31.   Bahrain, which wants the dispute to be resolved within the GCC, reluctantly presented its own case to the international court in September.

32.   But they were confident it would be resolved within the next few days and said it could not in any way block the creation of the WTO.

33.   Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien predicted Monday thatwould be resolved within weeks.

34.   Foreign Minister Mumtaz Soysal said last week that the problem would be resolved within the framework of UN sanctions.

35.   Nandan said any future disagreement on fishing rights would be resolved within the framework of the Convention on the Law of the Sea and not on a bilateral basis.

36.   The designation of a special investigation requires that if the dispute is not resolved within several months, the United States can impose sanctions on China.