MR. SPEAKER TO ATTEND FIRST WORLD CONGRESS ON THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon Anton Tabone, tomorrow will be attending the First World Congress on the Abolition of the Death Penalty. The Congress is being organised jointly by the European Parliament and the Council of Europe and is being convened in Strasbourg, with the participation of Presidents of Parliaments from the five Continents, as well as the leading NGOs involved in the lobby for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.

The Speaker is expected to address the Congress prior to signing the Appeal, which will lead to the presentation of a Resolution to the UN General Assembly. The Speaker has been invited to this First World Congress on the Abolition of the Death Penalty by Lord Russell-Johnston, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Madame Nicole Fontaine, President of the European Parliament and Monsieur Raymond Forni, President of the French National Assembly.