81.   They are due to be joined later by special human rights rapporteurs who will hold a preparatory meeting in Geneva Thursday and Friday.

82.   Wirayuda said he expected the preparatory meeting to wind up late Wednesday.

83.   Japan and the United States will hold a preparatory meeting in late May in Honolulu for a review of their security ties, Jiji Press said Monday.

84.   Mandela had remained optimistic, however, saying he hoped things could be sorted out at a second preparatory meeting.

85.   Meanwhile, officials from several ministries and Turkish businessmen gathered in Ankara for a preparatory meeting on the role of Turkish companies in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

86.   Moasher said he attended a preparatory meeting Wednesday with a Jordanian Foreign Ministry official and two Jordanian officers at Gaa Taba next to Ain Evrona in Israel.

87.   Muallem was speaking to Israeli chief negotiator Uri Savir during a preparatory meeting late Tuesday with Dennis Ross, US coordinator for the peace process, the radio reported.

88.   Officials said Ross would later attend a preparatory meeting for the second Middle East economic summit due to be held in Amman in late October.

89.   Pelletreau is to take part in preparatory meetings here Sunday and Monday for a full session of multilateral peace talks in Geneva in March.

90.   Pakistan has recorded its objections at the preparatory meetings and several points have already been put in parenthesis, indicating the controversy, she added.