21.   Israel, Arab and other states agreed on joint environmental projects for the Middle East on the last day of multilateral talks here Wednesday, delegates said.

22.   Nevertheless, the fact that Israel and Arab states were involved together at all in the conference made it an important event, delegates said.

23.   OPEC ministers failed to agree here Thursday on the choice of a successor to OPEC Secretary General Subroto of Indonesia, delegates said.

24.   Overregulation and inadequately protected technology transfers of intellectual property rights would ultimately discourage mining investment, said US delegate Wesley Scholz.

25.   Sources close to the meeting said delegates and leaders were divided over how to face up to the Liberian warlords.