51.   Conference delegates have to address the problem of how to recover enough support for the party to keep it from disappearing completely from the German political map.

52.   King Norodom Sihanouk, at a subsequent meeting in the royal palace, told conference delegates that he fully supported a total ban on landmines.

53.   Nearly a third of conference delegates are nominated by the military junta of General Sani Abacha which had promised the international community it would abide by its decisions.

54.   On Monday, conference delegates were treated to a public reconciliation between between President Eduardo dos Santos and former UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, once bitter enemies.

55.   Some conference delegates have recently called on Nigerians to give the military more time to prepare their departure.

56.   The conference delegates are expected to adopt a non-binding declaration and action programme on Wednesday.

57.   The conference delegates have also been unable to decide how to take major decisions, whether by consensus or majority.