31. The accords would have far-reaching impact on everything from newspaper sports and stock reports to the way people communicate via computer, the opponents say. 32. The Kyoto accord has yet to be signed or ratified by the United States. 33. The U.N.-brokered accords have eased fighting but both sides have said the truce can only be cemented by blue-helmeted U.N. troops. 34. While the signing conference itself is a formality, the accords will have teeth when lawmakers back home update their laws. 35. Yeltsin issued a new order Friday saying peace accords would have to be taken into account in any deployment decisions. 36. He added that any accord would have to be approved by the government. 37. However the accords have to be approved by the British and Swedish governments because the deal involves selling war material, the paper said. 38. A final accord has yet to be signed, the spokesman said. 39. Addressing the parliamentary Labour Party, Rabin said that an overall peace accord would have to be reached before there could be any withdrawal. 40. Another western diplomat saw significance in the fact that the new accord will have a duration of four years compared to the two-year lifespan of its predecessor. |