1 May 2001

The President today met with H.E. Mr. J. Gabriel Valdés, Permanent Representative of Chile, who is the facilitator for the process of improving the working methods of the General Assembly. Their discussion focused on the upcoming plenary informals on the subject.

In another meeting Mr. Holkeri met with H.E. Mr. Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh. They discussed the initiative by Member States of Partners for Population and Development (PPD) with regard to observer status to that Organization. The June Presidency of Bangladesh in the Security Council, as well as the upcoming Least Developed Countries (LDC) Conference in Brussels were also discussed.