11.   The document will be translated overnight into other languages and approved by the ministers Friday in the form of a consensus statement, outlining their achievements.

12.   The Russian delegation at the commission has been locked in talks with the EU in an attempt to head off a vote by producing a softer consensus statement.

13.   The Security Council, in a consensus presidential statement adopted at an emergency meeting Saturday, welcomed the move and demanded an immediate halt to hostilities.

14.   They agreed on a consensus statement reflecting the particular concerns of the Asia Pacific region which they hoped would be taken into account at the upcoming World Congress.

15.   They will issue a consensus statement Friday at the end of the conference, outlining their achievements.

16.   They will issue a consensus statement on Friday at the end of the conference, outlining their achievements.