21.   North Korea is still balking at allowing inspections of two nuclear waste sites, visits that would help determine whether it had diverted plutonium to arms.

22.   North Korea has allowed inspections and appears to be complying with the weapons freeze.

23.   Officials close to the talks also stressed that the Iraqis must allow full inspections without any time constraints.

24.   Over the past year, the United States and North Korea have been negotiating over whether North Korea will allow inspections of a suspected underground nuclear facility.

25.   That covers Pakistan, but Iran does allow such inspections, which had left aid to Iran a question.

26.   The American visits to the underground facility, which are scheduled to start in May, would mark the first time the North has allowed inspection beyond Yongbyon.

27.   The Bosnian Serbs have agreed in principle to allow inspections of prison camps and detention centers, but no visits have occurred yet.

28.   The expectation, they said, is that in a few months or perhaps years Pyongyang would allow the inspections of the nuclear waste sites.

29.   The Maine lights program calls for the new owners to assume responsibility for maintenance, preserve public access and allow regular inspections.

30.   The monitors, most of them foreign nationals, refused to allow the inspections because they have diplomatic status.