41.   The UN spokesman in Haiti, Eric Falt, told AFP Thursday that the mission would announce the resumption of operations after the General Assembly had renewed its mandate.

42.   The six-month mandate was last renewed in April after it was due to expire at the end of March.

43.   The report was presented Tuesday to the Security Council which is to set to renew the mandate of the UNFICYP peacekeeping force on the island for another six months.

44.   The resolution stipulates that the mandate will be renewed for six months before a further two-month extension.

45.   The Serbs want the mandate renewed while Croatia has been pressing for the UN troops to leave.

46.   The TIPH, whose mandate is renewed every six months, consists of observers from Norway, Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Sweden and Switzerland.

47.   The Turkish parliament on Tuesday renewed the mandate of the multinational air force stationed in the southeast of the country to protect the Kurds of northern Iraq.

48.   The Turkish parliament will make the final decision on renewing the mandate.

49.   The UN Security Council prepared Wednesday to renew the mandate of a UN peacekeeping force in Angola despite delays in the peace process implementation.

50.   UNOMIG was expected to have its mandate renewed by the UN Security Council at the end of this month with additional observers, according to UN sources.