11.   The Beijing government has been successful in blocking the annual exercise in the General Assembly steering committee, which prepares the agenda for the annual debate in September.

12.   The purpose was to prepare an agenda for the new round of peacemaking.

13.   Undersecretary of State Peter Tarnoff said both sides agreed to start preparing an agenda for a possible summit in late October.

14.   Working groups were established Monday to prepare an agenda.

15.   He was speaking to journalists after foreign ministers met to prepare the agenda for the summit, which will continue on Thursday, according to an Egyptian official.

16.   A National Constitutional Conference Commission, responsible for preparing an agenda for the four-month debate, has submitted its report to the military government.

17.   Barshefsky said the meetings in Seattle would focus largely on preparing an agenda for a December ministerial meeting in Singapore of the World Trade Organization.

18.   Later he attended the council of ministers meeting at the deluxe Soaltee hotel where they were expected to prepare an agenda for their leaders.

19.   Norway has been trying to prepare an agenda for the talks and has given a questionnaire to both the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers.

20.   Peiris said he expected that the talks, which would focus on preparing an agenda to more substantive negotiations, could begin in early May.