21.   Every country has said it would come.

22.   If the West wants the cooperation of poorer nations, these countries say, it should share its wealth and technology.

23.   Industrial countries say any changes to past agreements should be negotiated as part of the new round.

24.   India also calls for a ban on non-explosive testing, like laboratory tests, which other countries say would be impossible to police.

25.   Industrialized countries say such a delay is an attempt to rewrite existing agreements.

26.   It is a war that the former Communist countries say they are losing.

27.   Lawmakers from around the country said the bipartisan peace was partly a reaction to the budgetary standoff in Washington three years ago and the public disgust over that bickering.

28.   Many countries said that the completion of the rules meant they could take the pact home to start the ratification effort.

29.   Member countries said they were eager to see what the French would come up with.

30.   Most EU countries say no.