41.   While Switzerland is officially neutral, and has retained that status during the two world wars, it contributes troops to peacekeeping missions.

42.   With the cease-fire coming in Bosnia, attention is now shifting to the question of which countries should contribute peacekeeping troops to consolidate an end to the war.

43.   Yeltsin, eager to show that Russian prerogatives cannot be ignored, has refused to contribute troops if the peacekeeping force is under NATO command.

44.   Plans for the peacekeeping mission were shelved after only one country offered to contribute troops, Boutros-Ghali said in a report released late last month.

45.   Other nations contributing troops are Ukraine, Russia, Egypt, Denmark, New Zealand, Jordan, Belgium and Norway.

46.   Parliament has approved a bill allowing the government to contribute troops to the campaign.

47.   Portugal is prepared to contribute troops to any U.N. peacekeeping mission, and is prepared to help finance and provide technical assistance to any transition body, Gama said.

48.   A number of details remain to be resolved, but among the nations willing to contribute troops were Canada, Australia, Argentina, Jordan and New Zealand.

49.   A senior Turkish military commander has left open the possibility that the country would contribute troops to any NATO ground operation in Kosovo, a Turkish newspaper reported Friday.

50.   A Russian foreign ministry official, Igor Ivanov, said that Russia would contribute troops to any multinational force that would be needed to oversee the cease-fire.