31.   Shalikashvili deflected questions about the possibility of keeping NATO troops in Bosnia after its mandate expires in December.

32.   Steiner did not say when the new mandate will expire.

33.   The current mandate expires Thursday.

34.   The council must approve an extension for the force before its mandate expires Sunday, and diplomats have been working hard to find a compromise acceptable to China.

35.   The current mandate expires at the end of the month.

36.   The current mandate expires Friday, and the entire peacekeeping mission is to shut down next February.

37.   The formal Canadian mandate expires at the end of September.

38.   The council scheduled another meeting on Sunday, just eight hours before the Bosnia mandate expires.

39.   The current mandate expires Monday.

40.   The current mandate expires Friday.