OPENING ADDRESS BY DEIVIDAS MATULIONIS, STATE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, AT THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ‘SEA-DUMPED CHEMICAL WEAPONS: PERSPECTIVES OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION’ (Vilnius, 30 September – 1 October, 2008)
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Distinguished Participants,
At the outset let me extend to all of you a cordial welcome to Vilnius.
The issue of Dumped Chemical Weapons at Seas is an international and multifaceted problem. Around 40 states have already acknowledged that a...
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