UNITED NATIONS : Talks on Cambodia

The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council will meet Friday and Saturday to discuss a peace plan for Cambodia, according to U.N. diplomats.

Officials from the United States, the Soviet Union, France, Britain and China will hold the session, their fourth on the topic this year, to try to devise a plan for ending the 10-year-old Cambodian civil war. They are still far apart on issues such as how to disarm the combatants, how much of the current Vietnam-backed government in Phnom Penh would have to be dismantled and who could take part in any future elections.

Proposals foresee the largest peacekeeping operation in U.N. history, with the world body supplying troops and temporarily taking over some of the functions of the government.