81.   Chinese Ambassador Li Zhaoxing denied the groups were barred from the meetings and said the United Nations was simply applying its rules for issuing credentials.

82.   Consistency in applying the rules has long been a problem when teams from different hemispheres met.

83.   FIFA said it was applying its rules barring political signs or statements in stadiums evenly to all teams and all viewpoints.

84.   Generally the banks rules have been applied so liberally that anybody with a legitimate claim can join the search, he said.

85.   He also said the city also has to be consistent in applying the rules.

86.   He promised the KLSE was set to apply the rules consistently and objectively to all companies.

87.   He said tribunals can be fair if proper rules are applied.

88.   However, conference sources said disagreement remained on how the rule would be applied.

89.   If federations refuse to apply the rule, they risk being dropped from the Olympic program.

90.   It said no appeal could be made against the decision of a referee who was correctly applying the rules on the basis of the facts as he saw them.