1.   Lyons said the U.N. mandate did not allow his officers to protect witnesses.

2.   But there was no immediate word on whether the peacekeepers had begun firing back, as their mandate allows them to do when endangered.

3.   Except for U.N. resolutions on Iraq, no mandate allows spot checks across borders.

4.   Koschnick sought to cut through months of frustrating negotiations Wednesday by decreeing a reunification plan for Mostar, which his mandate allows.

5.   Koschnick had sought to cut through months of frustrating negotiations Wednesday by decreeing a reunification plan for Mostar, which his mandate allows.

6.   The current mandate allows peace troops to arrest suspects only if they come across them and arrest is deemed safe.

7.   The current mandate allows peace troops to arrest suspects if they come across them and arrest is deemed safe.

8.   The U.N. human rights investigation team said in a statement that its mandate did not allow for such local participation.

9.   His mandate allowed him to impose laws and decisions if local authorities failed to do so.

10.   European officials in Mostar said Tuesday that their mandate allows them to stay in the city only if the elected city council is allowed to function.