1.   American officials say the Russians want a wide variety of security guarantees and assurances, including a freeze on modernization of weaponry in Central and Eastern Europe.

2.   As NATO worked to tighten the military and economic noose, the alliance took the unprecedented step of extending security guarantees to the seven non-NATO members.

3.   At issue are the terms under which Israel would return to Syria the strategic Golan Heights in exchange for security guarantees from Syria.

4.   Barak has insisted that Israel cannot agree on a border with Syria until it knows what security guarantees Damascus and Washington will provide.

5.   Because, while the draft deal gives Israel more security guarantees in Hebron, it nevertheless cedes the vast majority of Hebron to Palestinian control.

6.   But Israel is not about to leave the strategically vital plateau without security guarantees.

7.   But there are many who do not want him to return and he cannot go back without security guarantees.

8.   Finally, Yeltsin favors more precise security guarantees as an inducement for states to remain nuclear-free.

9.   For its part, Ukraine formally joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, having won in Budapest the security guarantees it wanted from America, Britain and Russia.

10.   For the Israeli government, the uppermost concern is the depth of security guarantees that Israel will receive in return for giving up the Golan Heights.