1.   American computer and software companies greeted the European policy declaration as a victory.

2.   Prime Minister John Major of Britain approved the Dublin forum as part of the policy declaration that he and Reynolds advanced in December.

3.   The prospects for an eventual peace depend less on policy declarations than on what Israel actually does about expanding settlements.

4.   Considering the growing importance of the Left parties in the front, the joint policy declaration reflects the Left agenda.

5.   Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa and Arab League Secretary-General Esmat Abdel-Meguid both urged him to back away from his tough policy declarations.

6.   Upon arrival at the Nunciate, where the pope is staying during his visit, he signed the policy declaration.

7.   Parliament must then approve his general policy declaration before he can take office.

8.   Representatives of member states are still trying to hammer out in Geneva an agreement on the terms of a policy declaration that ministers are due to adopt in Singapore.