31.   The UN High Commissioner for Refugees reportedly agreed to step up its voluntary repatriation programme in exchange for a pledge by Kinshasa to stop expulsions.

32.   PLO chief Yasser Arafat appealed Tuesday to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to stop the expulsions of Palestinians residing in Libya.

33.   The crisis stifled trade across the border even after Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi decided to stop the expulsions until next year.

34.   The letter requested Kadhafi to stop the expulsions and to allow Palestinans already thrown out of Libya to return, Nashashibi said.