The Russian president in his statement to the conference said he wanted "a meaningful and viable document which will give an additional impetus to the disarmament process".
This process has gained new impetus following the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit, where the representatives of development agencies, development banks and development cooperation policy institutions unanimously adopted a declaration for the mainstreaming of biodiversity agendas into development plans.
Mr Lemierre warned that any further delay in the process - which has been underway since 1998 - could undermine the impetus for economic reform in Eastern Europe.
"Although Kohl, Andreotti, and Mitterand have passionately argued that heavy infusions of Western cash are needed to save perestroika and strengthen the reform process, it is increasingly clear that a much less high-minded and cynical impetus is at work: The actual recipients of the bulk of these taxpayer funds are companies of the re respective lending governments, " said Roger W. Robinson, Jr.