71.   It also quoted North Korean chief delegate Paek Yong-Ho as blaming the breakdown on a South Korean failure to specify the size of shipments to North Korea.

72.   Jean-Francois Sangsue, chief delegate in Rwanda for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said quick burials were needed to prevent an outbreak of cholera.

73.   Malaysian chief delegate Haji A. Aziz was quoted as saying he was optimistic that the ASEAN member countries would accept Malay as their second official language after English.

74.   On Thursday the Danish chief delegate at the Council of Europe, Henning Gjellerod, said he would request a debate on continuing violations of human rights in Turkey.

75.   Russian chief delegate Vyacheslav Mikhailov, who is nationalities minister, talked with Chernomyrdin over the telephone early Wednesday.

76.   Support for veteran Palestinian independent and former chief delegate to the Middle East peace talks, Haidar Abel Shafi was steady at eight percent.

77.   The chief South Korean delegate denied South Korean pool reports that the two sides readily agreed to eliminate the use of national flags and anthems at the summit.

78.   The comments by Jaap Ramaker of the Netherlands confirmed remarks by chief delegates that the negotiators would miss a Friday deadline for signing a draft treaty.

79.   The Danish chief delegate at the Council of Europe, Henning Gjellerod, on Thursday said he will request a debate on continuing violations of human rights in Turkey.