1.   A flurry of international pacts has been erasing trade boundaries.

2.   The complaint would allege violations of the North American Free Trade Agreement and an international pact on environmental controls known as the La Paz agreement.

3.   Withholding U.S. backing for international pacts sometimes puts the United States in decidedly mixed company.

4.   -- The House of Councillors launched debate on an international pact banning development of chemical weapons and restricting possession of toxic chemicals such as lethal nerve gas sarin.

5.   All international pacts validly made by the Republic of Venezuela also remain in force.

6.   China says it is considering signing the two international pacts on economic, social and cultural rights and on civil and political rights.

7.   European Union leaders offered Balkan nations powerful inducements Thursday for an international pact promoting stability in a region that has known little peace this century.

8.   Fischer reminded Kharrazi that Iran belongs to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the international pact banning the spread of nuclear weapons, Michaelis said Friday.

9.   The council calls the protocol the first and only binding international pact on cloning.

10.   The leaders from the Balkan states and their supporters outside the region are expected to endorse an international pact to promote a healthier future for the Balkans.