The Special Rapporteur would like also to take this opportunity to gratefully acknowledge each of these agencies for its very kind and generous support.

At the same time, the substantial assistance of the international community and the United Nations had been very important, and Croatia gratefully acknowledged it.

We gratefully accept the offer of the Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay to host the Sixteenth Ibero American Summit of Heads of State and Government in 2006.

We also gratefully accept the offer of the Government of the Republic of Chile to host the Seventeenth Ibero American Summit of Heads of State and Government in 2007.

Mr. Hannesson (Iceland) Mr. President, like so many colleagues before me, I should like to start by gratefully expressing our appreciation for the thoughtful report of the Secretary General entitled In larger freedom .

Out of the ashes of war a new kind of Europe arose, as did a new kind of Japan, which even had a pacifist constitution (written by idealistic Americans, but gratefully accepted by most Japanese).

The Special Rapporteur was extremely gratified by the careful and kind attention focused on the Draft Principles by so many interested parties, and wishes to gratefully acknowledge each contribution offered towards the development of this important work.

The Special Rapporteur gratefully acknowledges the assistance given for the preparation of this report by Stefano Dorigo (Ph.D. candidate, University of Pisa), Paolo Palchetti (Associate Professor, University of Macerata) and Mark Toufayan (LL.M. candidate, New York University).

The assistance and continuing support provided by the FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the Netherlands, Michelin and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency for the first year of the coordination process are gratefully acknowledged.

Those like me who have been out of public office for a long time need to be wary about offering gratuitous commentary or, worse, advice. It is unlikely to be gratefully received by one s successors, and it suggests a severe case of what I have called relevance deprivation syndrome.