61.   The six-week commission meeting opens in Geneva with a statement from U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson.

62.   They noted that the Friday meeting marked the first time in two years that China had sent a representative to the commission meeting.

63.   Tyson has one more big hurdle before the commission meeting, one his attorneys have been working for more than a week trying to resolve.

64.   Tyson also faces one more big hurdle before the commission meeting, one his attorneys have been working for more than a week trying to resolve.

65.   Zimbabwe and Iran are to hold their second joint commission meeting on Friday in Harare, the official press agency said.

66.   He added that the powerful defence ministry was also demanding that the technical commission meeting in Arusha hold its future meetings in Bujumbura.

67.   He said the Serbs had been expected to take part in a joint commission meeting at Sarajevo airport on implementing a just-signed four-month truce.

68.   A subsequent commission meeting has been slated to take place in Luanda, at an unspecified date, in the presence of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

69.   Akashi also blamed the Sarajevo government for refusing to take part in joint commission meetings with the Serbs to discuss a furthering of the truce.

70.   Western diplomats said Nigeria hopes its welcoming the UN mission will spare it from being condemned by the UN human rights commission meeting in Geneva.