UN General Assembly
2012

Ambassador Tanin for the wisdom and impartiality with which he has presided over intergovernmental negotiations on the reform. Our country is convinced that the intergovernmental negotiations launched three years ago still represent the right framework to find a solution, taking into account the interests and positions of all. Although the various groups of countries still express different positions, it must be recognized that some steps forward have been taken in the reform process. San Marino believes that the reform should lead to an enlarged, more representative, transparent and efficient Security Council. Moreover, it believes that the five strongly interconnected fundamental themes of the reform need to be considered as a whole. Over the past few years, some new bloody and violent conflicts have broken out. We have also witnessed a massive popular uprising spreading across the squares of cities in North Africa and the Middle East. At the forefront of the Arab revolution were young people, educated and penalized by exclusion from the labour market. The situation is still unstable, and we