21.   Egypt, one of the leading Arab members of the coalition against the Iraqi president, said it opposed any action which undermined Iraqi sovereignty.

22.   Egypt, one of the leading Arab members of the coalition against Saddam, said it opposed any action which undermined Iraqi sovereignty.

23.   It refuses to do so on the contention that the restriction violates Iraqi sovereignty.

24.   Negotiators had inserted language reaffirming Iraqi sovereignty on Thursday in hopes of an early vote.

25.   President Saddam Hussein repeatedly rejected U.N. offers for limited oil sales, calling it an infringement of Iraqi sovereignty.

26.   Saddam has previously rejected the offer as an infringement of Iraqi sovereignty.

27.   Saddam has rejected the U.N. offer, made last April, as an infringement of Iraqi sovereignty.

28.   Saddam has refused weapons inspectors unrestricted access to presidential compounds because they are symbols of Iraqi sovereignty.

29.   The zones are an irritant to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who says they violate Iraqi sovereignty.

30.   France considers the strikes to have been an infringement of Iraqi sovereignty that cannot be justified by UN Security Council resolutions passed after the Gulf War.