21.   Independent members spoke out during the annual four-week meeting of a U.N. human rights committee reviewing how to prevent discrimination and protect minorities.

22.   Iraq considers the no-fly zones, set up to protect Kurdish minorities in the north and Shiite Muslims in the south, violations of its sovereignty.

23.   It was the latest Greek charge in recent weeks that Turkey is not doing enough to protect the minority.

24.   Kurds want it included in the autonomous area carved out by U.S.-led allies after the Gulf War to protect minority Kurds from Iraqi forces.

25.   No-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq protect minorities that Saddam continues to target on the ground.

26.   The allied planes patrol no-fly zones over north and south Iraq that were set up to protect dissident minorities.

27.   The growing harassment of Indians is a setback for a country regarded as a leader in South America in protecting native minorities.

28.   The organizations made their statements at the annual meeting of a U.N. human rights panel reviewing how to prevent discrimination and protect minorities.

29.   The non-governmental groups made their statements at the yearly meeting of a U.N. human rights panel of experts reviewing how to prevent discrimination and protect minorities.

30.   The northern zone was meant to protect minority Kurds, whose uprising after the Gulf War was crushed by the Iraqi army.