21.   It was agreed that a massive fund be set up to pay off claims linked to dormant bank accounts, slave labor and looted art works.

22.   Other looted art was bought by Argentinians and Brazilians and remains in Latin America, he said.

23.   Russia and Germany have accelerated exchanges of looted art under the good relationship formed between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

24.   The National Museum Authority is currently preparing a complete inventory of the looted art to be released on the Internet.

25.   Germany, Russia and Ukraine have stepped up efforts to return looted art works to each other in recent years.

26.   Germany, Ukraine and Russia have been steadily returning looted art works to each other in recent years.

27.   De Charette said with German cooperation France would continue to track down looted art works to return them to their owners.