VATICAN RADIO: BILATERAL MEETING TO DISCUSS RADIATION EMISSIONS

VATICAN CITY, MAR 24, 2001 (VIS) - Following is the joint declaration, made public today, of the Italy-Holy See Bilateral Commission for the solution of problems tied to the intensity of electromagnetic fields in Santa Maria di Galeria, Vatican Radio's transmission center. The commission met yesterday evening at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"The Vatican delegation was presided over by Msgr. Celestino Migliore, under-secretary for Relations with States, and the Italian delegation by Ambassador Umberto Vattani, secretary general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the participation of representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Communications.

"The parties examined the technical protocol on concrete methods of measurement relative to the existing electromagnetic fields.

"The two delegations will meet again at the beginning of next week to establish working methods with the goal of coordinating the findings on the installations with the measurements on Italian territory. In any case, the two parties are also independently qualified to carry out controls and examinations which do not involve breaches of their respective sovereignties.

"All of the participants expressed the desire to immediately address the worries and health concerns of the area's population."

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