MALTESE BIOETHICS CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE DELEGATION TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN POLAND

MALTESE BIOETHICS CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE DELEGATION TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN POLAND

Two delegates of the Bioethics Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Pierre Mallia (Secretary) and Rev. Fr. Emanuel Agius, will be attending the Annual Meeting of the "European Society for Philosophy in Medicine and Health Care" (ESPMH), to be held in Cracow, Poland, between the 23^rd and the 30^th August 2000.

The ESPMH is the largest Bioethics Organisation in Europe with strong ties to research carried out within the European Union and with the International Bioethics Association. Dr. Mallia and Fr. Agius are both members of this organisation.

The Maltese delegation last year lobbied for this important meeting to be held in Malta in August 2002. The official voting will be taking place in Cracow, where Dr. Mallia and Fr. Agius will discuss, on behalf of the Bioethics Consultative Committee, the theme and venue of the Malta meeting.