41.   The Vatican has sent a mission to Vietnam amid reports that the communist government is taking a tougher line against the Roman Catholic church.

42.   Tokyo -- Kansai Economic Federation sends mission to Southeast Asia.

43.   Toiv also said the U.N. Security Council was sending a mission to the region.

44.   World Vision International has sent seven missions to North Korea in the past three months.

45.   France has proposed that a humanitarian mission be sent to Iraq to assess the situation, which is being reviewed by the security council.

46.   He said that the charity, which had sent exploratory missions to Uganda, Tanzania and Zaire, had important stocks of relief aid in Kampala and Kigali.

47.   In another development on Friday, World Bank President James Wolfensohn said that the international institution would shortly be sending a mission to Zaire.

48.   A similar mission was sent to Nanjing and other areas in east-central China in February this year.

49.   A UNDP mission will be sent Wednesday to the quake area to assess relief needs, before returning to Jakarta to discuss further steps with the embassies.

50.   A similar situation arose when the UN was considering sending a mission to Haiti, which has relations with Taiwan.