After Colorado chooses, Florida has the No. 2 pick, unless trades change the draft order.
We recommend that senior USG officials also take advantage of meetings with their Russian counterparts, including through the Bilateral Presidential Commission, to press the GOR to change the draft text to ensure U.S. payment companies are not adversely affected.
Lebanon, through Qatar, which has a seat on the council, tried unsuccessfully to change the draft, calling for an immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops rather than having them remain in the country until a UN-backed international force is put in place.
And in a major change, the draft regulations would turn over much of the management of the act to the states, which, Suckling says, "would balkanize management efforts".
"Many lines of evidence demonstrate that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse (heat-trapping) gases, are primarily responsible for recent observed climate change," the draft report reads.
Downing Street sources said the substance of the deal remained unchanged with only "minor technical changes" to the draft wording.
Mr. Connaughton acknowledged that the United States, like other nations, had tried to make some changes to the draft.
Downing Street sources, however, insisted the substance remained unchanged, with only "minor technical changes" to the draft wording.
