11.   Monday, the secretary-general said the road to lifting sanctions had been defined by the Security Council.

12.   Nader supports lifting criminal sanctions for marijuana possession.

13.   Only then should the security council consider a timetable for lifting sanctions.

14.   Publicly, London and Washington spoke as one, saying that Libya needed to accept responsibility and compensate the families before they would consider lifting sanctions.

15.   Privately, British diplomats acknowledge that London is open to the idea of lifting sanctions, but that the new administration in Washington does not want to appear weak.

16.   Several officials said that if Milosevic went a step further and recognized Bosnia, then there might be an additional step in lifting sanctions.

17.   Some other members of the Security Council expressed skepticism that Iraq would clear up enough questions to justify lifting sanctions when the next review comes due in September.

18.   The conditions for lifting Iraqi sanctions are unambiguous.

19.   The measure must now be approved by the Senate, which in the past has overwhelmingly endorsed lifting sanctions on food and medicine to Cuba.

20.   The official said while the United States would not be bound by the conditions, an agreement would mark a positive development in lifting sanctions.