Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Gian Nicola Filippi Balestra
San Marino became a member of the United Nations in 1992 and has never served on the Security Council. Gian Nicola Filippi Balestra was appointed San Marino’s Ambassador to the United Nations on December 9, 1996. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Balestra’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on October 14, 2003.After 10 years of intensive work in the Open-ended Working Group on the reform of the Security Council, we are here today to discuss not how to reform the Security Council, but how to proceed in our discussion. This could seem ironic, but it is just proof…
