21.   The talks will be chaired by the United Nations.

22.   The United States and China will serve as mediators, and each of the four delegations will take turns chairing the talks.

23.   U.S. delegate Robert Grey is to chair the talks for the next month under a rotating system.

24.   U.N. envoy Mohamed Sahnoun, who is expected to chair the talks, is in Cape Town, South Africa, Eckhard said, presumably for final arrangements.

25.   U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Pelletreau, who chairs the talks, will arrive in Ankara Thursday for the talks, the U.S. embassy here said.

26.   U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Pelletreau is chairing the talks in the Turkish capital, Ankara.

27.   U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Pelletreau will chair the talks.

28.   U.S. delegate Robert Grey, who chairs the talks for the next month under a rotating system, adjourned the meeting after brief opening statements.

29.   United Nations envoy Mohamed Sahnoun, who is expected to chair the talks, was meeting early Thursday in Pretoria with South African foreign affairs officials.

30.   Former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere, who has been chairing talks with the various factions in Burundi in a bid to end the slaughter, will attend the summit.