11.   The Bush adminstration has roiled relations with foreign allies through its unilateral affronts to the Kyoto global warming treaty, the anti-ballistic missile pact, and world population programs.

12.   The Senate would have to ratify the global warming treaty if President Clinton signs it.

13.   The Russian parliament is expected to take up the global warming treaty before autumn, and environmental activists expect ratification to follow in the absence of any organized opposition.

14.   The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted to oppose any global warming treaty that let developing countries off the hook.

15.   Pronk chairs the U.N. agency trying to put the global warming treaty in force.

16.   A senior policy-making Democrat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the White House has been warned that the global warming treaty could cause political problems.

17.   Administration, Republicans expect battle over warming treaty.

18.   Argentina called on developing nations Monday to do more to reduce greenhouse gases, opening the biggest U.N. climate conference since a global warming treaty in December.

19.   Argentina and the United States agreed Saturday that developing countries should consent to limit their greenhouse gas emissions as part of a global warming treaty on climatic change.

20.   Bargaining late into the night, negotiators agreed that signatory nations will face mandatory consequences if they fail to meet targets set by a global warming treaty.