Viaje al Exterior

Switzerland, 1998

Switzerland
Geneva
 
May 13

•     Interview granted to the press upon his arrival at Geneva’s international airport.
 
May 14
•    Speech delivered at the commemorative session of the fiftieth anniversary of the World Health Organization at the Palais des Nations.
•    First intervention made during the debate of the plenary session to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the World Health Organization at the Palais des Nations.
•    Second intervention during the debate of the plenary session to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the World Health Organization at the Palais des Nations.
•    Interview granted to the Swiss television at the Palais des Nations.
 
May 15
•    Speech delivered to the members of the Geneva Diplomatic Club and the Swiss International Politics Forum at ‘President Wilson’ Hotel.
 
May 16
•    Statements made in Geneva.
•    Exchange held with Ernst Leunberger, president of the Federal Assembly, and the delegation of Swiss parliamentarians who were to pay a visit to Cuba.
•    Meeting with members of the Switzerland-Cuba Friendship Association at the Intercontinental Hotel.
 
Fribourg
 
May 17

•    Tour around the canton of Fribourg.  Visit to the ancient Gruyere Castle.
•    Dialogue with a farmer devoted to dairy cattle breeding.
•    Visit to the winter tourist resort Le Moleson and the Swiss Alps.
 
Geneva
 
•    Conversation with Renato Ruggiero, director general of the World Trade Organization, at the Intercontinental Hotel.
 
May 19
•    Speech delivered at the session to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Multilateral Trade System, at the Palais des Nations.
•    Press conference granted at the Swiss Press Club.
 
Bern
 
May 20

•    Private conversation with Flavio Cotti, President of the Swiss Confederation, at the Lohn de Kehrsatz Mansion.
•    Official conversations with Flavio Cotti, President of the Swiss Confederation, at the Lohn de Kehrsatz Mansion.
•    Exchange with Flavio Cotti, President of the Swiss Confederation, over dinner at the Lohn de Kehrsatz Mansion.
•    Press conference granted at the Lohn de Kehrsatz Mansion.
•    Interview granted to the Swiss television.
 
Lausanne
 
May 21

•    Visit to the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee.  Tour around the Olympic Museum.
•    Conversation with Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee.
•    Meeting with the staff of the Cuban mission in Switzerland.
 
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•    Meeting with Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa.