11.   The pact also provides for cooperation in science and technology, financial services, tourism and training, Goh said.

12.   The pact also provides for creation of a rebel-led peace council that will coordinate economic development projects in the improverished region for three years.

13.   The pact provides for yearly joint consultations.

14.   The pact also provides for cooperation in science and technology, financial services, education, tourism and training.

15.   The pact provides legal protections for U.S. troops while they are in the Philippines.

16.   The space pact provides that a Brazilian astronaut will join the U.S. space station crew on one mission.

17.   The pact also provides for mutual access to military ships at ports in the two countries, cooperation between defence industries and exchanges of information and personnnel.

18.   The pact also provides for self-rule elections and the release Palestinian prisoners.

19.   The pact provided for almost two million barrels a day to be skimmed from the market, squeezing supply just as demand appears to be reviving.

20.   The pact provided for DRC President Joseph Kabila to remain head of state and the armed forces and for Bemba to become prime minister.