The seven-page draft text under discussion so far remains in a very raw state, with negotiators asked to choose between three options on virtually every major issue of contention.
The draft agreement under discussion would allow producers of generic versions of patented medicines to export the cheaper generic drugs to poor countries lacking sufficient capacity to manufacture their own.
If policy truly reflected what we now know about the state of the planet (in terms of climate change, water resources, disappearing habitats, deforestation, overfishing, growing numbers of environmental refugees, and so on), the political declaration to be agreed upon by leaders at the world summit would be very different from the anaemic and duplicitous draft currently under discussion.
But the draft plan under discussion had already drawn criticism before the meeting started on Sunday for proposing that Balkan and eastern European countries should stop allowing asylum seekers to pass through to other neighbouring countries without first securing agreement from those neighbours.
The draft treaty under discussion specifically excludes arms-related "matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State".
An official at the National Development and Reform Commission dismissed the report of a rejection and said the draft was "still under discussion and there's no clear timetable for implementation".
The specific language that would be included in the American and British draft resolution is still under discussion, Council diplomats said.
He rejected the draft cease-fire agreement under discussion with Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, the American special envoy, and indicated that he wanted to remove several conditions that the Israeli government had added.
According to drafts of the settlement under discussion, two of the carriers, Verizon Wireless and Alaska Native, a company backed by AT&T Wireless, would provide bank letters of credit to the government in January; the letters of credit would be approximately equivalent to the amounts they agreed to pay at auction for more licenses earlier this year.
The draft law that is currently under discussion does not legalize euthanasia or assisted suicide, but rather endorses "the right to deep and continuous sedation" for terminally ill patients.
