1.   By law, any amnesty package must be approved by a majority of both houses of the Haitian parliament.

2.   But what is the Haitian parliament?

3.   The U.N.-backed proposal would have required Cedras to step down once the Haitian parliament assembled and adopted laws separating the police from the army.

4.   At the end of September, the Haitian parliament passed an internationally-backed economic plan aimed at streamlining the bureaucracy and privatizing nine inefficient state-owned enterprises.

5.   He said the Haitian parliament, which has refused to approve previous bilateral agreements, is in agreement with his government on the issue of Dominican investment.

6.   He said the security situation deteriorated following attacks last November against two Haitian parliament members, which led to demonstration and reprisal attacks.

7.   The Haitian parliament recently passed a tough, economic plan that will privatize nine inefficient state-owned companies.

8.   The last hurdle is the membership treaty that still has to be ratified by the Haitian parliament.

9.   Gore said he expected the Haitian parliament to vote an amnesty for the coup leaders within two weeks.

10.   He acknowledged that the amnesty vote in the Haitian parliament could become an element of pressure to get Cedras to leave.