41.   The direct negotiations are seen as a last chance to solve the conflict before a U.N. mandate expires in September.

42.   The mandate expires at the end of March.

43.   The mandate expires early next year.

44.   The mandate expires Friday.

45.   The mandate expires at midnight.

46.   The mandate expires next month, and Security Council approval is needed to extend it.

47.   The Reform Party wants Canadian troops withdrawn from Bosnia when their mandate expires at the end of September.

48.   The official said it would take about three months to withdraw the peacekeepers once their mandate expired.

49.   The official said that it would take about three months to withdraw the peacekeepers once their mandate expired.

50.   The old U.N. mandate expires at midnight Friday.