11.   The minister told the dialogue session that France wished to maintain and increase its assistance to the region.

12.   The original meeting was scheduled for Friday, a day after the other dialogue sessions.

13.   The post-forum dialogue session with major powers went ahead with French Cooperation Minister Jacques Godfrain taking part.

14.   The summit will be followed by a dialogue session with Canada, China, the European Union, Japan, South Korea, Britain and the United States.

15.   Members have already agreed to a post-forum dialogue session with France, which will be represented by Cooperation Minister Jacques Godfrain.

16.   Lord, who is attending the South Pacific Forum dialogue session, said the first meeting had been productive.

17.   Malaysia was Thursday admitted as a member of the South Pacific Forum dialogue session, forum spokesman and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan said.

18.   Pacific leaders are expected to allow France to return to the dialogue sessions next year.

19.   Sanusi said the NGOs would hold a dialogue session Saturday to discuss human rights issues in Malaysia and review the incidents that had disrupted the meeting.

20.   Sources here say a number of countries, including Australia, the Cook Islands, New Zealand and Vanuatu, wanted France back at the dialogue session here.