Italian Republic
Marcello Spatafora
Italy held the presidency of the European Union for the second half of 2003. It last occupied an elected seat on the Security Council in 1995_96. Marcello Spatafora became Italy’s Ambassador to the United Nations on April 4, 2003. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Spatafora’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on October 14, 2003.Today’s debate addresses one of the most controversial issues on the United Nations reform agenda: the Security Council. As last week’s debate underscored, the Security Council must also be strengthened substantially and made more efficient and effective for United Nations reform to be truly…
