Important cooperation agreements were signed between Naples and San Francisco in the fields of human rights, technology, and science this past Friday, October 25th.

Creating new cooperation programs between Neapolitan and San Franciscan organizations, these agreements were penned in the presence of Naples' Mayor Luigi de Magistris at the Italian Consulate General. California and San Francisco human rights leaders announced joint activities in the field of human rights and equal opportunities, which included negotiations for a pact between the San Francisco Human Rights Commission and the Naples Department of Equal Opportunities.

The meeting was convened a few hours before the joint performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem by the San Francisco Opera and Naples' Teatro San Carlo at the War Memorial Opera House, the flagship event of the Year of Italian Culture in the United States.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano