21.   Duelfer made his comments to reporters after briefing the council on the latest standoff with Iraq, which began last week.

22.   He left Baghdad on Wednesday and was expected to brief the council soon thereafter.

23.   He said he was returning to New York on Wednesday and was expected to brief the council soon thereafter.

24.   He stopped in Paris en route to New York, where he was to brief the council later Tuesday.

25.   He stopped in Paris en route to New York, where he was to brief the council Tuesday morning.

26.   Kieran Prendergast, U.N. undersecretary-general for political affairs, briefed the council Wednesday on the latest developments.

27.   On Friday, after briefing the council about his six-month effort, Annan said the time for a trial was now.

28.   Shah was tentatively scheduled to brief the council on Monday.

29.   The council was briefed on the negotiations by Alvaro de Soto, the special adviser to Secretary-General Kofi Annan for Cyprus.

30.   The top U.N. envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, who has just been in Kabul, will brief the council on Friday afternoon.