31.  Ramon also welcomed the statement made by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that local banks and financial institutions were still fundamentally strong.

32.  Ruehe said all legal and disciplinary measures will quickly be used against the culprits, a statement welcomed by the Turkish Embassy in Bonn.

33.  Rudolf Mladek, the chairman of the board of Czech rail, welcomed the statement, saying he had hopes the strike could end on Friday at midnight.

34.  Sinn Fein chairman Mitchel McLaughlin welcomed the statement.

35.  Syria has welcomed statements by an Israeli official that talks between the two countries can resume at the point where they broke off more than three years ago.

36.  Syria on Friday welcomed statements by an Israeli official that talks between the two countries can resume at the point where they broke off more than three years ago.

37.  The council also welcomed a statement earlier Monday by Secretary-General Kofi Annan who stressed that a much greater international effort is needed to defeat terrorism.

38.  The statement was welcomed by a multi-party East Timorese human rights delegation to the commission.

39.  The statement was welcomed by Christian organizations.

40.  The statement was welcomed by Emily Jackson of Memphis, Tenn., a black member of the board whose great-grandparents were slaves.