1.  We are firmly committed to equal treatment for men and women in pensions.

2.  Businesses want investment in both countries promoted and protected, and assurances that U.S. companies doing business in Venezuela would receive equal treatment under Venezuelan law.

3.  Children and citizens of all religious faiths have a right to equal treatment by all government agencies, including the public schools.

4.  The Gurkha soldiers submitted a four-point demand to British Prime Minister John Major last month asking for equal treatment with their British counterparts.