In November, France delayed the interim deal with new language at the eleventh hour, surprising the five other major powers and Iran.
During the recent debates, Iraqi leaders inserted language into the interim constitution that would forbid the passing of laws that would undermine Islam.
Under the language of the interim constitution currently in force, the National Assembly is required to dissolve itself if it does not complete a new constitution by the deadline, unless it amends the constitution.
"If one of us does not show up at a joint meeting, people misread the body language," said Barry R. Freedman, the interim chief executive of the centers.
Earlier this year, Kurdish leaders had considerable success in shaping the language of Iraq's interim constitution, which enshrined the rights of minority groups and envisioned a federalist republic with significant regional autonomy.
An interim version of the new English-language travel guide, incidentally, is now live.
Language effectively handcuffing the new interim government from making such changes is being discussed in Baghdad and Washington, according to these officials.
That language was inserted into the interim constitution to reassure the Kurds, who want to retain the autonomous status they have enjoyed since 1991.
But the Tajiks, who dominate the present interim government, are insisting that the two main languages, Dari and Pashto, are both made official languages, and that the national anthem be sung in both.
Korean Presbyterianism is more spiritually animated than its American cousin, said Mackenzie Peer, who has been an interim pastor at New York Presbyterian's English-language Grace Fellowship Chapel, which operates in a smaller building next to the main sanctuary.
