51.   Last week, the United States announced that it also was lifting sanctions on Pakistan due to the crisis.

52.   Lifting U.N. sanctions against Sudan would not mean the country would be removed from the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism, he said.

53.   Members of the Yugoslav opposition, who have counted on help from the West, say lifting sanctions would be an important step.

54.   On the agenda were the U.N. Security Council requirements for lifting sanctions against Libya.

55.   Payment of compensation to the families is one of several U.N. Security Council conditions for lifting sanctions on Libya.

56.   Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush has said he opposes lifting sanctions.

57.   President Saddam Hussein has repeatedly threatened to end cooperation with U.N. inspectors, apparently believing that the United States and Britain will never agree to lifting sanctions.

58.   Russia has also increased the pressure for lifting sanctions by announcing its state-controlled airline Aeroflot had started negotiations with Baghdad over the resumption of commercial flights.

59.   Russia still advocates lifting sanctions, saying they hurt ordinary Iraqis.

60.   Saddam has repeatedly threatened to end cooperation with U.N. inspectors, believing that the United States and Britain will never agree to lifting sanctions.