41.   The only Arab countries sending official delegations are Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Tunisia, Yemen and the host country, Qatar.

42.   The staunchly anti-Castro Cuban-American National Foundation, which sent a delegation to brief Carter in Atlanta recently, cautiously supported the trip.

43.   The United States and Israel both sent mid-level delegations.

44.   There has been a controversy, and student protests, over the issue of whether to send a delegation to the funeral, or at least send condolences.

45.   With new nations springing up and existing countries sending larger delegations, some IOC members have suggested eliminating whole sports from the Olympic program.

46.   Yeltsin had sent a delegation of three leading liberal politicians to Belgrade on Sunday.

47.   Pakistani Islamic militant groups threatened the government but President Pervez Musharraf went ahead and sent a delegation of Pakistani officials to Kabul Monday.

48.   Pakistan did not send a delegation to the Singapore conference.

49.   Palestinian officials said they were sending a delegation to the talks, which were set for the residence of U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer outside Tel Aviv.

50.   President Clinton decided only two weeks ago to send a delegation to the Oslo negotiations, which are scheduled to continue for two weeks.