31.   The Senate has said it will not approve a treaty without this.

32.   The Senate, which must approve the treaty, says it will reject any agreement that puts U.S. companies at a disadvantage.

33.   The Senate approved the treaties by just one vote, and only after Torrijos threatened to blow up the canal locks if the United States failed to withdraw.

34.   The treaty was approved over the protests of labor and Democrats who believed it would result in jobs moving from the American work force to Mexico.

35.   The treaty has still not been approved by the Russian Duma, the elected lower house that must approve the treaty.

36.   The treaty was approved by the narrowest of margins in a referendum.

37.   The United States will also lose a voice in the development of the court because they refused to approve the treaty, Scharf said.

38.   The U.N. should approve the treaty, and after President Clinton signs it later this fall, the Senate should ratify it.

39.   U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said Monday he is confident Congress will approve the treaty.

40.   When the new treaty was approved, several governments paid tribute to the campaign coalition.