The Spanish government will establish a Security Commission for the WMF (30-06-2005)

Valencia - The Delegate of the Spanish Government in Valencia, Antoni Bernabé, has announced today the establishment of a Security Commission that will start its works in September and will be in charge of the security plan for the WMF.

Besides representatives of the Church, members of different public institutions will take part in that Commission according to Bernabé, who held a press conference after meeting Archbishop Agustín García-Gasco this morning in his office. Monsignor García-Gasco has informed the Delegate about the preparation works and the characteristics of the WMF and has officially requested for the co-operation needed to "guarantee the correct celebration and security of the meeting, in which more than a million people are already expected to attend", according to both the Archbishop and Government sources.

During the meeting, both have made clear their "will of dialogue and co-operation", according to the same sources. The Delegate has also "considered as very positive both the importance and consequences of the Meeting for the city that will held it and also for our entire region." Bernabé "has committed himself on behalf of the Spanish Government to give the necessary impulse to all actions required so that the Meeting takes place with all security provisions."