High-ranking patronage of Mister Jacques Chirac President of the French Republic     Patronage Mr Pascal Couchepin Member of the Swiss Government, Head of the Economic Federal Department, Bern (Switzerland) Mr Francesco Frangialli General Secretary of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO), Madrid (Spain) Mrs Anne-Marie Comparini President of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, Lyon (France) Mr Ernest Nycollin President of the Haute-Savoie General Council, Annecy (France) Mr Carlo Lamprecht President of Geneva Council, Minister of Economic Affairs, Geneva, (Switzerland) Mrs Mercedes Bresso President of the Province of Turin (Italy) Mr Manuel Tornare Mayor of Geneva (Switzerland) Mr Michele Chiamparino Mayor of Turin (Italy) Mr Didier Borotra President of the National Association of Mayors of the Classed Sites and Tourist Communities, Paris (France) Mr Jean-Louis Idiart President of the National Association of Elected Representatives from Mountains Areas (ANEM), Paris (France) Mr Gérard Morand President of the Association of Mayors of French Winter and Summer Sports Resorts, Paris (France) Mr Michel Charlet Mayor of Chamonix Mont-Blanc (France)