41.   Yeltsin also won pledges of being invited to join the Group of Seven summit of industrialised nations in Denver next June, but not quite as a full member.

42.   Stoyanov has won pledges of support from the international community, including the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

43.   Sudan recently won pledges of backing from Iran and Yemen.

44.   The Dalai Lama has also won a pledge from pro-independence opposition leaders to help set up a Tibetan office on the nationalist island.