11.   Washington also wants the countries to halt all production of weapons-grade nuclear material pending the signing of the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty.

12.   Indonesia deplored Tuesday the nuclear test conducted by China and expressed the hope that all countries would halt such tests, the Antara news agency reported.

13.   Amnesty International Japan issued a statement condemning the hangings and called on the country to halt all scheduled executions and abolish the death penalty.

14.   King Fahd of Saudi Arabia implicitly threatened that Arab countries might halt the process of normalising relations with Israel, the official SPA news agency reported early Tuesday.

15.   On Wednesday, the IWC meeting accused Norway of pursuing commercial whaling under the guise of research and appealed to the country to halt such practices in the Atlantic.