In Italy, she founded the Italian section of Amnesty International which she led from 1973 to 1980.

After the disbanding of PSI, Boniver joined Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia along with many other Socialists.

After having unsuccessfully run again for the Italian Senate in 2001, she was appointed and served until 2006 as Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in Berlusconi's II and III cabinets.

In 2006 and 2008, she was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies, representing the social-democratic wing of the party.

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