Der skal nu udkæmpes to meget vigtige slag, og det første består uden tvivl i at forhindre, at de regeringer, som ikke ønskede et konvent, og som nu vil sætte spørgsmålstegn ved dets arbejde, i løbet af regeringskonferencen gør konventets positive resultater forgæves.
We have two extremely important challenges ahead, the first of which is certainly to prevent the positive results achieved by the Convention being nullified during the Intergovernmental Conference by the endeavours of those same governments which were opposed to the Convention and now want to challenge its work.