31.   It is widely believed that Khatami would be the first president to appoint women to his Cabinet.

32.   Khatami has appointed three women to key positions in his government.

33.   Khatami has appointed three women to positions in his government.

34.   Khatami has called for more freedom of speech, relaxed press censorship and appointed women in top posts.

35.   Khatami himself has appointed three women to positions in his government.

36.   Khatami said he was considering appointing women to high positions in the government.

37.   Khatami appoints woman as vice president.

38.   No woman was appointed to an undersecretary-general post, but Eckhard said Annan was considering choosing a woman as a deputy secretary-general.

39.   Other women have been appointed to lesser special-office positions, but Fox fell short of his goal of a balanced cabinet.

40.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan is trying to make the United Nations more open and appoint more women to senior positions, spokesman Fred Eckhard said Friday.