21.   The British are consulting key countries but have not yet circulated a draft resolution, American officials said.

22.   The council began considering a draft resolution that may be adopted as soon as Friday.

23.   The draft resolution also sets aside some funds to pay flights for Iraqi Muslims making their pilgrimage to Mecca.

24.   The draft resolution is expected to be introduced at a meeting of the full Council on Thursday.

25.   The draft resolution will be circulated among members of the Security Council, which met behind closed doors this afternoon.

26.   The draft resolution was informally circulated among members of the Security Council in New York on Monday afternoon, Western diplomats said here.

27.   The draft resolution, jointly sponsored with Britain, would condemn the recent Iraqi troop deployments and demand that those forces return immediately to their original bases.

28.   The draft resolution is being worked out by foreign ministers of the leading industrial countries and Russia.

29.   The new draft resolution diminishes the impact of the issue on oil prices, for now, traders said.

30.   The Security Council reviewed the draft resolution and was expected to approve it as early as Wednesday, depending on how quickly NATO bombing ends.