11.   Membership also means Russia will send government ministers to meetings of council nations and a delegation to take part in parliamentary assembly sessions four times a year.

12.   Members send cabinet ministers to regular sessions as well as delegations to take part in parliamentary assembly sessions four times a year.

13.   Membership also means Russia will send government ministers to regular council meetings and a delegation to take part in parliamentary assembly sessions four times a year.

14.   On Friday in Ottawa, NATO opens a parliamentary assembly involving hundreds of delegates from alliance nations.

15.   Parliament leaders from Russia and Belarus signed an accord Monday to establish a parliamentary assembly, another step in the expanding union between the two former Soviet nations.

16.   Rafael Estrella, president of the NATO parliamentary assembly, said no changes were planned in the four-day conference, which began Saturday and concludes Tuesday.

17.   Robertson was in Ottawa to address the NATO parliamentary assembly on Tuesday.

18.   Steiner called on the parliamentary assembly to approve the council plan next weekend so that the positions could be filled.

19.   Steiner called on the parliamentary assembly to approve the council plan this weekend so that the positions could be filled.

20.   Steiner called on the parliamentary assembly to approve the council plan by next weekend so that the positions could be filled.