41.   There were reports in December of rising tension between Myanma and Bangladesh.

42.   There had been reports in October of intensified repression in Bhutan of ethnic Nepalese activists.

43.   Warnings of impending violence had grown after reports in mid-January that Sikh and Kashmiri militants planned to stop the march entering Punjab and Kashmir.

44.   Reports in late January suggested that the United Kingdom Defence Ministry might have been aware of the export of components used in the manufacture of the Iraqi super-gun.

45.   Other reports in February indicated that Israel was keen to extend medical aid to Cambodia.

46.   Reports in February had described plans to revive traditional Tajik farming and to resettle deserted mountain villages with workers from the cotton farms.

47.   Reports in mid-July suggested that the government faced continued opposition to its preparations for a national convention to draft a new Constitution.

48.   Reports in early September said that the government had also urged southern tribal leaders to take up arms against Shia dissidents.

49.   Reports in early December which claimed that Suu Kyi had started a hunger strike to protest over her continued detention were denied by the Myanman authorities.

50.   We would then have a report back in plenary and a time for additional comments.