One delegation member, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the subject publicly, described his superiors as outraged by the breach.
"One delegation has a general reserve on the text," the ambassadors stated in the final draft of the document.
One delegation drew attention to current discussions on the trans-boundary movement of genetically-modified organisms in the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
With no agreement reached on this specific part of the text, the Chair of one Delegation felt that, unfortunately, no joint recommendations could be adopted.
Indeed, one delegation might exacerbate the other.
They have to be one delegation to negotiate with Israel.
De Mistura plans to meet one delegation per day, so will not meet the Syrian government delegation again until Wednesday.
I have no proof but from what I'm told one delegation, which seems to be the US, asked them to delay for two weeks.
I said, 'Come to see me.' I had one delegation come to see me, and they wanted some free money from Washington".
One delegation was led by Senator Jim DeMint, of South Carolina, known for his vow to "break" President Obama over health-care reform.
"The Chinese are very clever, just as the Indians are," said a member of one delegation, Kang Jianchu, an assistant professor at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
