1.   The US Senate refused to ratify the agreement on weapons reduction.

2.   President Corazon Aquino had appealed to the Senate to ratify the agreement.

3.   Although the new agreement was ratified in September, it has not yet been produced in written form.

4.   Anderson said Kaiser officials anticipate that the tentative agreement will be ratified by the unions.

5.   After years of debate, the Episcopalians ratified the agreement at their general convention in Denver in July.

6.   But only two countries need to ratify the agreement for it to become binding on all who have signed it.

7.   But unless they do, some key U.S. senators say, the Senate is unlikely to ratify any agreement emerging from Kyoto.

8.   But, Israelis had already been acting reluctantly to ratify the agreement.

9.   Clinton persuaded Congress to ratify free trade agreements with Mexico and Canada and helped usher in the creation of the World Trade Organization during his tenure.