Word: accords
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...negotiations stretch on, the key obstacle remains Syria's demand that Israel return the strategic Golan Heights captured in the 1967 war. Critics view the price as too high, and even those who support a peace accord are loath to relinquish the Golan. Who would feel safe in the U.S. capital if just across the Potomac River an enemy force occupied a 9,000-ft.-high plateau in northern Virginia...
...worried that recent terrorist acts and protests have fatally weakened PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat's grip on his people, began a major, three-day policy debate over whether they can pull their troops from the West Bank before Palestinian elections -- a key part of the historic 1993 Mideast peace accord. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said today that Israel had "no interest in dragging things out" but effectively no-commented on whether Israel would try to leave some troops in Palestinian areas after the elections, most likely this month. Arafat today instructed the negotiators who'll represent him when autonomy talks...
...Senate gave the nod to aworld trade agreementin a 76-24 vote Thursday evening, making passage of the accord the last act of the 103rd Congress. Debate over GATT in the Senate took up two days but the body had been expected to approve the pact despite needing a waiver with the support of at least 60 members. The Senate approved the waiver by a 68-32 tally. The 124-nation trade agreement cuts tariffs by an average of 38 percent worldwide and creates a powerful World Trade Organization to moderate trade practices and disputes. President Clinton has said...
Leaders of the 18 nations of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, including President Clinton, met in Indonesia and agreed to work to create a gigantic free-trade zone by 2020. The accord, without any specific details, aims to spur growth in the region, which already accounts for half the world economy...
...world's third largest nuclear power, Ukraine, agreed to accede to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, clearing a roadblock that had held up two , other international disarmament accords. The Ukrainian parliament voted 301 to 8 to pass the resolution, which follows a commitment made in January to eliminate the country's 1,800 warheads. Until Ukraine agreed to go nuclear free, Russia had said it would not put into effect an agreement to cut its long-range nuclear weapons and also would not take up ratification of another arms-control accord...