Mr. Didier Le BRET

Permanent Mission of France

to the United Nations

One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza

245 East 47th Street 44th Floor

New York, N.Y 10017

Tel: 702-4950/4963

Fax: 421 6889

Brussels, 3 August, 2000

Dear Mr. Le Bret:

Also on behalf of Emma Bonino, I would like to express my gratitude for your assistance and support to the Transnational Radical Party at the Committee on non-governmental organisations.

With our lawyers, we are currently preparing a comprehensive response as requested on 28 July by the Economic and Social Council, as soon as a first draft will be ready, Marco PerDuca, our UN Representative, will forward a copy to your office for your kind comments.

Once again I thank you and, through you the French delegation, for your time and consideration. Best regards.

Sincerely,

Olivier Dupuis

Member of the European Parliament

Secretary General