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Malta Statement at the United Nations
PR1700
18/10/1996
18/10/1996
| Yesterday afternoon Ms. Joanna Darmanin, First Secretary attached | to the Permanent Representation of Malta to the United Nations in New York, addressed the UN's First Committee. |
| "The pursuit of international security and disarmament | remains at the core of the existence of this Organisation" stated Ms J Darmanin, Alternate Representative, when addresssing the First Committee at the UN. The adoption of the CTVT and the indefinite extension of the NPT were characterized as steps towards the achievement of the noble objective of disarmament. In recognizing the further consolidation of the nuclear Weapons Free Zones, it was stated that "The disarmament agenda remains: the need for broader confidence to ensure the universal adherence and compliance to adopted treaties". At the same time the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the additional protocols to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons as well as the completion of a verification protocol on Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and the entry into force of A Cut-off treaty on fissile material, were identified as imminent priorities of the international community". |
| Malta's support for a global ban on anti-personnel landmines was | reiterated and the initiative characterized as a "commensurate response to the global suffering which has been wrought by such mines". |
| Malta's proposal that the Conference on Security and Cooperation in | Europe declare itself a regional arrangement in terms of Chapter VII of the UN Charter "was inspired by the benefits of enhanced mutual assistance and cooperation between international and regional organizations". Malta's belief that the security of Europe and security in the Mediterranean are mutually dependant was recalled and the broad ranging cooperative policy for the Mediterranean through initiatives such as a Council of the Mediterranean and the Stability Pact for the Mediterranean were outlined. The statement of the Deputy Prime Minister during the Euro-Med Information and Training Seminar that "The pursuit of peace in the Mediterranean should be translated into a concrete exercise of preventive diplomacy" was characterized as the basis for Malta's proposal for a Stability Pact for the Mediterranean. The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership was viewed as "another example of common efforts to address root causes of tension and conflict ..... whilst respecting and enhancing the diversity which is characteristic of the region". |
| Concluding, Ms Darmanin stressed that the adherence and | universality of agreements was "the guarantee by which States are assured their security, regions their stability and the international community its peace ..... Our efforts must remain constant and sustained. To strengthen what has been achieved and to conquer new grounds in the interest of international peace and security". |
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