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To: shadowman who wrote (8722)	6/8/1999 10:56:00 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

2-Yes It's the Republicans who are playing with the Constitution. You don't like the President's nomination, fine. But put it to a vote. This is far from the first time that this has happened. The ABA even got on their tale for not moving on nominations for judges. Blinkered thinking (if you can call it "thinking") at its finest.

To: shadowman who wrote (8722)	6/9/1999 12:15:00 AM
From: shadowman	Respond to of 9980

Yes 3 (The Richard Daley School of Participatory Democracy) Seems like old times. AP story. June 8, 1999 China, Russia Demand Bombing Halt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A.P. INDEXES: TOP STORIES \| NEWS \| SPORTS \| BUSINESS \| TECHNOLOGY \| ENTERTAINMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Filed at 9:49 p.m. EDT By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- China and Russia demanded today that NATO stop bombing Yugoslavia before the U.N. Security Council formally adopts a resolution ending the Kosovo conflict and paving the way for 850,000 refugees to return home. The 15-member Security Council met informally to discuss the proposed text hours after foreign ministers from the seven major industrialized nations and Russia -- the so-called Group of Eight -- agreed on the text of a resolution in Cologne, Germany. While the United States and its NATO partners pushed for quick adoption, hopefully within 24 hours, China said it had ''difficulties'' on several key points and needed further instructions from Beijing. ''Of course, time is of the essence and we hope that we can reach agreement as soon as possible, but at the same time ... the Security Council is not a rubber stamp,'' China's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Shen Guofang said. ''We hope that we can have full informal consultations on the text and take care of the concerns of every member of the council,'' he said. Despite China's hesitancy, diplomats were hopeful that a resolution would be adopted Wednesday. They cited indications from Shen that China wouldn't force the council to wait 24 hours to vote once the draft text was finalized. Under the peace plan, the Security Council must authorize an international force and civilian administration that would be dispatched to Kosovo under U.N. auspices to ensure the safe return of the refugees. The Yugoslav government agreed to the peace deal Thursday. Shen said China's ''most important'' demand is a bombing halt -- not just a pause -- before any formal council meeting on the resolution. Russia's U.N. Ambassador Sergey Lavrov echoed the demand. ''No resolution can be seriously discussed and adopted until the bombing is stopped,'' he said. As permanent members of the Security Council, both Russia and China have veto power over resolutions. The other permanent members are the United States, France and Britain. Shen said China also has difficulties with a reference in the draft to the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia because of its indictment of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes. ''We believe that that indictment is politically motivated, so we cannot accept that,'' Shen said. Western diplomats said the scenario they are working toward would begin with the signing of a military agreement by NATO and Yugoslav military chiefs. This would be followed by the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops. Once NATO verifies the withdrawal is under way, it will stop bombing targets in Yugoslavia. This hopefully would satisfy the Chinese and Russians and set the stage for a Security Council meeting to adopt the resolution, the diplomats said. ''The next 24 hours we'll see all this synchronized,'' Britain's U.N. Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock said. The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe met with the U.N. chief Tuesday to propose a role for the 54-nation organization in the post-war civilian administration of Kosovo. Knut Vollebaek said the OSCE was well suited to help rebuild Kosovo's civilian infrastructure because it already had a role in Kosovo, monitoring the failed October cease-fire. U.N. officials say Annan has not made any decision on the composition of the civilian operation