1.   His pronouncements came during an open council session called to make the final vote for the new manager.

2.   Ayatollah Khamenei presided over an emergency council session last month when the British foreign minister, Jack Straw, was visiting Tehran.

3.   Holbrooke, speaking to reporters after the council session, said the United States roundly condemned the relocation policy.

4.   The British representative Sir John Weston emerged briefly from the council session to describe the quandary in which the Security Council finds itself.

5.   The Bush war council sessions bear little resemblance, though, to such screenplays.

6.   Underscoring the importance of the issue, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov plans to attend a council session this week.

7.   When Al Quds television broadcast a council session where Arafat was criticized, another signal covered the screen with a black rectangle.

8.   After a brief general council session Thursday, diplomats were upbeat.

9.   After returning from a break in the council session Wednesday, Arafat announced that he had received a phone call from Dennis Ross, the U.S. Mideast peace coordinator.

10.   After returning from a break in the council session Wednesday, Arafat said he had received a phone call from Dennis Ross, the U.S. Mideast peace coordinator.