Then, the observer of the Holy See declared: "Both the continuous failure of the negotiations on the elimination of nuclear weapons and the plans to modernize the already existing nuclear arsenals seriously endanger the effectiveness of the Treaty". Since "nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation may mutually strengthen or weaken", according to Msgr. Migliore, "both of them are imperative for fulfilling the Non-Proliferation Treaty", whose "coming into force" is "really late". Then, the Vatican representative confirmed that "nuclear weapons violate every aspect of humanitarian law", and "are an offence for planet safeguard". Furthermore, he warned, "the risk that those weapons end up in the hands of terrorists is real and present". Therefore, he hoped for an international conference on the subject, which should take place in 2009. Finally, the observer of the Holy See hoped for a "moratorium on the production, distribution and use of cluster bombs", causing "humanitarian disasters" affecting, above all, "civil populations".
