11.   Although the judge dismissed pleas by the defense to accord special status to observers, representatives of some rights groups were allowed to sit in the public gallery.

12.   The report notes that the PLO office in Washington is designated as a foreign mission but is not accorded diplomatic status, privileges or immunities.

13.   The veto power status was accorded to them by the present international system.

14.   He said he had warned Ankara against according official status to the Chechen office.

15.   If accorded refugee status, they may be able to resettle in the West.

16.   If UNHCR accords them refugee status, Malaysia cannot deport them or take any other action against them, he said.

17.   But Saifi escaped and undertook a clandestine three month journey to France, where he was accorded refugee status.

18.   Pierce was not the only Frenchwoman accorded heroine status in Australia this weekend.