41.   The meeting marked a first step towards forging a role for the faction and its leader in Cambodian politics, a subject of controversy in Phnom Penh.

42.   The meeting marked the first time Michel met MLC leader Jean-Pierre Bemba.

43.   The meeting also marks the first ANC thinktank since it swept to power in historic all-race elections in April.

44.   The meeting marked the first official talks in Kinshasa between a British minister and Kabila.

45.   The meeting marked the fourth time the two minister have met in less than a year.

46.   The NLD meeting marked the culmination of weeks of brinkmanship by the opposition and junta.