21.   Iraq condemned the decision as interference in its internal affairs.

22.   This study was also to take account of the principle --enshrined in the OAU charter --of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries.

23.   They stressed that such intervention did not imply intervention in the internal affairs of the country concerned.

24.   Another important aspect of the changing role of the Security Council is its new attitude to the principle of absolute sovereignty of member states over their internal affairs.

25.   American officials are highly reluctant to talk about Sharon, for fear of seeming to meddle in the internal affairs of Israel, a move that could weaken Barak.

26.   An investigation by the internal affairs unit did not substantiate the charge.

27.   At the hearing, Weise said that Treasury Department Undersecretary Raymond Kelly had brought in an outside consultant to review Customs internal affairs.

28.   Blair observed that what the United States called sanctions policy the Europeans called interfering with the internal affairs of other nations.

29.   Bratton said the Washington investigation was going to last a while, but he expected internal affairs investigators to complete the New Jersey case by next week.