31.   The intervention force is authorized by ECOWAS.

32.   The Security Council has refused to authorize a force until the warring parties stop fighting.

33.   The Security Council meets Friday to decide whether to authorize the force.

34.   The resolution said the United Nations will authorize the force for an initial three months and requested bi-weekly updates on its activities.

35.   The U.N. Security Council met Thursday in New York to finish details of the mission, but delayed a decision on authorizing the force until Friday at the earliest.

36.   The U.N. Security Council must then adopt a resolution authorizing the force.

37.   Those decisions include imposing sanctions and authorizing military force.

38.   Will be led with Security Council meeting later Friday to decide whether to authorize force.

39.   France has proposed an intervention, but Britain, China, Russia and the United States said they wanted more detailed plans before authorizing a force.

40.   However Britain, China, Russia and the United States said they wanted more detailed plans before authorizing a force.