31.   The weapons collection is part of the overall political agreement that European and American mediators pressured the Macedonian government and ethnic Albanian rebels into signing last month.

32.   The Western alliance immediately began talks with the rebels for a site to restart the weapons collection, said NATO spokesman Maj. Barry Johnson.

33.   The weapons collection is part of the overall political agreement pressed on the Macedonians by international mediators.

34.   U.N. peacekeepers also are to help local law enforcement agencies maintain order, guard weapons collections and help move humanitarian aid throughout the country.

35.   Under the agreement reached by all major parties, weapons collection and political action must go hand-in-hand in phases.

36.   Weapons collection is part of the overall political agreement that EU, American and NATO mediators pressured the two sides into signing last month.

37.   Weapons collection probably will begin even before the deployment is complete.