China, in particular, urged other nations to press Washington on setting conditions.

He urged nations to consider how this problem could be fixed.

He urged nations that had not contributed to the military and reconstruction efforts in Iraq to do so.

It urged richer nations to move quickly to forgive more of the debt.

In this case, he said, Japan would recommence trading and urge other nations to do so too.

He urged nations taking part in the financial aid program not to drop the usual conditions attached to the bank's lending programs.

Rather than watch silently, senior Bush administration officials began urging nations in the area to deny the plane the right to fly over their territory.

Qatar also urged the United Nations to hold a special session on the war.

He urged nations that do not have diplomatic ties with Pretoria to establish them.

It also urged nations to stop increasing stocks of weapons-usable material and to make public their security regulations.