1. Japanese officials say they want more than a promise to revise the treaty in the future. 2. Japanese officials say they want more than a promise to revise the treaty. 3. The leaders were working to revise the treaty binding the EU members. 4. The reason the Constitution requires a two-thirds Senate majority to approve or revise a treaty is that vital American security interests are usually involved. 5. They will continue to try to revise the treaty tonight, the end of a two-day summit. 6. But Russian officials long have resisted the idea of amending the ABM, saying revising the treaty could trigger a new arms race. 7. Chirac said France should be ready to revise the treaty if by the end of June it is clear that easing the border controls aggravated illegal immigration. 8. NATO previously rebuffed Russian moves to revise the treaty, fearing that changes could cause the complex arms control agreement to unravel. 9. Separate negotiations in Vienna, Austria are revising the treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, setting out new country-by-country limits on troops and weapons. 10. The debate comes shortly before the intergovernmental conference to revise the treaty that begins in Turin next month. |