1.   Sinn Fein is expected to make a statement deploring violence, and the IRA is expected to follow with its own statement.

2.   That the prisoners sign a statement renouncing violence and that they not associate with other criminals.

3.   A Vatican delegation, possibly led by a woman, intends to demand that abortion and sterilization be included in a statement denouncing violence against women.

4.   The Vatican plans to insist that abortion and sterilization be included in a conference statement denouncing violence against women.