11.   Members send cabinet ministers to regular sessions and national parliament members take part in assembly sessions four times a year.

12.   Most non-African countries sent government ministers to the conference, which in the past has produced little more than declarations of support for the French language and culture.

13.   Nigeria sent four ministers with economic portfolios, Egypt sent its deputy foreign minister.

14.   Provisional member Haiti and the Dominican Republic, an observer member, did not send ministers to the conference.

15.   Russia, Vietnam and Peru, scheduled for admission in November, have sent their ministers as observers.

16.   Russia, Vietnam and Peru, which are slated for admission in November, have sent their ministers as observers.

17.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent his minister of emergency situations, Sergei Shoigu, to the Hungarian capital, where he met with Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pinter.

18.   Russia, Vietnam and Peru, which are scheduled for admission in November, have sent their ministers as observers.

19.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent his minister of emergency situations, Sergei Shoigu, to Budapest, where he met with Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pinter.

20.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent his minister of emergency situations, Sergei Shoigu, to the Hungarian capital Sunday evening.