31.   Mondale was said to have reaffirmed US opposition to a wholesale review.

32.   Murayama, also the first visit by a Japanese head of government to Israel, reaffirmed opposition to the commercial boycott sponsored by the Arabs against the Jewish state.

33.   On Thursday, however, the moderate Catalan party Convergence and Union had reaffirmed its opposition to investing Aznar as the new prime minister.

34.   Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski reaffirmed his opposition to the scheme.

35.   Prime Minister John Howard Sunday reaffirmed his opposition to crimping, setting him on a collision course with states in favour of the measure.

36.   South Korea, however, reaffirmed its opposition to massive government aid for Pyongyang, which has refused to improve political relations with Seoul.

37.   Switzerland and Russia also reaffirmed their opposition to tests.

38.   The Berlin talks adjourned when the North reaffirmed its opposition to any South Korean reactors.

39.   The moderate Catalan party Convergence and Union on Thursday reaffirmed its opposition to investing conservative leader Jose Maria Aznar as the new prime minister.