11.   By blocking consensus on the treaty, India effectively vetoed conference approval of the accord Tuesday.

12.   But they did not block the consensus.

13.   But Washington has refused to back Ruggiero, blocking the consensus required in WTO decision-making.

14.   China sounded the lone dissenting voice but was not able to block the consensus as it is currently not a member of the executive board.

15.   Disputes among the Arabs, the most divided group at the conference, threatened to block consensus on other issues.

16.   Disputes among the Arabs threatened to block consensus on other issues.

17.   France wanted the Maritime Safety Agency in the western port of Nantes, blocking a consensus emerging around Lisbon, Portugal.

18.   Gujral defied world opinion by blocking a consensus on a nuclear test ban treaty because it did not require those countries that already have atomic weapons to disarm them.

19.   Meanwhile, pro-Beijing activists have accused the Vatican and the handful of Islamic and Catholic countries of blocking consensus on the final document.

20.   The maneuvering has angered India which has threatened to block the consensus needed to send the treaty for signing unless this provision is removed.