51.   Council diplomats bargained Monday over the proposed terms of the mission.

52.   Council diplomats doubt any strong alternatives will emerge until the United States vetoes Boutros-Ghali in the first round.

53.   Council diplomats have said they will not consider lifting economic sanctions against Iraq until Baghdad fully cooperates with the arms teams.

54.   Council diplomats have said they will not consider lifting the embargo until Iraq fully cooperates with the arms inspectors.

55.   Council diplomats have said they will not lift the sanctions until monitors certify that Iraq has dismantled its weapons of mass destruction.

56.   Council diplomats said the Americans were reluctant to commit to a peacekeeping force.

57.   Council diplomats said they expect to vote on the draft resolution as early as Thursday after tinkering with wording to make it more palatable to Iraq.

58.   Council diplomats said West African foreign ministers asked for an international show of support for their diplomatic efforts on behalf of Kabbah.

59.   Council diplomats were onsidering both a draft statement and a draft letter from the president of the council to Boutros-Ghali on the matter.

60.   Council diplomats, however, have been cool to the idea of a brief extension, which had been suggested informally by Iraqi diplomats for the past few weeks.