31.  NATO political authorities are now wrestling with the shape of a proposed follow-on force.

32.  No one envisioned U.S. troops joining the proposed U.N. force for the Republic of Congo.

33.  Officials trying to decide whether to send soldiers to help Rwandan refugees were hammering out details for the proposed multinational force Sunday, a Canadian military spokesman said.

34.  --Said the U.S. role in a proposed peacekeeping force in East Timor was still evolving.

35.  That could indicate that the OSCE would be responsible for the proposed monitoring force under any final agreement.

36.  The composition of the proposed African peacekeeping force is to be worked out by a technical committee.

37.  The Defense Department is working on details of the proposed force.

38.  The Italian proposal made no mention of the size of the proposed force.

39.  The leader of a rebel movement in eastern Zaire and the Rwandan government accused of supporting him both rejected a proposed international humanitarian force Monday.

40.  The most difficult issue will be agreeing on the shape of a proposed international force to police a peace deal, he said.