A U.N. leader said Friday that central banking systems and telecommunications systems are making progress in dealing with the year 2000 computer bug. But other necessary systems aren't.
Global shipping is also an area that needs more attention.
On Friday, Kamal convened a meeting of top-level government leaders working to prepare computer systems for 2000. The U.N. meeting was the first time top Y2K officials were brought together and it comes less than 400 days before the 2000 deadline. Koskinen was one of more than 100 officials from 130 countries attending the meeting. We don't have time to go through normal diplomatic channels. The executives spent most of Friday in a closed session, exchanging evaluations of their national efforts.