1.   In a report to the Council, the commission head, Rolf Ekeus of Sweden, said the monitoring system was at least provisionally functional.

2.   It was considered unlikely that the commission head would have made such an announcement without permission from the president.

3.   A spokesman for Minister Carlo Ciampi said the minister made the remarks in Brussels following a meeting with European Union competition commission head Karl Van Miert.

4.   According to Palestinian sources, election commission head Mahmoud Abbas argued with Arafat over the cheating before leaving the country for several days last week, apparently in protest.

5.   Commission head Alexander Abramovich said he was not sure the necessary number of lawmakers would be elected.

6.   Commission head Judge Lombe Chibesakunda said she asked for a meeting with Chiluba to demand access to the prisoners.

7.   Commission head Mike Auret said two of the grave sites were believed to contain at least six skeletons each.

8.   Commission head Jacques Rogge said he was satisfied problems with technology and the budget were being dealt with.

9.   Earlier, election commission head Marijan Ramuscak confirmed that the opposition was on a winning trend.

10.   Election commission head Alexander Veshnyakov said on NTV television that he did not expect all the applications to be approved, but did not elaborate.