21.   It is already likely that IFOR will have to be kept on after its mandate expires in December this year, said Hinton.

22.   Its mandate expires Sunday.

23.   Its mandate expires on Monday along with the truce.

24.   Its current mandate expires in December.

25.   Japan voiced concern Friday over mounting tensions in the former Yugoslavia where a U.N. peacekeeping mandate expires the same day.

26.   Its current mandate expires at midnight Monday.

27.   Its mandate expires at the end of July and needs Parliament approval.

28.   Premier Mesut Yilmaz said the operation would be reviewed before its mandate expired.

29.   Russia pressured Georgia on Thursday to decide whether to keep Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia after Friday, when the present mandate expires, Interfax reported.

30.   Rwanda had initially demanded the complete withdrawal of the U.N. force, whose original mandate expired last Friday.