41. Butler also wrote to UN Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali with a copy of the draft resolution and the draft treaty text. 42. Christopher and Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov agreed on Tuesday to support the draft text even if they were not fully satisfied with it. 43. Conservation groups have complained that the draft texts for negotiation in Bali are inadequate and biased toward developed countries. 44. Earlier several Chechen military leaders told an AFP reporter that they agreed with a draft text for a peace accord. 45. Deputy US representative James Cunningham said he was awaiting instructions from Washington, where officials were studying the draft text. 46. Draft texts have been worked out on several points. 47. Diplomatic sources said NATO had presented a draft text to Ukraine which would establish a special relationship between them. 48. The Vatican and conservative Moslems have denounced the draft text as condoning abortion, extra-marital sex and homosexuality. 49. The United States has insisted that this measure must be retained, saying the current draft text was too weak. 50. They said that the draft text, which originally called for a virtual economic boycott of Israel, was still in the process of being negotiated. |