SOCIAL SECURITY CONVENTION BETWEEN THE HOLY SEE AND ITALY

VATICAN CITY, JUN 16, 2000 (VIS) - At midday today, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls made the following declaration:

"Today Friday June 16, Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, secretary for Relations with States, and Lamberto Dini, Italian foreign minister, signed a 'Social Security Convention between the Holy See and the Italian Republic' and the associated 'Administrative Agreement.'

"The new international instrument will give Vatican employees, not just the Italians, and their families, greater peace of mind in the face of the demands and unforeseen circumstances of everyday life."

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