21.   The institute also added a new question, asking how respondents would vote if Sweden approves membership in its national referendum on Sunday.

22.   The laws require the government to approve membership of the organizing committees of voluntary and welfare groups, such as the Wildlife Society, the Red Cross and charities.

23.   The three other nations have approved membership in referenda.

24.   Unlike Sweden and Finland, where voters already approved membership, Norway is also enjoying an economic upswing, while their neighbors are in a deep slump.

25.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who also had urged Swiss voters to approve membership, welcomed the vote and said it took the United Nations closer to universality.

26.   Unlike Sweden and Finland, where voters already approved membership, Norway is also enjoying an economic upswing, while their neighbors are in a slump.

27.   Voters in Austria and Finland already have approved membership terms in national referendums.

28.   Finland became the first nordic country to approve EU membership in a referendum last Sunday.

29.   However Austria, which approved union membership in a referendum last week, is the only one of the four certain to join on time.

30.   However, membership is certain only for Austria, where voters approved EU membership in a referendum earlier this month.