61.   Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, who is in New York, hailed the vote as a victory because five countries refused to support the resolution.

62.   It has strongly supported U.N. resolutions condemning conflict diamonds.

63.   Joining Muslim states in supporting the resolution were Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Russia, China, Australia and New Zealand.

64.   Kinkel on Monday urged his Chinese counterpart, Tang Jiaxuan, to support a resolution and said afterwards that Tang told him China would seriously consider the request.

65.   Last week, France, Russia, China, Egypt and Kenya refused to support a resolution threatening Iraq with new sanctions unless it cooperated with the inspection team.

66.   Kriengsak said association members, meeting Sunday and Monday, unanimously supported a resolution urging the government to exempt rice mills from the foreign worker ban.

67.   Mandela said his country supports United Nations resolutions on Burma.

68.   Most Asian countries supported the resolution, which Indonesia and Malaysia helped sponsor.

69.   Russia, China, India and countries with substantial Muslim populations supported the resolution.

70.   Russia agreed to support the resolution only after the United States and Britain removed a clause declaring the Kosovo unrest a threat to world peace.