"The paper is little more than a commitment to cooperate.
"Even worse, hosting al-Bashir would throw into question Kenya's commitment to cooperate with the I.C.C. in its Kenyan investigation".
The White House said the arrest was "an important demonstration of the Serbian government's determination to honor its commitment to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia".
In Chicago, NATO leaders reiterated their commitment to cooperate with Russia on missile defense, making clear that this is "the best means to provide Russia with the assurances it seeks regarding NATO's missile-defense plans and capabilities".
Mr. Obama said in a speech to the nation on Tuesday that naval forces would remain in the region in case Mr. Assad backed away from a vaguely worded commitment to cooperate.
Instead, the White House said in a separate but parallel statement that Mr. Obama "underscored the importance of Egypt following through on its commitment to cooperate with the United States in securing U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel".
In its final paragraphs, the report said the governor's office "did not keep its public commitment to cooperate fully with the investigation," though the report indicated that the sharing of the information did not violate any laws.
Although Australia did not object to the listings in November, it is now seeking to opt out of the commitment to cooperate with other countries to ensure the five migratory shark species do not become extinct.
Since his quick commitment to cooperate with the United States, leaders of nations that have strong influence with Pakistan, including Egypt and China, have warned of the risks in the "war" Mr. Bush has pledged.
On his visit to Tripoli on Thursday, Mr. Cameron won a renewed Libyan commitment to cooperate in investigating Libya's role in the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people, 189 of them Americans — a pledge Mr. Blair also secured on a visit in 2007.
