UN General Assembly
2002

﻿On behalf of the Government of the Republic of San Marino, I wish first to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Jan Kavan on his election as President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. I am convinced that his experience, professional skills and dynamism will contribute to the success of our work. I also wish to thank Dr. Han Seung-soo for having presided over the General Assembly in one of the most difficult and delicate moments of our recent history. Inevitably, this session of the General Assembly is still suffering the consequences of a deep, indelible wound that, a little more than a year ago, was inflicted on the whole of humanity, on the people who contributed to creating this civilization and, in particular, on a great and friendly nation, whose role has always been crucial to the future of our planet. Feelings of pain and fright, but also rebellion, are still vivid in the minds of each and every one of us. The firm and absolute condemnation of what happened last year in September remains unchanged and has been