101.  European Environment Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard on Thursday called on the European Union for urgent action, following the discovery a record depletion in the ozone layer.

102.  Even once freedom of movement is established, other problems will await urgent action, EU officials warn.

103.  The UN secretary-general has also expressed concern about the plight of the displaced civilians and called for urgent action to alleviate their hardship.

104.  The United Nations on Wednesday called on the international community to take urgent action to prevent Burundi from slipping into all-out civil war.

105.  Trade union officials told AFP that urgent action must be taken to fight unemployment.

106.  UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata also called for urgent military action.

107.  WHO anticipated the malaria crisis last year, calling in October for urgent action.

108.  Yeltsin has instructed the government to take urgent action to tackle the wage crisis, and signed a decree Thursday tightening controls over allocations of federal money.

109.  Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and the private sector are demanding urgent action to lift the markets, revive the economy and protect jobs.

110.  Nuclear scientists in the Urals sent an open letter Thursday to President Boris Yeltsin and the Russian government calling for urgent action to save their research facilities.