11.   The new treaty deals lightly with the issue of re-weighting votes for big and small EU countries at ministerial sessions.

12.   In addition to OAU ministerial sessions this week, Durban will host an inaugural African Union Business Summit.

13.   ASEAN meetings -- including annual ministerial sessions and three-yearly summits -- normally rotate on an alphabetical basis.

14.   But he stressed that the text could be changed during ministerial sessions that will precede the summit level segment starting on Thursday.

15.   But the US delegation here announced Tuesday that Zoellick would not attend the ministerial sessions.

16.   The UN agency was to meet in ministerial session in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday for discussions of ways to relaunch the African economy.

17.   Ministerial talks in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday failed to reach agreement, but officials continued to talk and a further ministerial session was scheduled for Friday.

18.   The conference, which is expected to agree a set of core principles to guide the transition to the information age, concludes Sunday after two more ministerial sessions.

19.   The French delegation head said the issue of labor standards would remain a central topic on the WTO agenda after the just-ended ministerial session.

20.   The idea was likely to be on the agenda of an emergency EU ministerial council session to be held here late on Friday, these officials also said.