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… to the digital presence of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations Office at Vienna, to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission (CTBTO).

On this website we will inform you about the Order of Malta’s multilateral activities on the international diplomatic floor and our global humanitarian efforts as well as provide you with some useful information about the Permanent Observer Mission in Vienna.

State visit of H.M.E.H. Frá Matthew Festing at the UN headquarters in Vienna

H.E. Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, Grand Hospitaller; H.E. Ambassador Günther Granser; H.M.E.H. Frá Matthew Festing, Prince and Grandmaster; H.E. Yuri Fedotov, Director General and Executive Director (UN Vienna - UNODC); H.E. Jean-Pierre Mazery, Grand Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs

H.M.E.H. Fra’ Matthew Festing with the highest government members arrived at the UN Plaza and were received with honours by the UN Security and Safety Forces. The UNOV Director General and UNODC Executive Director, Yury Fedotov welcomed H.M.E.H. and the delegation of the Order upon arrival at the UN Plaza and accompanied the delegation personally to the UNODC headquarters.

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Latest Press Releases

  • Emergency relief coordinator Thomas Molitor distributes the new backpacks to Syrian refugee children in a school in Kilis, Turkey. (Photo: IBC/Malteser International)
    10/05/2013

    Syria: Help for refugees and internally displaced people

    Millions struggling for survival – Your donation can save lives! Thousands of displaced Syrian mothers and children are struggling for survival. “Their needs, especially the children’s needs, increase every day”, says Thomas Molitor, emergency coordinator at Malteser International. Recently, Malteser…

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  • The home visits program is reaching out to 400 Syrian refugee families living in northern Lebanon. Photo: Andrea Krogmann
    29/04/2013

    Lebanon: Home visits bring relief to Syrian families

    Health care and hygiene kits protect refugees from diseases A home visits program is reaching out to 400 Syrian refugee families living in precarious improvised shelters in northern Lebanon. With Malteser International’s support, the Lebanese Association of the Order of…

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  • First-Aid at school in Albania
    23/04/2013

    First-Aid at school in Albania

    The first year of the project for teaching high-school pupils first-aid techniques ended on a high note. Organized by the Order of Malta’s volunteer corps in Albania, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Education, the project was implemented in four stages.

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Interventions of the order in the world

The following animated graphic provides you with a current geographical overview of the Order of Malta’s humanitarian interventions and activities: