15 November 2000

General Assembly adopted a major treaty targeting organized crime: the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air. The Convention will be open for signature at the high-level political signing conference to be held in Palermo, Italy, 12-15 December.

The President made some introductory remarks when the General Assembly began its consideration of the GA Special Session in 2001 for follow-up to the World Summit for Children, held in 1990. The full text of the introductory remarks is available on the "Statement and Messages" page.

The President was the keynote speaker at the Forum of Small States on the issue of the role of the President in the reform and revitalization of the United Nations. The full text of the speech is available on the "Statements and Messages" page.

The President continued his series of visits to different committees to follow their work by visiting the Sixth Committee. The Committee was debating measures to eliminate international terrorism.

During his meeting with the President, H.E. Mr. Janusz Stanczyk, Ambassador of Poland, briefed him on their initiative for a new agenda item on the International Day of Solidarity.

The President was interviewed by three journalists for "World Chronicle", a United Nations television programme. The discussion focused on the work of the current session of the General Assembly.