31.   The Jordanian monarch appealed for a more vigorous American role in the Middle East during his first White House meeting with President Bush in April.

32.   The Jordanian monarch later refrained from publicly criticizing the Iraqi leadership.

33.   The Jordanian monarch was expected to press Netanyahu to ease strictures on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

34.   The Jordanian monarch, who will meet U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington on Friday, was expected fly to Kuwait on Monday.

35.   The Security Council meeting, the first formal session since the death of King Hussein, started with a moment of silence in tribute to the Jordanian monarch.

36.   The report cited a penal code article prohibiting the slander of the king Hussein, the Jordanian monarch, as the most abused by authorities.

37.   The whole exercise has been a trying one for the Jordanian monarch.

38.   When the Jordanian monarch entered, he kissed the paraplegic Atout on both cheeks in the traditional Arab greeting.

39.   For his part, Roed-Larsen briefed the Jordanian monarch on his current tour of the region.

40.   His good manners ultimately cost him his chance, as Clinton jumped in and invited the Jordanian monarch to speak.