Later today, I will introduce legislation, with 56 cosponsors—Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, men and women—to ban new deployments of anti-personnel landmines beginning in the year 2000.

Yes, I discussed this actually personally, one on one, with a number of the leaders. And the United States has pledged more food aid to North Korea. I am very concerned about it as an humanitarian matter, and I believe you will see more action on this front. And I'm certainly committed to doing it; I'm deeply troubled.

We've agreed on new steps to organize our nations to lay a strong foundation in the 21st century, to prepare our people and our economies for the global marketplace, to meet new transnational threats to our security, to integrate new partners into the community of free market democracies.

Mr. President, may I begin by congratulating you on your election as President of this Special Session.

This is my fifth international meeting in eight weeks in office. My three young children in London complain I am never at home. But if there is one Summit they would want me at, it is this one.

I have approved the issuance of new air quality standards to provide important new health protection for all Americans by further controlling pollution from ozone and particulate matter. These new standards promise to improve the lives of millions of Americans in coming years.

Well, I will reiterate American policy on that. Our policy is that the SFOR mission should be completed by June of ‘98, and we expect it to be. But to answer your first question, which is the far more important one, I made it very clear that I think that we have all made a terrible mistake in dealing with Bosnia to spend all of our time focusing on June of ‘98 instead of focusing on tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and the day after that.

Well, first, let me emphasize something. You should never believe that just because you don't see high-level air transport between Washington and the Middle East that nothing is going on from our point of view. We spend—I spend quite a bit of time on this every single week. And I'm very concerned about what's happened.

U.S. objectives in Asia, especially in Southeast Asia, are very much on my mind. Tomorrow, I will leave for Malaysia for the annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, better known as ASEAN. While in Kuala Lumpur, and later in Singapore, I will discuss a full range of issues with my regional counterparts.

We are deeply concerned at the violence and loss of life caused by the conflict between security forces loyal to the two Prime Ministers. We call on the authorities to take decisive measures to prevent further violence. We urge Cambodia's leaders to resolve their political differences peacefully and to abide by the principles of the Paris Peace Accords.

In response to recent developments, Thailand's exchange rate system has been changed, effective July 2, 1997, to a managed float, with the value of the baht being determined by market forces in line with economic fundamentals. To support the new exchange rate policy, the Bank of Thailand has raised the Bank Rate from 10.5 percent to 12.5 percent. The Thai authorities are also considering supplementary measures to alleviate potential negative effects on debt servicing and prices that may result from adjustments in the value of the baht.

I am pleased to submit to you today my report “Renewing the United Nations: a Program for Reform”.

The reforms I am proposing are bold reforms. They are the most extensive and far-reaching reforms in the 52-year history of our Organization.