Matters of interest: attendance of Abu Ala, President of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Avraham Burg of the Knesset at plenary of European Parliament (EP), Strasbourg on the proposal of West Jerusalem as capital of Israel and East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine
Meeting with [Julian Priestley], Secretary General of the EP: Charter, IGC
Report by Jan Marinus Wiersma, MEP who leads the Socialist Group on enlargement, informs on current state of negotiation for the accession of 12 new countries. EU must be ready by 2003 for the ratification process. EP has crucial role in process
Press conference by Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General. Reiterates what he said to EU Troika in New York: priorities UN-EU relations
Press conference by Hans-Gert Pöttering,European People's Party Group (EPP Group) : democracy, EU action on transparency. At stake in Biarritz Council Summit is the Community methods. Majority decision making in Council, with Parliament as co-legislator
Biarritz Summit, 13 October 2000: Charter of Fundamental Rights. Need for cooperation between the EU and UN to defuse the Middle East situation
Meeting with John Corrie, member from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU): Cotonou Report

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