agreements reached in meetings, telephone conversations, or other E-mail exchanges on substantive matters relating to business processes or activities; Provides comments on or objections to the language on drafts of policy statements or action plans; or Supplements information in official files and/or adds to a complete understanding of office operations and responsibilities.
Lucinda Wykle-Rofenberg, of the Boston-based anti-tobacco lobby, InFact, said, "The United States is weakening the language of the draft treaty by changing 'shall' to 'should' in a number of places, including a ban on advertising and promotion".
Neumann added that the qualification of "terrorist" fighters into the language of the draft resolution was vital to placate differences between nations and ensure its smooth adoption by the security council.
The Iraqis did not provide details about the language of the draft, and it is unclear whether it says the pullout would be based on conditions on the ground.
The European Union finds the language of the draft resolution about Israel as unacceptable as does Washington, European officials said, and would remain in Durban to work to change it.
Observers played down the moves made by some countries with large fossil fuel reserves to weaken the language of the draft IPCC report written by scientists and seen by the Guardian, saying the final report was conservative but strong.
In a statement, the agency said its advisers had reviewed the oil company contracts, known as technical support agreements: "At the request of the Ministry of Oil, the Tatweer Energy Team has done a review of the format, structure and clarity of language of blank draft contracts".
This week, the lawmakers will be debating the language of a draft Congressional resolution being sought by Mr. Bush to give him the authority to "use all means" to disarm Iraq, which the Americans and British accuse of developing weapons of mass destruction.
The mixed messaging is unsurprisingly reflected in the opaque language of the draft legislation on encryption.
FRC's efforts, at the request of Congressional offices, were limited to seeking changes in the language of proposed drafts of the resolution, in order to make it more factually accurate regarding the content of the Uganda bill, and to remove sweeping and inaccurate assertions that homosexual conduct is internationally recognized as a fundamental human right.
