11.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat Saturday urged Arab nations not to improve relations with Israel as long as the Middle East peace process remains stalled.

12.   But the peace process remains stalled because the Macedonian side failed to enact the constitutional amendments that would increase ethnic Albanian rights.

13.   But the peace process remains stalled because the Macedonian side has failed to enact the constitutional amendments that would increase minority rights.

14.   The treaty remains stalled in the Russian parliament, and seems to have little chance of ratification in the current climate.

15.   U.S. officials have said that if the peace process remains stalled, the United States will eventually take the initiative and make its own proposals.

16.   The United Nations agreed last month to create a multi-national force to help channel aid to the refugees, but the force remains stalled in Uganda.