16/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - Presenting the EU stance last week, Henrik Ree Iversen, Denmark's ambassador to the Disarmament conference in Geneva, regretted that the Conference was once again "heading towards the end of the year without having agreed on a programme of work". But all was not negative, and the EU representative stressed a certain number of results secured in 2002, including regarding the undertaking of States parties to the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) to negotiate a treaty on fissile materials (FMCT). "With an early entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the immediate commencement of the FMCT negotiation constitutes the next essential step in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation", said the ambassador. In addition, he remarked that the EU had taken note of the commitment of the party States regarding the Biological and Chemical Convention and expected in this regard a successful outcome of the reconvening of the Convention's Review Conference in November.