31.   The Palestinians have accused Israel of failing to respect the agreements to withdraw its military from the West Bank and to cease building Jewish settlements in the territory.

32.   The United Nations, however, said that they expect leaders in Kabul to respect any agreement.

33.   There are no legal measures to ensure compliance, and no sanctions specified if signatories do not respect the agreements.

34.   The union said journalists would strike until the agreement is respected.

35.   Under the conventions there are no legal measures to ensure compliance, and no sanctions specified if signatories do not respect the agreements.

36.   He also called on countries to respect international agreements on exploiting shared water resources to avoid tension between neighbours.

37.   He called on countries which took part in the signing ceremony to pressure Israel into respecting the agreement.

38.   In Rome foreign ministry sources said that Italy respected and would continue to respect agreements reached with its allies on military operations in Bosnia.

39.   Ahmad Korei, speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, said that the Palestinians in contrast respected the agreements and had no intention of renegotiating them.

40.   Arafat has called on the new Israeli government to respect the agreements made with the Palestinians by outgoing Labour premier Shimon Peres.