51.   Chirac said the ministerial conference would take place in mid-July in Paris.

52.   China has sent a large observer delegation led by assistant trade minister Long Yongtu to the inaugural ministerial conference of the WTO here to lobby its case.

53.   China has sent a large observer delegation led by assistant trade minister Long Yongtu to the inaugural WTO ministerial conference here to lobby its case.

54.   Chirac said the ministerial conference would take place in mid-July in Paris and involve foreign ministers and their colleagues with responsibility for security issues.

55.   Dlamini-Zuma is in the Ethiopian capital attending an OAU ministerial conference, which began Wednesday.

56.   Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott will attend the ASEAN regional forum and post ministerial conferences in his place, said State Department spokesman Michael McCurry.

57.   The minister was speaking on the sidelines of a two-day GCC ministerial conference which opened here Saturday.

58.   The round is being held under the auspices of the World Trade Organization and was launched at a WTO ministerial conference in the Qatari capital Doha last November.

59.   The two men agreed to meet after taking part in the two-day Non-Aligned Movement ministerial conference which ended here Tuesday.

60.   The two leaders were also expected to discuss efforts to hold a ministerial level conference on the Middle East in the coming months.