31.   He spoke to AFP after chairing talks with a delegation led by the Turkish minister of state for international affairs, Ahmet Cemil Tunc.

32.   International cooperation and planning minister Nabil Shaath chaired the talks at the old Israeli administration building in Gaza City.

33.   A UN spokesman said the talks would be chaired by the chief of the UN mission, General Romeo Dallaire.

34.   Also on the ship was South African President Nelson Mandela, who was to chair the talks.

35.   An aide to former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere, who is chairing the talks, said they started early evening.

36.   Already aboard was Mandela, who was to chair the talks.

37.   Danielle Mitterrand, wife of French President Francois Mitterrand, is to chair the talks between Massud Barzani and Jalal Talabani.

38.   Cros already chaired failed talks between the two sides on Saturday.

39.   The talks will be chaired by UN and Organisation of African Unity envoy Mohamed Sahnoun.

40.   The talks were chaired by deputy UN commander Brigadier Henry Anyidoho of Ghana.