51.   U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said the conference had begun to produce tangible results, highlighting the plight of many groups and proposing concrete solutions.

52.   A joint Sino-US international film industry conference began here Friday with delegates from major US production houses meeting to discuss ways of entering the Chinese market.

53.   According to HRIC, the small number of pro-democracy activists still at large have also been harassed since the conference began.

54.   An anti-trade globalization conference began here Sunday with opponents charging that liberalization was disastrous for Philippine agriculture.

55.   An international AIDS conference begins Sunday in Yokohama, Japan.

56.   Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Serbian counterpart Slobodan Milosevic are not due to arrive until early Sunday when the conference begins.

57.   Duncan refused to confirm or deny that the minister, who suddenly left early Monday before the conference began, was the subject of the complaint.

58.   European delegates said these sections had been agreed before the conference began and said they rejected reopening debate on the issue but would allow minor clarifications.

59.   European delegates said these sections had been agreed before the conference began and they rejected reopening the debate but would allow minor clarifications.

60.   Experts here noted that by coincidence the conference began on the same day as the United Nations conference on population and development in Cairo.