In 1997, Dr. Salim held a number of meetings, courtesy calls and sessions with dignitaries far and wide.
These include but were not limited to the following engagements:
- Meeting with Jiang Zhengyum (Ambassador of China)
- Meeting with Fifth Session of the Joint Commission on OAU/UNESCO Cooperation
- Meeting with Reverend Howard Sullivan of the USA
- Attending 65th Ordinary Session of the OAU Council of Ministers in Tripoli, Libya (February 24-28 1997)
- Meeting with Daniel Yona Minister of Finance of Tanzania
- Attending the opening an art exhibition mounted by the Addis Ababa Fine Arts School in the Congo Hall of the OAU General Secretariat
- Meeting with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia
- Meeting with Gertrude Mongella of Tanzania
- Meeting with US Congressman Charles Rangel and his delegation
- Meeting with Madeline Albright (US Secretary of State)
- Meeting with Sergio Vieira de Mello (Assistant UN High Commissioner)
- Meeting with Howard Wolpe (Presidential special Envoy to the African Great Lakes Region in the Clinton Administration)