41.   North Korea announced its decision on Monday, deepening the crisis over its refusal to allow full inspection of suspect nuclear sites.

42.   Nunn said Russia, Japan and China would have to play key roles in convincing North Korea to allow full inspections of their nuclear sites.

43.   President Boris Yeltsin said Thursday that Russia supports a gradual approach to imposing sanctions against North Korea if it continues to refuse full inspection of its nuclear facilities.

44.   Plavsic agreed with NATO officials, including NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana Monday, that the international force would be allowed to carry out a full inspection of Han Pijesak.

45.   President Boris Yeltsin said Thursday that Russia supported a gradual approach to imposing sanctions against North Korea if it continued to refuse full inspection of its nuclear facilities.

46.   Pyongyang has refused to allow full inspections of its Yongbyon nuclear plant which western countries have been seeking to allay suspicions that it is developing a nuclear weapons programme.

47.   The IAEA has said that without full inspections it cannot guarantee that fuel is not being diverted to weapons purposes.

48.   The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that without full inspections it cannot guarantee that fuel is not being diverted to weapons purposes.

49.   The International Atomic Energy Agency wants full inspections of the Yongbyon site north of Pyongyang.