101.   Since then, domestic pressure has mounted on the Swiss government to seek EU membership.

102.   Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Albania and Macedonia, are also seeking NATO membership this year.

103.   Taiwan has recently moved to raise its international profile, seeking membership in the United Nations and sending top leaders on visits to nations with diplomatic relations with China.

104.   Some Ukrainian officials have said the country may eventually seek NATO membership.

105.   Strict guidelines are expected to be unveiled later this year to which all nations seeking membership would have to adhere.

106.   The Baltics have long sought membership in the alliance, citing a security threat from their giant eastern neighbor, Russia.

107.   The Czech Republic and other formerly Communist countries in central Europe seek early membership in NATO, fearing a security vacuum in the region.

108.   The Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary are seeking NATO membership and were invited to join the alliance before the end of the decade.

109.   The Commission proposed to encourage Iran to seek membership in the World Trade Organization.

110.   The Bundestag called for east European candidates seeking membership in the European Union to admit the right of German exiles to settle in areas they inhabited before the war.