11.   Soderberg told the U.N. Security Council the United States was encouraged there was a consensus by non-Congolese signatories of the agreement on measures to revive the crumbling peace accord.

12.   The pan-European rules, approved by the European Parliament in February, were adopted by consensus by the ministers.

13.   The U.N. General Assembly approved the treaty and two protocols by consensus by last month.

14.   Their highly unusual method of reaching a consensus by phone instead of at a formal meeting attests to the urgency with which they view current market conditions.

15.   Kinkel said the majority of EU states wanted to reach a consensus by the end of next week.