71.   Seven other Orthodox councilors boycotted the meeting.

72.   Syria, which demands that Israel return the Golan Heights as the price of peace, and Lebanon boycotted the meeting.

73.   Some activists boycotted the meeting, saying it was a public relations ploy.

74.   Some former guerrillas are boycotting the meeting to express their continuing opposition to any peace with Israel.

75.   Some protesters boycotted the meeting, calling it cosmetic.

76.   Some advocacy organizations also suggested that the whole U.S. delegation should boycott the meeting.

77.   Taiwanese investors say they will boycott a meeting with Hun Sen scheduled for Saturday, the China Times Express reported.

78.   Syria and Lebanon are boycotting the meetings.

79.   The Albanians had threatened to boycott the meeting, accusing Serbia of blocking food deliveries to Kosovo since last weekend.

80.   That sparked a series of calls from the Orthodox leadership to councilors to boycott meetings with Reform and Conservative representatives.