51.   Japan, the last to ratify the accord, did so last month.

52.   Mexico and Canada have ratified the accord.

53.   Netanyahu demanded that he receive a timetable for the arrest of the wanted men before convening the Cabinet to ratify the accord.

54.   Netanyahu later postponed a Cabinet session to ratify the accord because the Palestinians had not yet delivered a working document on security.

55.   Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat urged the United States to step in and make sure that Israel will ratify the accord.

56.   Parliament overwhelmingly ratified an accord Monday aimed at easing tense relations with neighboring Greece and ending a crippling Greek trade embargo.

57.   Parliament ratified the accord Friday in the first reading but the debate soon heated up, and Lukashenko stormed out at one point.

58.   Parliaments in Britain, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg and Spain have already ratified the accord.

59.   President Joseph Estrada said Monday he expects the accord to be ratified, citing a recent survey showing most Filipinos support it.

60.   Sejersted said the committee knows that there is a risk of setbacks and renewed violence even after the Belfast peace accords were ratified.