Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform this House that Canada attained all of its objectives at the Francophonie summit in Hanoi. Most particularly, Moncton was selected to host the 1999 summit.
The Francophonie has elected its first Secretary General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Under the leadership of the Prime Minister, we succeeded in advancing the Francophonie in a number of areas, particularly the information highway, the permanent international criminal court and human rights.