Matters of interest: Nobel Prize, Kosovo, migration and asylum: need for better judicial cooperation in EU and proper law enforcement for people trafficking and drugs, need to strengthen EUROPOL; Turkey: UK Government strongly supports its candidacy; Prospective visit of Romano Prodi to Washington to meet President Clinton ahead of Seattle meeting; Tampere: draft conclusions – European Parliament (EP) welcomes (1) agreement for body to draw up EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, (2) endorsement of principle of mutual recognition of judicial decisions and aim to adopt programme by December 2000. EP specifically welcomes in this context reference to family litigation (maintenance claims and visiting rights), (3) agreement to establish Single European Asylum System based on full application of Geneva Convention, (4) setting up of fund for refugees; Administrative matters Luxembourg and Brussels; Press reform, issue of translations – goes against principle of quality and rapidity; Pascal Lamy – globalisation and civil society

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