31.   The Education Ministry had no comment on the campaign, but Foreign Ministry spokesman Haim Koren welcomed any initiative to turn Israelis into better ambassadors for their nation.

32.   The Serbs welcomed the initiative but they reportedly failed to give the Greek team any safety guarantees.

33.   The Swiss government also welcomed the initiative but said it would not contribute to it until more facts came to light.

34.   The Sarajevo daily Oslobodjenje welcomed the initiative, saying Bosnia might be able to hasten a split between Milosevic and the Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic.

35.   The Serbs welcomed the initiative, but reportedly failed to give the Greek team any safety guarantees.

36.   They welcomed recent initiatives by some countries to open preferential market access to the least developed countries and moves to incorporate trade into poverty reduction strategy programs.

37.   While saying it welcomed the initiative, the group Texans Against Gun Violence said Bush should do more.

38.   We welcome the initiatives of member economies and further instruct ministers to undertake concerted efforts towards the implementation of this Action Program.

39.   When Arafat was prevented from speaking Wednesday he turned to Al-Jazeera satellite television and delivered his speech welcoming the initiative.

40.   In the statement, Yeltsin said that he welcomed the initiative.