1.   Gadhafi has spoken in miffed tones in recent days that the Saudi idea has overshadowed his own proposal, and threatened to boycott the summit.

2.   Rallies in the Palestinian territories over the weekend urged Arafat to boycott the summit.

3.   Russia was the only member of the expanded group to boycott the summit.

4.   After a phone call from Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Menem scrapped his idea of boycotting the summit and announced he would attend.

5.   Arafat supports the Saudi initiative but boycotted the summit because he refused to accept conditions imposed by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

6.   As a consequence, Turkey boycotted the summit here and has refused political dialogue with the EU.

7.   Argentine President Carlos Menem accused Brazil of violating the Mercosur pact and threatened to boycott the summit.

8.   Argentine President Carlos Menem immediately accused Brazil of violating the economic pact and threatened to boycott the summit.

9.   Bahrain announced in September that it was boycotting the summit because of its long-running territorial dispute with Qatar.

10.   Bahrain, which is boycotting the summit over a territorial dispute with Qatar, has not taken part in recent discussions.