1.   Annan said Tuesday that without the consent of both parties, he saw no way to send peacekeepers.

2.   Australia and some other countries have volunteered to send in peacekeepers.

3.   According to Palestinian officials, Arafat will repeat a request to Clinton to have international peacekeepers sent to the region to provide a buffer between the Palestinians and Israelis.

4.   After fighting erupted, the allies called for peace talks, imposed trade sanctions, sent peacekeepers and launched air strikes.

5.   But American officials, without criticizing the Canadian plan, expressed reservations that a standby force might short-circuit the process of deciding when to send peacekeepers.

6.   Despite the uncertain conditions into which the peacekeepers were sent, some U.N. officials were overconfident.

7.   Fox has said he would be willing to send Mexican peacekeepers for U.N. missions.

8.   He said that the Security Council should have acted long ago to send in peacekeepers.

9.   In turn, the body has been unable to pay some countries who have sent peacekeepers to world hotspots, most notably Britain.

10.   It could also insist on such assurances every time it agrees to send peacekeepers for an individual mission.