21.   While Yeltsin will be seeking quick improvements to social and economic problems, he has also stressed the urgency of military reform.

22.   In addition, the US official stressed the urgency to avert at all costs a fresh outbreak of war in Kabul, said.

23.   In Zagreb, the Croatian foreign ministry stressed the urgency for an improvement in the situation in Mostar.

24.   Erakat stressed the urgency of the target date.

25.   Which is precisely why the premier has to stress the urgency of Washington tackling the upsurge in violence in the Middle East, Wallace said.

26.   Yan and Hassan Wirajuda, the Indonesian facilitator of the negotiations, stressed the urgency of reaching a swift deal.

27.   Moasher met Powell in Amman last Thursday and said Jordan stressed the urgency of linking efforts to secure a ceasefire together with a comprehensive political process.

28.   On Saturday, Prime Minister Boukary Adji held a latest meeting in Niamey with representatives of donor countries to stress the urgency of the situation.

29.   Peace talks between the Philippine government and Moslem guerrillas opened in this southern city Wednesday with negotiators stressing the urgency of resolving contentious issues.