Vi arbejder intensivt, og hvis jeg, mine damer og herrer, fru formand, da jeg havde fornøjelsen at stå her foran Dem for første gang for et par måneder siden, havde sagt til Dem, at vi den 1. marts 2000 kunne meddele Dem, at Den Politiske og Sikkerhedspolitiske Komité har mødtes i dag for første gang, at Militærkomitéen vil være i gang i løbet af en uge, og at Militærstabens første ting er ved at ankomme til den bygning, som vi har i Den Europæiske Union, så er der sikkert mange af Dem, der ville have tænkt, at den højtstående repræsentant var ved at blive tosset.
We are therefore working diligently in this respect. Madam President, if, a few months ago when I had the pleasure of appearing before you for the first time, I had told you that I would be able to announce on 1 March 2000 that the first meeting of the Political Committee had been held today, that the Military Committee would be up and running within a week after that and that tomorrow the first members of the Military Staff would start to arrive at the building which we are to use, many of you would surely have thought that the High Representative was going mad.