21.   And the World Bank official said it was unlikely to change the level of donations expected at the pledging conference in Brussels.

22.   ESCAP Executive Secretary Adrianus Mooy, opening an annual pledging conference Friday, said ESCAP was re-orienting its work program and putting more emphasis on technical cooperation activities.

23.   The programme will then be presented to foreign donors at a pledging conference in Tokyo next month.

24.   Senior trade officials, finance and development experts, and representatives of international organisations took part in the pledging conference Monday.

25.   The conference follows a first pledging conference in December and a reconstruction conference in Sarajevo this weekend.