1.   The Ethiopian government offered broader autonomy for Eritrea, tantamount to a federal structure, according to Vice-Minister of Information Merid Bekele.

2.   The agreement right now offers Kosovo autonomy but would keep it as a province of Serbia.

3.   The government of President Megawati Sukarnoputri has offered special autonomy for Aceh that would allow the province to keep a greater percentage of the revenues from its natural resources.

4.   The government is offering limited autonomy, and there are deep divisions among ethnic Albanian political leaders over what level of autonomy would be acceptable.

5.   The government has, through U.S. mediators, offered limited autonomy.

6.   The proposed accord offers Kosovo autonomy for the next three years, and leaves its fate after that uncertain.

7.   They had high hopes for peace a few years ago, when President Chandrika Kumaratunga offered the Tamils autonomy in the north and east.

8.   Parliament is later expected to debate a new constitution offering wide autonomy to local councils.

9.   At the talks in Addis Ababa, where the OAU is headquartered, the government offered broad autonomy in exchange for the unified island.

10.   Buddhist organizations and monks, who traditionally champion the Sinhalese causes, are in the forefront opposing the government package which offers wide autonomy to eight regional administrations.