21.   The steps follow an announcement by the Irish Republican Army permitting international inspection of its secret arms dumps.

22.   The U.N. Security Council has been pressing Saddam since last October to permit unconditional inspection of suspected weapons sites by U.N. weapons inspectors.

23.   Britain said Saturday that any visit by the U.N. Secretary General to Iraq must be solely to get President Saddam Hussein to permit weapons inspections.

24.   Britain says any visit by the U.N. Secretary General to Iraq must be solely to get President Saddam Hussein to permit weapons inspections.

25.   Cooke said the ministers recognized that Milosevic could not immediately order a cease-fire, withdraw Serbian forces, permit international inspection and ease the way for refugees.

26.   Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said any punishment for defying the United Nations and not permitting inspection of suspect weapons sites should be meted out to Iraq in other ways.

27.   In a sensitive area, China agreed to permit inspections of high tech American exports, such as supercomputers, to insure they are used for intended purposes.

28.   North Korea agreed to permit regular inspections of its nuclear program by the IAEA as called for under terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

29.   On Monday, the Kremlin claimed it had persuaded Iraq to permit inspection of eight disputed presidential sites.

30.   Rayner said the ban will continue until the Bosnian government promises it will permit inspection of cargoes on all flights.