the needs outpaced available resources,
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''Pakistan Receives More Flood Aid, but Need Grows''
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, 19 August 2010
''Quotation of the Day''
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, 17 August 2010
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''Aid for Pakistan Lags, U.N. Warns''
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, 18 August 2010
Lucie Dangoing
''Pakistan: l’aide internationale s’organise''
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, 18 August 2010
also due to endless rains.
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''Suicide Bomber Kills 53 at Shiite Protest''
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, 3 September 2010
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''Continuing Rain Slows Flood Aid in Pakistan''
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, 5 August 2010
Salman Masood Salman Masood (Urdu language, Urdu: سلمان مسعود) is a Pakistani journalist who has been working as a Pakistan correspondent for ''The New York Times'' since 2001. He is also the Editor, Pakistan ''The Nation (Pakistan), The Nation''. T ...

''Monsoon Rains Continue in Flood-Ravaged Pakistan''
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, 9 August 2010
In response to
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threats to attack relief workers, Giuliano stated that they "would not be intimidated" by such threats and would continue working.
Salman Masood Salman Masood (Urdu language, Urdu: سلمان مسعود) is a Pakistani journalist who has been working as a Pakistan correspondent for ''The New York Times'' since 2001. He is also the Editor, Pakistan ''The Nation (Pakistan), The Nation''. T ...

''In Pakistan, Taliban Hint at Attacks on Relief Workers''
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, 26 August 2010
He indicated that the floods had a worse impact than several other recent natural disasters combined, becoming the worst natural disaster in United Nations history. Orla Guerin
''UN to launch Pakistan flood appeal''
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, 10 August 2010
Neil Tweedie
''Pakistan floods: disaster is the worst in the UN's history''
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''UN Spokesperson speaking to BBC during Pakistan Floods''
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, August 2010
He attracted criticism for exaggerating the extent of the emergency but was also credited for bringing attention to it.''UN recants extent of flood calamity''
, Daily Mail (Pakistan), 13 August 2010
In 2014 and 2015 he headed the office of the
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(OCHA) in the
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's city of
Bunia Bunia is the capital city of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was part of the Orientale Province until that province's dissolution. It lies at an elevation of on a plateau about west of Lake Albert in the Alb ...
, where he denounced continued abuses by multiple militia groups against civilians, in particular the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) Aaron Ross
''Heavy fighting in northeast Congo as talks with militia falters''
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, 15 January 2015
''SA troops prepare to ‘neutralise’ Hutu rebels''
News 24, 18 January 2015
''Ituri : combats entre les FARDC et des rebelles après des négociations infructueuses''
MediaCongo, 16 January 2015
and the
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n Allied Democratic Forces (ADF),''ADF rebels hack 22 in new DR Congo attack''
AFP, 18 October 2014
''Massive machete attack in DRC''
AFP, 16 October 2014
''Rebels Kill 26 in DRC Machete Attack as U.N. Chief Told to Leave''
AFP, 16 October 2014
''Est de la RDC: nouvelle tuerie près de Beni, les rebelles ougandais accusés''
L'Obs, 24 November 2014
''RDC: journées villes mortes au Nord-Kivu contre l’insécurité ''
Jeune Afrique, 20 October 2014
as well as less known warlords including Paul Sadala (alias Morgan) whose routine use of gang-rape was denounced by Giuliano; but he also requested the Government and the UN mission MONUSCO to do more to protect civilians.''RDC : 12 blessés graves dans l'attaque d'un camp de déplacés''
, AFP, 11 March 2015
''RD Congo : les Casques bleus appelés à mieux protéger les civils en Province-Orientale''
DK News, 14 December 2014
He considered that serious atrocities and
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abuses in
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were not getting sufficient international attention, and called for robust protection efforts and funding to meet humanitarian needs. He also advocated for reinforced accountability to recipients of assistance.''RDC : Mamadou Diallo en Ituri pour une solution humanitaire''
Agence Congolaise de Presse, 28 January 2016


Travel

According to the
Guinness Book ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
, through his work, he had travelled to every single
sovereign country A sovereign state or sovereign country, is a political entity represented by one central government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined terr ...
in the world (which totalled 193 according to the Guinness Book) by 20 February 2004.''Guinness Book of World Records 2006'',
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, 2006, page 126 on the UK edition ''(NB: it can be noted that while the Guinness Book refers to 193 countries, Giuliano has elsewhere spoken about 192)''
Елена Мурзина
''11 кругосветных путешествий''
Peoples.ru

