31.   But Japanese companies have declined to join the international effort.

32.   But the area will probably also require another concerted international effort to pull it from the grip of poverty and ensure the survival of the park.

33.   But the Northern Alliance, which has been consolidating its hold in Kabul, has not officially embraced the international efforts to establish a new government.

34.   But Washington insists that the sale is forbidden by the agreement and would be a setback for international efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.

35.   Canadian officials said Chretien would also like to secure more Russian help international anti-terrorism efforts and support for his views on increasing world assistance to Africa.

36.   Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, traveling in Asia, said Thursday that international efforts must continue until the situation in central Africa is fully resolved.

37.   Chretien said that Mobutu pledged his support for an international effort aimed at returning the refugees to Rwanda and Burundi, according to Reuters.

38.   Clinton will join President Abdou Diouf in viewing military exercises by Senegalese armed forces, which have participated in international peacekeeping efforts.

39.   Clinton also planned to press Jiang for agreement to mandatory cutbacks in greenhouse gas emissions as part of the international effort to combat global warming.

40.   Credit for the decline belongs to the international efforts of the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations.