11.   Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the Organization of African Unity help organize the referendum.

12.   He offered to retreat if the government agreed to organize a referendum on his terms.

13.   He said UNICEF organized the referendum in conjunction with Colombian organizations.

14.   If he wins that election over anti-separatist Jean Charest, Bouchard is expected to begin organizing a referendum on whether Quebec should secede from Canada.

15.   Kalman Peotoecz, the deputy chairman of the committee organizing the referendum, told private Radio Twist that the bogus ballots bore falsified stamps of his organization.

16.   Opposition parties are trying to organize a referendum to oust him.

17.   Referendums are organized to produce overwhelming electoral endorsements.

18.   Portuguese Ambassador Antonio Monteiro warned that the violence could destroy the credibility of the United Nations in organizing other referendums around the world.

19.   The Freedom Party, which organized the referendum, is the only party in parliament supporting.

20.   The Liberals opted to stay out of the government, but promised support if it were to organize a referendum on secession from Yugoslavia.