21.   In a statement, the company said it intended to appeal the California ruling and thought the best venue to resolve Holocaust claims was through the international commission.

22.   In its only official contact with the outside world, the IRA has had a representative attend meetings of the international commission responsible for disarmament.

23.   Irish and British officials have been vague in explaining how the international commission would encourage the paramilitary groups to turn in weapons.

24.   Israel recently agreed to cooperate with an international commission, headed by former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, into what started and perpetuated the violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

25.   Moreover, Sinn Fein agreed to participate in an international commission on disarming paramilitary forces of both sides.

26.   Palestinian refugees would have no right to return to Israel proper, and an international commission would be established to compensate Palestinian refugees and Jewish refugees from Arab countries.

27.   President Clinton, and others, persuaded him that an international commission could produce a face-saving compromise for Britain and the IRA.

28.   Separately, an international commission headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker meets in Zurich today.

29.   Several European insurance companies recently agreed that an international commission could determine the details of compensation to Holocaust victims whose insurance money was never paid off.