91.  Of the nine new seats being proposed for the Council, five would be permanent members and four would rotate in two-year terms.

92.  Of the five permanent members, the United States and Britain support military action as a last resort, while China, France and Russia oppose it.

93.  On Friday, France became the first permanent member of the Security Council to ratify the statute.

94.  On Monday, Britain proposed increasing the overall size of the council and the number of permanent members.

95.  Other nations would go further and abolish the veto, which all permanent members of the Council solidly oppose.

96.  Peacekeeping costs are also obligatory and similarly divided, with the richer governments and permanent members of the Security Council paying a premium.

97.  Prospects that Iraq and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, and Germany, would convene next month encouraged traders.

98.  Rizali is asking the General Assembly to approve the plan in principle by September and to choose the new permanent Council members by next March.

99.  Russia and China, both permanent members of the Security Council with the power to veto decisions there, are both opposed to outside military intervention in Kosovo.

100.  Russia is one of five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council with veto power, so its support would be essential to a Security Council resolution.