I also told President Ozal that the United States continues to support Turkey's application for membership in the European Community.

The Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region will create general legal obligations designed to protect the marine environment of the region from a variety of sources of marine…

The Act encourages cooperative academic links between secondary and post-secondary institutions, with the goal of providing students with higher levels of technical competency.

Together with our other partners in the Atlantic alliance, we Americans are proud to have stood beside you during your long vigil.

The American people want a deal, and they want it now.

Expeditious U.S. ratification of the Convention and Protocol would demonstrate not only our commitment to the protection of the marine environment of the South Pacific but our continuing political commitment to the region as well.

I urge you to work actively within your governments to ensure success.

Your presence here reminds us all of how events of the past year are producing a new partnership of nations.

I transmit also, for the information of the Senate, a report of the Department of State with respect to this Treaty.

We must let farmers compete with farmers, instead of farmers competing with the deep pockets of government treasuries.

Change has not come easily.

It has been a very great pleasure for me, and all of us -- American side -- to welcome President Ozal to the White House.