President W. Clinton Visits UN Headquarters for CTBTO Signing

Arrival of the President’s motorcade; hand-shake and flag-shot with Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

Razali Ismail of Malaysia, President of the fifty-first General Assembly, meets with William J. Clinton, President of the United States of America, prior to his address to the General-Assembly.

President entering Trusteeship Council, takes seat next to Qian Qichen, Foreign Minister of China.

Secretary-General opens treaty for signature, saying “A major milestone has been reached on the road to making the world a safer and more secure place for generations to come”.

Treaty then signed by: President Clinton (USA); Li Peng, Prime Minister of China; Herve de Charette, Foreign Minister of France; Yevgeny M. Primakov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation; Malcom Rifkind, Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the UK; Yukihiko Ikeda, foreign Minister of Japan; Alexander Downer, Foreign Minister of Australia; H.A.F.M.O. Van Mierlo, foreign Minister of the Netherlands; Klaus Kinkel, Foreign Minister of Germany.