World Food Summit
(Rome, 13-17 November 1996 -FAO)

• Statement by His Holiness John Paul II at the Inaugural Session of the World Food Summit (November 13, 1996)
  [French, Italian, Spanish]

• Remarks by Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the final Document (November 16, 1996)
  [Spanish]

• Observations by the Holy See on the final Documents  (November 13-17, 1996)
  [Spanish]

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World Conference on Women  
(Beijing, September 1995)

• Address by Mrs. Mary Ann Glendon, Head of the Holy See Delegation to the 4th World Conference on Women (September 5, 1995)
  [Spanish]

• Statement  on the final Document and presentation of the concluding Observations (September 15, 1995)
  [Spanish]

• Comments by the Holy See on the Documents of the Conference (September 15, 1995)
  [Spanish]

• Declaration  regarding the interpretation of the term «gender» (September 15, 1995)
  [Spanish]

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• Bylaws of Vatican Radio (September 1, 1995)
  [Italian]

• Intervention by Msgr. Diarmuid Martin, Head of the delegation  of the Holy See, at the World Summit of Social Development (Copenhagen, March 7, 1995)
  [Spanish]

• New norms governing the salaries of Vatican personnel (October 31, 1994)
  [Italian]

• Intervention by Msgr. Cándido Rubiolo, representative of the Holy See at the 6th regional Conference on the process of integration of women in the economic and social development of Latin America and the Caribbeans (September 25, 1994)
  [Spanish]

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International Conference
on Population and Development
(Cairo, 5-13 September 1994)

• Intervention by Msgr. Renato Raffaele Martino, Head of the Delegation of the Holy See  (September 7,  1994)
  [Spanish]

• Declaration by Msgr. Renato Raffaele Martino on the final Document
  [Spanish]

• Observations of the Holy See regarding the final Document of the Conference
  [Spanish]

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• Intervention by Msgr. Alfio Rapisarda at the 24th ordinary session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (June 8, 1994)
  [Spanish]
   

• Intervention by Msgr. Girolamo Prigione at the General Assembly of the Organization of American States on cooperation for integral development and the fight against poverty (February 17-19, 1994)
  [Spanish]

• Rescriptum approving the "Provisions in Favor of the Family" (January 1, 1994)
  [Italian]

• Rescriptum approving "Norms governing retroactive pension contribution applicable to a prior non-entitlement period" (October 28, 1993)
  [Italian]

• Rescripta approving new norms governing Vatican personnel (March 22, 1993)
  [Italian]

• Rescriptum approving the new Statue of the "Peregrinatio ad Petri Sedem" (February 15, 1993)
  [Italian]

• Decretum establishing term limits for those serving on the Advisory Committee for the Pension Fund (January 25, 1993)
  [Italian]

• Signature regarding the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Nuclear Arms and on their Destruction (January 14, 1993)
  [Spanish]

• Rescriptum on the norm of can. 112, § 1, 1 of the Code of Canon Law (November 26, 1992)
  [Latin]

• Decretum on the New Norms regulating Pensions (October 2, 1992)
  [Italian]

• Rescriptum promulgating Norms governing Family Benefits (May 26, 1992)
  [Italian]

• General Regulations governing the Roman Curia (February 4, 1992)
  [Italian]

• Document granting ULSA the permanent mandate to examine and judge labor controversies of the Vatican Chapter (December 3, 1991)
  [Italian]

• Rescriptum  establishing the permanent Interdicastrial Commission for a more proportional distribution of priests in the world (July 13, 1991)
  [Latin]

• New norm to be inserted in the appendix of the Bylaws of the Labor Office (October 2, 1990)
  [Italian]

• Institution of the Second Division of the College of Settlement and Arbitration  (November 18, 1990)
  [Italian]

• Ordinance regarding the provisions of the Motu proprio Iusti Iudicis (July 23, 1990)
  [Latin]

• Rescriptum setting forth new norms regarding the Vicariate of Rome (March 22, 1990)
  [Italian]

• Norms setting forth minimum pension amounts (April 10, 1989)
  [Italian]

• Intervention by Msgr. Jean-Louis Tauran at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Vienna, March  6, 1989)
  [Spanish]

• Intervention by Msgr. Angelo Sodano at the Vienna Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (January  19, 1989)
  [Spanish]

• Intervention by Msgr. Justo Mullor García at the 41st UNESCO International Conference on education (January 12, 1989)
  [Spanish]

• Intervention by Msgr. Angelo Sodano at the International  Paris Chemical Weapons Conference (January 7, 1989)
  [Spanish]

• Rescriptum establishing the Saint Thomas Foundation (November 28, 1988)
  [Italian]

• Rescriptum establishing the "John XXIII" Foundation (October 3, 1988)
  [Italian]

• Norms regarding severance pay (December 15, 1987)
  [Italian] 

• Intervention by Msgr. Raffaele Renato Martino at the Third Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations  (New York, November 12, 1987)
  [Spanish]

• Statement of  H.E. Msgr. Achille Silvestrini to the Assembly of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Vienna, November 4, 1986)
  [Spanish]

• Responsio to the request to make the archives of the Pontiff Saint Pius X and Pope Benedict XV available to scholars (August 20, 1985)
  [Italian]

• Statement of H.E. Msgr. Achille Silvestrini on occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of Signatory States of the Final Act of Helsinki  (July 31, 1985)
  [Spanish]

• Statement of Msgr. Paul Cordes at the World Conference on Women (Nairobi, July 19, 1985)
  [Spanish]

• Rescriptum establishing the "Luigi Gedda Institute of Twin Research and Human Genetics" (April 5, 1985)
   

• Statement of H.E. Msgr. Jan Schotte at the UN International Conference on Population and Development (Mexico, August 8 , 1984)
  [Spanish]

• Statement of Msgr. Faustino Sainz Muñoz at the Seminar in Communications (Riva del Garda, May 3-5, 1984)
  [Spanish]

• Statement of the delegate of the Holy See, Msgr. Edoardo Rovida, to the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (Geneva, March 15, 1984)
  [Spanish]

• Statement of the Holy See at the Stockholm Conference on Disarmament in Europe (January 20,  1984)
  [Spanish]

• Rescriptum establishing the Vatican Television Center (CTV) (October 22, 1983)
  [Latin]

• Statement by the Holy See Delegation at the Meeting on Security and Co-operation in Europe (Madrid, 16 November 1982)
  [Portuguese]

• Declaration by the Holy See Delegation at the European Demographic Conference (Strasburg, 22-24 September 1982)
  [Portuguese]

• Communiqué of the Secretariat to the Papal Mediation Office regarding the dispute between Argentina and Chile (September 15, 1982)
  [Portuguese]

• Address of the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family on the occasion of the opening of the Second International Conference on Family of the Americas (Acapulco, 20 August 1982)
  [Portuguese]

• Statement by the Representative of the Holy See at "Unispace-82" in Vienna (August 9, 1982)
  [Portuguese]

• Second part of the Report of the representative of the Holy See to FAO on the occasion of the 8th Annual Session of the World Food Council of the United Nations (Acapulco, 21-24 June 1982)
  [Portuguese]

• Report of the representative of the Holy See to FAO on the occasion of the 8th Annual Session of the World Food Council of the United Nations (Acapulco, 21-24 June 1982)
  [Portuguese]

• Statement by Holy See representative at the "World Environment Day" Conference (Nairobi, 10 May 1982)
  [Portuguese]

• Statement of the Holy See at the United Nations Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Madrid, 5 November 1981)
  [Portuguese]

• Document of the Holy See for Nuclear Disarmament (October 8, 1981)
  [Portuguese]

• Homily of the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri, during the celebration of the Holy Mass in memory of Popes Paul VI and John Paul I (September 27, 1981)
  [Portuguese]

• Statement of the Holy See at the United Nations Conference on Underdeveloped Countries (Paris, September 7, 1981)
  [Portuguese]

• Statement by the Holy See on the occasion of the Conference on Children's Education in Europe in the 80s (Lisbon, June 3-4, 1981)
  [Portuguese]

• Letter of the Substitute for the Secretary of State Mons.  Eduardo Martínez Somalo, in the name of the Holy Father, to the Director of the Holy See Press Office (June 3, 1981)
  [Portuguese, Spanish]

• Document of the Holy See on the occasion of the International Year of Disabled Persons (March 4, 1981)
  [Portuguese, Spanish]

• Statement of the Holy See at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe convened following the dispositions of the Final Act of Helsinki (November 13, 1980)
  [Portuguese, Spanish]

• Letter of Card. Jean Villot, on behalf of the Holy Father Paul VI, to the world session of the statutory Assembly of FIMARC (March 29, 1978)
  [French, Spanish]

• Letter of Card. Jean Villot, on behalf of the Holy Father Paul VI, to the Archbishop of Wellington (March 2, 1978)
  [English, Spanish]

• Letter of Card. Jean Villot, on behalf of Holy  Father Paul VI, on the occasion of the International Conference of Melbourne on the Regulation of Birth and the Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning (February 10, 1978)
  [English, French, Spanish]

• Letter of Card. Jean Villot, on behalf of the Holy Father Paul VI, to Dr. Papola, President of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (January 29, 1978)
  [French]

• Letter of Card. Jean Villot, on behalf of the Holy Father Paul VI, on the occasion of the 31st Spanish Social Week (January 27, 1978)
  [Spanish]

• Letter of Card. Jean Villot to the Editor of L'Osservatore Romano (January 5, 1978)
  [Spanish]