51.   France, which for years helped prop up Mobutu, is seeking a peaceful transition as called for in the U.N. peace plan.

52.   He also called on all sides to cooperate with U.N. officials trying to negotiate a peaceful transition of power in the country.

53.   He also called for them to support the government that ousted him to achieve its goal of economic growth and peaceful transition from single party rule to democracy.

54.   He did some election campaigning and urged his compatriots to build on the peaceful transition from white minority rule to democracy.

55.   He pointed out that the European Union has reaffirmed its goal of promoting a peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba, consistent with the U.S. goal.

56.   He reiterated support for and called for a peaceful transition of authority.

57.   He said he hoped the country could go through a peaceful transition to create a more democratic government.

58.   He said then that, as president, he had tried to ensure a peaceful transition of Albania from rigid central planning to a market economy.

59.   If reason continues to prevail, a peaceful transition to a new transformed East-West alliance can go forward.

60.   In a peaceful transition rarely seen in West Africa, the military Friday handed power to a civilian president whose election ended four years of army rule.