San Marino is an independent and sovereign member of the international community. It maintains an extensive diplomatic network relative to its diminutive size, as well as an active foreign policy and international presence.
International organizations
Among other international organizations, San Marino is a full member of the following international organizations:
- United Nations
- International Court of Justice
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Tourism Organization (WTO)
- Council of Europe
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- International Criminal Court (ICC)
- International Institution for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
It also cooperates with UNICEF and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and has official relations with the European Union.
From May 10 until November 6, 1990, San Marino held the semi-annual presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The second San Marino Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe was from November 2006 until May 2007.
Diplomatic relations
List of countries which San Marino maintains diplomatic relations with: (consular relations with Haiti)
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UN Secretary General visits and remarks
On 31 March-1 April 2013, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was the official orator on the occasion of the newly elected Captains Regent. “Although this country is small, your importance to the United Nations stands as tall as Mount Titano,” the Secretary-General told the country's highest officials, the two Captains Regent, in reference to the country's 739 meter UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mr. Ban also noted that the country accepted five times as many refugees as its population during the Second World War, and praised its emphasis on protecting human rights. This was the second visit to San Marino by a UN Secretary General, the first having been by Boutrous Boutrous-Gali's visit in 1996.
Multilateral relations
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|See San Marino–European Union relations
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Bilateral relations
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- Azerbaijan is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
- San Marino maintains an honorary consulate in Baku.
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|||<!-- Start date -->26 March 1985||See Germany–San Marino relations
- Germany is accredited to San Marino from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
- San Marino is accredited to Germany from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Marino.
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|||<!-- Start date -->20 November 1979
On 1 March 2023, the Grand and General Council of San Marino authorised the country's government to take sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has included San Marino in an Unfriendly List.
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|||<!-- Start date -->22 August 2000
- San Marino–South Korea relations
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|||<!-- Start date -->31 March 1978
Both countries share common membership of the Council of Europe, European Court of Human Rights, the International Criminal Court, OSCE, the United Nations, and the World Health Organization. Bilaterally the two countries have a Double Taxation Convention, and a Tax Information Exchange Agreement.
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|||<!-- Start date -->16 January 1925
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See also
- List of diplomatic missions of San Marino
- List of diplomatic missions in San Marino
References
External links
- San Marino Secretary of State website
- San Marino Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe