31.   The council will take a final vote next week.

32.   The council may take up the pension bill today.

33.   The council will take up the matter during its regular Friday meeting.

34.   The council took no action beyond noting his report and agreeing to continue discussing the issue.

35.   The guessing on the ownership level is the council will take some action against Schott.

36.   The U.N. representative, Mahmoud Mestiri, had hoped that a new governing council would take power in Kabul, the capital, on Monday.

37.   A council diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was unlikely the council would take up the issue this month unless France gave the go-ahead.

38.   A European diplomat, speaking on condition that his name and nationality not be used, said the council would probably take up the issue Thursday.

39.   A nationwide cease-fire is to take effect when the council takes over, said Charlie Santos, a member of the U.N. mission led by Mahmood Mestiri of Tunisia.

40.   A spokesman, James Rubin, said the United States hoped the council would take a strong stand against repeated Iraqi defiance of U.N. orders.