WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION TO STUDY CODE OF TOURISM ETHICS

VATICAN CITY, MAY 15, 1999 (VIS) - Msgr. Piero Monni, Holy See permanent observer to the World Tourism Organization, will address the 60th meeting of the WTO's executive council during its meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from May 18 to 21, according to a commnique released today by his office.

The note adds that one of the important projects of this meeting will be the preparation of a Global Code of Tourism Ethics. "The Holy See," it says, "from the day that the WTO was established, has always underlined the duty of supporting and defending the ethical, spiritual and religious values of various peoples." Msgr. Monni will address the issue of problems connected with religious freedom and religious worship in the foreign countries visited.

"The institutional scope of the Holy See," states the communique, "is to sustain this commitment of respecting the aforementioned values, so that they might become a motive of universal brotherhood and dialogue among peoples. And it is precisely to support these aspirations and rights that the Holy See is present in various international institutions, including the WTO, with a permanent observer."

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