51.   Coincidentally, the InterAmerican Press Association held a forum in Costa Rica last week where participants agreed that the country still has inadequate guarantees of press freedom.

52.   Defense Secretary William Perry also said the conference participants had agreed that any NATO bombing campaign would not be halted by Serb hostage-taking.

53.   Forum participants agreed to identify their pollution problems, exchange information on managing them and identify sources of funding for possible solutions.

54.   He said such a combined effort was needed to confront drug smuggling, which the participants agreed was the most pervasive threat to the security of the Caribbean.

55.   It seems likely most participants will agree.

56.   Meeting participants agreed on the necessity of very strong links between macro-economic policy and social policy, he said.

57.   Most participants agreed the biggest achievement of the summit was getting international leaders, business leaders and activists together to talk about combatting poverty.

58.   Ndongala said all participants had also agreed that people and goods should be able to circulate freely between rebel- and government-held territories.

59.   One conference participant agreed.

60.   On Wednesday, participants agreed to start negotiations on technical matters and to continue the dialogue in Durban, South Africa, in four weeks.