1.   A committee drafting the language has finalized a text that has the approval of all Arab League members, a Lebanese government official said on condition of anonymity.

2.   A Lebanese government official speaking on condition of anonymity said a committee drafting the language has finalized a text that has the approval of all Arab League members.

3.   Also participating in the meeting was Yusril Ihza Mahendra, the constitutional law expert who drafted and finalized the text of the reform offer Soeharto announced on Tuesday.

4.   Council sources said members would meet again late Thursday in hopes of finalizing the text.

5.   German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is expected to meet Czech Premier Vaclav Klaus to finalize the text of a long-disputed declaration on bilateral relations.

6.   Staffan de Mistura, the U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, said he received the plan from Iraq Sunday night and the text would be finalized shortly.

7.   The text was finalized earlier this month and was to be adopted by the General Assembly later Tuesday.

8.   Two Scandanavian countries originally on the drafting committee also dropped out before the text was finalized leaving Norway the only European country to sponsor it.

9.   Officials from the three countries were to hold talks in Ankara Monday and Tuesday to finalize the text of the accord, he said.