Mr. Olivier Dupuis

MEP Secretary of the Transnational Radical Party

Mr. Sergio D'Elia

Secretary of Hands off Cain

c/o Coordination Centre

European Parliament - REM 5.08

97 - 113 rue Belliard

1047 Brussels

BELGIUM

Dear Mr. Dupuis and Mr. D'Elia:

On behalf of the Honourable Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, this will acknowledge receipt of your correspondence dated August 7, 1997, in which you are promoting the adoption of a universal moratorium on capital punishments.

Since the responsibility for the matter you raise falls within the purview of the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter to him for his information and consideration.

The Minister appreciates your bringing this matter to her attention. I trust that this action will prove satisfactory.

Yours sincerely,

B. Swansburg

Information Officer

Ministerial Correspondence Unit

c.c.: The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, P.C., M.P. Minister of Foreign Affairs