1.   A joint statement said that a ministerial commission for co-operation in military training and defence industries was to be set up.

2.   After an afternoon of meetings, a ministerial commission said it had decided on special measures to man emergency rooms, but no details were given.

3.   The decision by a ministerial commission followed an appeal to the government from Amnesty International, the human rights organization, to ban torture or ill-treatment of prisoners.

4.   Algerian President Liamine Zeroual, meanwhile, has decided to set up a ministerial commission to prepare the presidential elections to be held by the end of the year.

5.   But he appointed a ministerial commission to look into the issue.

6.   Finance Minister Avraham Shohat and Kessar backed a ministerial commission on economic affairs which took the decision.

7.   He also announced the creation of a ministerial commission to study ways of confronting new settlement projects.

8.   A joint ministerial commission set up in October last year would also meet soon to explore ways of further enhancing bilateral cooperation.

9.   The various parts of the roads project are at different stages of advancement and will require further review by government planning agencies and the ministerial commission, officials said.