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Foreign Ministry of Spain: Chairman's Statement at the First Meeting, Foreign Ministry of Spain, , June 12, 2003.
Chairman’s First Statement
The International Community is deeply concerned by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction [WMD] and related materials, as well as by the risk that these may fall into the hands of terrorists. There exists a wide-spread consensus that this menace, together with terrorism, constitutes the greatest challenge to International Security.
In this context, the Government of Spain hosted a meeting of countries on June 12, where, building on the Proliferation Security Initiative announced by U.S. President Bush May 31 in Krakow, participants agreed on the need to take more active measures to stop the flow of WMD and missiles to and from states and non-state actors of proliferation concern. Participants recalled G-8 efforts, including the Global Partnership Against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the EU Strategy and Action Plan against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
The group included Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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