DECLARATION BY HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE DIRECTOR

VATICAN CITY, APR 11, 2001 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls released the following declaration late yesterday:

"The head of the Italian delegation, Ambassador Umberto Vattani, and that of the Holy See Delegation, Msgr. Celestino Migliore, met this evening to detail the work of the Italy-Holy See Bilateral Commission in charge of the solution of the problems related to the intensity of Vatican Radio's electromagnetic fields in Santa Maria di Galeria.

"In expectation of the completion of the process of joint measurement, established by the technical protocol adopted last March 23, the Holy See confirms that it has reduced, unilaterally, by 50 percent the power of medium wave emission from Vatican Radio's broadcasting center in Santa Maria di Galeria, since last February 1, and is committed to reducing the duration of emission of the same broadcasting station in order to take into account the thresholds established by Ministerial Decree n. 381/98.

"The Bilateral Commission will meet again on April 18."

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