11.   Parliament must ratify the proposals in two weeks.

12.   Parliament ratified the agreement after a rather stormy debate Friday, during which Lukashenko even stormed out of the session hall.

13.   Parliament on Thursday ratified a tax treaty designed to boost trade with the United States.

14.   Parliament on Wednesday ratified the admission of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic into NATO.

15.   Parliament has ratified some of the reforms called for in the peace accord, but not an important and controversial law that would give local governments more power.

16.   Parliament ratified it last year.

17.   Parliament ratified the convention this fall, but failed to ratify the protocol, which is now being submitted for ratification.

18.   Parliament ratified the convention this past fall, but failed to ratify the protocol.

19.   Parliament Tuesday ratified the nationwide state of emergency, which President Chandrika Kumaratunga imposed last week to deal with the threat posed by Tamil rebels.

20.   Perry also voiced hope that the Russian parliament would ratify the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II by winter.