ITALY TO SEEK NEW UN RESOLUTION TO HALT DEATH PENALTY

Italy is preparing a new resolution at the United Nations to abolish capital punishment worldwide, Foreign Undersecretary Enzo Scotti said.
"Italy is ready to continue working closely with all those nations who backed the campaign for a moratorium on the death penalty," Scotti told the Fourth World Conference Against the Death Penalty in Geneva.
Scotti was referring to a 2007 non-binding UN resolution on a moratorium, which was spearheaded by Rome and the European Union.
Scotti said Italy planned to present the new resolution at the UN General Assembly in autumn.
"The time has come to abolish capital punishment worldwide. There is no data to prove that it acts as a deterrent to reduce crime or political violence," said Scotti, who said it was "especially terrible when it involves children, the disabled or pregnant women".