71.   Chirac announced in June that France would resume nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific in September, triggering an international outcry.

72.   Chirac later went into talks with Kohl, who has come under pressure at home to try to convince Chirac to reverse his decision to resume the tests.

73.   China also resumed tests after extension of the treaaty.

74.   Choe warned that France could face a boycott of its goods in South Korea if the nuclear tests are resumed next month in the South Pacific.

75.   The ships were detained off Mururoa where France is to shortly resume nuclear tests.

76.   The summit then promptly demonstrated a lack of unity, with some member countries slamming France over its decision to resume nuclear tests in the South Pacific.

77.   The Rainbow Warrior II had entered French territorial waters in the Mururoa atoll as part of a campaign to stop France resuming nuclear tests in September.

78.   The UN assembly opens in September, which is also the month France plans to resume nuclear tests.

79.   The visit comes at the close of a cooling of Franco-Japanese relations triggered when the French resumed nuclear tests in the Pacific in August last year.

80.   Western Samoa has said it will boycott the Games as a result of the French decision to resume nuclear tests.