1.   Clinton administration officials also remain hopeful the accord will be approved.

2.   Even if the proposed accord is approved, other contentious issues would remain.

3.   Finally, the federal government must approve the accord reached between the Senecas and the state.

4.   Five days after his inauguration, Fox formally asked Congress to approve accords reached four years ago between the government and the Zapatistas, but never enacted.

5.   Long after the peace accords were approved in Belgrade, those questions are likely to remain unresolved.

6.   Long after the peace accords were approved in Belgrade, those questions are likely to remain unresolved for months even years here.

7.   Nonetheless, he said, he was confident that Congress would approve the accord.

8.   That agreement is now before U.S. District Judge Constance Baker Motley awaiting a fairness hearing, a preliminary step toward approving the accord.

9.   The administration will need Republican votes to approve the accord, which will be debated and voted upon in a special lame-duck session next month.

10.   The architects of the settlement are banking on a Clinton endorsement giving lawmakers in Congress enough political cover to approve the accord this year.