1.  As a gesture of solidarity with Kuwait, delegates elected a Kuwaiti official as one of the eight regional vice-presidents of the conference.

2.  A Western diplomat said that high-ranking Kuwaiti officials had expressed frustration that the United States had not found a way to attack the Iraqi government more aggressively.

3.  But a senior Kuwaiti official said at a news conference Sunday evening that the Iraqis were soldiers.

4.  But Kuwaiti officials have doggedly followed Iraqi officials around the globe to present their case, often arriving days after their Iraqi counterparts departed.

5.  He provided four names of those he said were held, names that Kuwaiti officials have confirmed are listed as missing.

6.  Kuwaiti officials recently in Damascus to sound out opinion on normalizing relations with Israel were given short shrift.

7.  Kuwaiti officials said the goods included baby powder and bottles, as well as cottonseed for animals.

8.  Kuwaiti officials were cool, bluntly demanding concrete assurances that their sovereignty and borders would be recognized and protected.

9.  Most foreigners now released from prisons in Iraq are interviewed by Kuwaiti officials, who travel to their home countries with portfolios filled with pictures of missing Kuwaitis.

10.  Richardson made that case on a two-week trip last month in which he met with top Saudi and Kuwaiti officials.