1.   President Boris Trajkovski has promised amnesty to rebels not implicated in criminal acts during their six-month insurrection, but no action has been taken beyond that pledge.

2.   Rebel boss George Speight must release the hostages and surrender his arms to get a promised amnesty.

3.   The Macedonian-dominated parliament, however, has neither adopted the reforms nor granted a promised amnesty for the rebels.

4.   The Macedonian-dominated parliament, however, has not adopted the reforms, nor granted a promised amnesty for the rebels.

5.   Trajkovski has promised amnesty to rebels not implicated in criminal acts during their six-month insurrection, but no action has been taken beyond that pledge.

6.   Under a promised amnesty, the rebels also have promised to lay down their arms and ammunition by next month.

7.   Under pressure from the international community, Trajkovski in November pledged that the promised amnesty, which previously existed only as a political declaration, would be honoured.