| For Immediate Release | November 1, 1999 |
JOINT STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT CLINTON
AND PRIME MINISTER KJELL BONDEVIK
We share concern about the growing problem of trafficking in women for the purpose of placing them into slavery-like conditions. This is a problem worldwide, although trafficking in women within the OSCE area has come more into focus recently. The need to address this issue in the Nordic-Baltic region also arose as one of the recommendations of the Reykjavik conference on Women and Democracy. We attach great importance to co-operation between our two countries to focus on the need to combat this problem.
It is important to focus on the economic and social structures that give
rise to prostitution and sexual exploitation, and to find methods to empower
the women involved.
Norway is proposing to host a conference next spring on trafficking in the
OSCE area. The aim would be to (1) develop national and international policies
to combat trafficking and (2) to design and put into practice joint action.
The issue should also be addressed at the OSCE Summit in Istanbul. Norway, in its capacity as OSCE Chairmanship, is actively considering the possibility of an event focusing on trafficking on the margins of the Summit.
Background Briefing by Senior Administration Official
Remarks by President Clinton During Photo Session with Prime Minister Barak and Chairman Arafat
Background Briefing by Senior Administration Official
Remarks by the President at Commemoration Ceremony in Honor of Yitzhak Rabin
Remarks by President Clinton and Chairman Arafat
Remarks by the President and His Majesty King Harald V. in Exchange of Toasts
Remarks by the President Upon Arrival
Joint Statement by President Clinton and Prime Minister Kjell Bondevik at Prime Minister's Office
Statement by the Press Secretary
Joint Statement by President Clinton and Prime Minister Kjell Bondevik
Statement by the President on Honoring Yitzhak Rabin
Joint United States - Norway Statement
President and First Lady | Vice President and Mrs. Gore
Record of Progress | The Briefing Room
Gateway to Government | Contacting the White House | White House for Kids
White House History | White House Tours | Help
Privacy Statement