1.   The meeting was part of the ministerial sessions of the IMF and World Bank, continuing this week in Washington.

2.   It also deals lightly with the issue of redistributing votes among the big and small EU countries at ministerial sessions.

3.   Iraq had registered a reservation on the resolution at the ministerial session.

4.   NATO and Russia hold first ministerial session of new council,

5.   Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai will open the ministerial session on Monday.

6.   The Lisbon ministerial session was the first EU gathering since.

7.   The ministerial session of the group on Afghanistan was held on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly debate and was attended by Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

8.   The monthly EU ministerial session began as the plight of Bihac -- and the United Nations Bosnia peacekeeping operation -- worsened by the hour.

9.   The monthly EU ministerial session opened as the plight of Bihac -- and that of the United Nations Bosnia peacekeeping operation as a whole -- worsened by the hour.

10.   The monthly EU ministerial session opened as the plight of Bihac -- and the United Nations Bosnia peacekeeping operation -- worsened by the hour.