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, 26 February 2004
He claimed that he had visited a total of up to 238 territories (including the 193 sovereign countries recognized by Guinness),''European sets world travel record''
ABC Online, 27 February 2004 (''NB: The article mistakenly states that Giuliano was 23 at the time, while he was 28 as reflected in the Guinness Book'')
and stated that North Korea had been the hardest country to get into, after numerous attempts and long waits to get a visa, followed by a visit during which he was never let alone by his "tour guides". His Sudanese visa was also particularly difficult to obtain, involving a wait of nearly a year. In 1992 he had his passport stolen in
Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
and reported difficulties obtaining a new one from the Italian embassy, supposedly due to a
Neapolitan Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to: Geography and history * Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city * Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and Hig ...
clerk mistaking him for an Albanian because of his
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
ese accent. He started travelling at the age of 14 and believes that, as of 2004, he had travelled at least two million miles, including on the
Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the ea ...
and through 11 ''round-the-world'' air journeys. Some of his earliest journeys were to
Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
and
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...
in 1991, aged 16, and to
Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...
in 1992 on the occasion of the national festivities Naadam. During his early travels he often stayed with penpals. Most of his later travels were related to his journalistic work.Maurizio Giuliano, ''The Stamp Collector'',
Journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...
, April 2004
He stated that in some countries he lived or spent months, while in others he spent mere hours, his shortest stay being a one-hour visit to
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with
Air Fiji Air Fiji was an airline based in Nausori, Fiji. It operated inter-island services to destinations within the Fijian Islands. Its main base was Nausori International Airport, Suva, with a base at Nadi International Airport.Flight International 27 ...
. On 20 February 2004, he arrived in Suriname on a Brazilian airliner, thereby completing his visit to all sovereign nations of the world. He held a press conference there on 24 February, where he stated that he had chosen Suriname to complete his record, as the country had always fascinated him due to its richness and variety in cultures and ethnicities. Nancy de Randamie
''Brits-Italiaan behaalt reisrecord in Suriname''
De Ware Tijd ''De Ware Tijd'' (English: The True Time) is one of four daily newspapers in Paramaribo, Suriname. , it was the largest-circulation paper in the country, ahead of its rival, ''De West'', and was described as taking a "staunchly independent stance" ...
, 25 February 2004
''Jongste Wereldreiziger Vestigde Record in Suriname''
,
Dagblad Suriname ''Dagblad Suriname'' is one of the leading daily Surinamese newspapers. It is published in the Dutch language in Paramaribo Paramaribo (; ; nicknamed Par'bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname R ...
, 24 February 2004
He then travelled from Suriname to London, with 42 passports (30
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and 12
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) filled with immigration stamps, in order to prove his record with
Guinness World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
.''Con apenas 23 años y ha visitado 193 países''
El Universal (Mexico) ''El Universal'' is a Mexican newspaper based in Mexico City. ''El Universal'' was founded by Félix Palavicini and Emilio Rabasa in October 1916, in the city of Santiago de Queretaro to cover the end of the Mexican Revolution and the creatio ...
, 26 February 2004 (''NB: The article mistakenly states that Giuliano was 23 at the time, while he was 28 as reflected in the Guinness Book'')
He claimed that most of his travels were unrelated to the record, and that only since 2001, on the suggestion of friends, he had the Guinness Record in mind when planning his travels. Simona Ravizza
''A 29 anni come Marco Polo: ho visitato i 192 paesi del mondo''
Corriere della Sera, 14 March 2004 (''NB: The photos and captions referred to in the text are available on the paper version but not the online version'')
In explaining his record, however, he stated that he might be affected by an "addiction to crossing borders". Collecting
passport stamp A passport stamp is an inked impression in a passport typically made by rubber stamp upon entering or exiting a territory. Passport stamps may occasionally take the form of sticker stamps, such as entry stamps from Japan. Depending on nationality, ...
s as proof of travels was a major part of Giuliano's endeavour, and he describes being obsessed about his stamps, to the extent that he travelled with ink pads in five different colours so that he could assist immigration officers whose stamps may lack ink.


Bibliography

* with foreword by José Antonio Viera-Gallo Quesney, ''La Transición Cubana y el 'Bloqueo' Norteamericano'', Ediciones CESOC; 1st edition (May 1997), . * ''El Caso CEA: Intelectuales e Inquisidores en Cuba'', Ediciones Universal; 2nd edition (November 1998), .


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giuliano, Maurizio 1975 births Living people Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom Alumni of University College, Oxford Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Journalists from Milan