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Statement by Malta's Ambassador in Geneva at the 4th Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological Weapons and their Destruction
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26/11/1996
26/11/1996
| On 26 November 1996, Malta's Ambassador in Geneva, Dr Michael | Bartolo, addressed the Fourth Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and their Destruction. |
| Briefly, Dr Bartolo reiterated Malta's support to the 1972 | Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and indicated Malta's belief in a stronger BWC and its confidence that any serious or unusual outbreak of disease or intoxination in a State Party will be investigated as a matter of urgency. The Ambassador also made reference to the dangers that exist in the Mediterranean region. |
| Dr Bartolo stated that Malta had earlier associated itself with a | Declaration made by the European Union and with a démarche with the objective of promoting universal support to the Convention. |
| Ambassador Bartolo took the opportunity to state for the first time | in an International Conference the policy of the new Government of Malta on the Mediterranean by quoting the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Environment: |
| "It is my government's declared policy that it is committed to | a foreign policy based on the values of democratic governance, on the upholding of fundamental human rights, on the promotion of diplomatic and peaceful means for the settlement of disputes, and on a policy which strongly opposes military aggression, and more specifically the manufacture, proliferation and use of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The ultimate objective of our Mediterranean policy should be the transformation of our region into a demilitarized nuclear free zone of peace." |
A copy of this speech is attached.
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