1.   Peres briefed the meeting on efforts being made to achieve peace in the Middle East, broadcast station Radio Maldonado reported.

2.   A NASA official briefed the meeting about U.S components on the station, the statement said.

3.   Lim had said Labour Department Director-General Tengku Omar Tengku Bot will also brief the meeting on the retrenchment watch being conducted by the department.

4.   Masidi said Kota Marudu Assistant district officer Patrick Mojinun briefed the meeting on the actual situation of the drought-stricken villages in the district.

5.   U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott briefed the meeting of allied ambassadors a day after holding talks with his Russian counterpart, Georgy Mamedov.

6.   He noted that UN officials were to brief the meeting on Sunday morning on UN efforts to press Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha towards democracy.

7.   He is expected to brief the meeting on the developments taking place in the peace talks about to end with an agreement in Lusaka within a days.

8.   Home Minister L.K. Advani briefed the meeting about the situation in the state.

9.   Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz briefed the meeting on the results of his contacts last week at the UN General Assembly, the radio said without giving further details.

10.   UNSCOM officials were due to brief the meeting.