21.   The U.N. mission chief, Bernard Kouchner, said Wednesday that he could understand their animosity, but could in no way condone reprisal attacks.

22.   The United Nations, which is administering the province, may consider requiring tax payments, said the U.N. mission chief, Bernard Kouchner.

23.   U.N. officials could provide no immediate explanation for the conflicting stories from the U.N. mission chief in Congo and a U.N. spokesman in New York.

24.   Viktor Blagov, deputy mission chief, said each crew member spends two hours daily on the stationary bicycle and a running track.

25.   It did not name a mission chief however.

26.   Anatoly Kolesov, mission chief of the Russian delegation in Atlanta had warned his athletes of what the consequences would be if they returned a positive test.

27.   Foreign Secretary Farooq Sobhan said Bangladesh had offered to send more peacekeepers to the conflict zone, in the letter sent to OIC member state mission chiefs in Dhaka.

28.   The mission chief of the western agency running the Bosnian elections hinted strongly Tuesday that top Moslem candidate Alija Izetbegovic has been re-elected as Bosnian head of state.

29.   The OSCE mission chief was injured earlier this month in a road accident in the republic.

30.   The statement did not name the mission chief, however.