71.   Washington has not indicated whether it will support a motion this year to condemn China for violation of civil liberties in the communist country.

72.   Its success is in greater doubt this year, as France announced last weekend it would not support the motion, effectively ruling out EU participation.

73.   It remained unclear whether all legislators of the two parties would support the motion.

74.   National vice-president Jean Lennane said the people of Australia should support a motion that the commission be empowered to conduct criminal investigations of alleged pederasts.

75.   Most developing countries then failed to support the motion.

76.   Only the United States supported the motion, while Russia has already said it would reject it in its current form.

77.   Only three Liberal MPs supported the motion, which Ruddock said Sunday was designed to create divisions in the coalition.

78.   Parliament secertary and FUNCINPEC member Toh Lah told AFP Thursday that the majority of MPs would support the motion.

79.   Representatives of two other parties supported the motion while two opposition members opposed it, Mohlaloga said.

80.   The Australian senate Wednesday supported a motion which included a call for self-determination in East Timor but the Australian government denied this represented a change in policy.