41.   Saudi Arabia sent a Foreign Ministry delegation to a preparatory meeting ahead of the three-day gathering of heads of state, due to begin Sunday.

42.   Six days of preparatory meetings in May failed to reach consensus on the draft document.

43.   The association members have attended preparatory meetings to the conference held in various parts of the world.

44.   The Chambers gave the assurances at the festive season preparatory meeting on Wednesday while petrol kiosk operators gave theirs in a meeting last month.

45.   The delay was attributed to private meetings to smooth over differences that had clouded a preparatory meeting of foreign ministers.

46.   The delay was blamed on private meetings to smooth differences that had clouded a preparatory meeting of foreign ministers.

47.   The Philippines and Vietnam presented a draft code of conduct to senior officials at a preparatory meeting on Tuesday.

48.   The ministers held preparatory meetings Wednesday.

49.   The official was in Kuwait Wednesday to attend a preparatory meeting for the Gulf Cooperation Council summit that opens here Saturday.

50.   The preparatory meeting ends Thursday.