1.   Although Barak has promised to move peace efforts forward, he has said little yet about his concrete plans.

2.   But senior U.N. officials questioned the possibility of moving the peace efforts forward without a cease-fire.

3.   The whirl of diplomacy is intended to explore ways to revive aborted peace talks with Syria and to move peace efforts forward with the Palestinians.

4.   Annan said he would urge Israel to abide by U.N. Security Council resolutions and move Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts forward.

5.   Arafat instead pleaded vigorously for international pressure to help budge peace efforts forward.

6.   De Saqui de Sannes defended the action as necessary to move the peace effort forward.

7.   Two days before his arrival in Northern Ireland, British and Irish diplomats were trying hard Tuesday to sort out an agreement to move peacemaking efforts forward.