Women Leaders Summit.

• Position: Women heads of state meet at the United Nations - Brief Article

The day before the historic Millennium Summit, women heads of State and Government also made history of their own. Meeting on 5 September for the first time at the United Nations, they were joined by former women leaders and women heads of UN agencies, funds and programmes, to focus on issues arising from the global theme, "The Role of the United Nations in the Twenty-first Century", that affect men and women.

Presently, there are nine countries with a woman head of State or Government: Bangladesh, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, New Zealand, Panama, Saint Lucia, San Marino and Sri Lanka. Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zealand, President Tarja Halonen of Finland and President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia attended the meeting organized by the Council of Women World Leaders located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

The women leaders made recommendations in areas that they considered critical to the advancement of women: peace, security and disarmament; development and poverty eradication; protecting the environment; good governance...