21.  The tiny Pacific nation of Vanuatu has expressed reservations over its agreement as a future member of the World Trade Organization, a WTO official said Monday.

22.  Vranitzky added that future members of the European Union should strive to develop cooperation with the EU even before they gain full membership.

23.  Future member Chile also sharpened the trend, he said.

24.  He said it was important to realise the countries of eastern and central Europe were future members of the European Union and should be given technical and economic assistance.

25.  India and Pakistan have also been proposed as future ASEM members and Australia and New Zealand have expressed interest.

26.  As with the city council, some seats remained vacant for future Serb members who will be elected in September.

27.  Basilio said APEC officials would discuss whether to lift a moratorium on accepting more members as well as specific criteria for future members, at the weekend meeting.

28.  Bulgaria, a small nation of some eight million people, is lobbying hard to prove to the EU that it can be taken seriously as a future member.

29.  Burma, along with Laos and Cambodia, is an observer-state in ASEAN and a potential future member.

30.  They said the Commission wants to first make sure the future members are able to make good use of the aid and have appropriate administrative structures in place.