61.   The World Wide Fund for Nature opened its conference on Wednesday with a campaign to encourage investment in companies that recognize good environmental practices are good for business.

62.   U.N. opens conference on changing.

63.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the peaceful use of outer space for all on Monday as the United Nations opened a conference on space technology and exploration.

64.   U.S. Health Secretary Donna Shalala opened the conference by pledging financial and technological assistance from her government.

65.   When Red Cross and Red Crescent societies opened a major conference Monday to discuss the perils still facing Europe, one of their number was missing.

66.   In Abu Dhabi, Juppe will open a conference of French ambassadors in the region.

67.   Arab officials opened a conference on economic reforms on Wednesday with a call on member states to try to ease the social impact of such programmes.

68.   Baltic Sea countries and their neighbors opened a conference Thursday with the European Union pledging a major effort to help the region develop its infrastructure.

69.   Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah opened the conference Saturday with a warning that other regions were overtaking ASEAN in economic cooperation and liberalization.

70.   Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy and Defense Minister David Collenette opened the conference also attended by delegates from international organisations including the United Nations.