Bolton is being savaged by the latter for wisely seeking over 500 changes to a draft Outcome Document envisioned for signature by heads of state and government at a High-Level Plenary Meeting of the UN General Assembly next month.

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Tomorrow, Clinton Administration cabinet officers are scheduled to meet to consider a draft of Presidential Review Document-19 (PRD-19), a decision memorandum intended to respond to congressional limitations on nuclear testing.

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Even before the meeting began, delegations struggled to agree on the agenda and a draft final document.

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The draft of the document, to replace a charter written in 1952 and much-amended since, has emerged out of a new consensus in parliament.

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The Northern Ireland health minister, Edwin Poots, has circulated a 30 page draft document to executive colleagues on long-awaited abortion guidelines.

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General Assembly's High Level Plenary Meeting that brought together over 170 heads of state to endorse a 35-page declaration - the Draft Outcome Document - that will serve as the blueprint for an overhaul of the world body in the coming years.

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The draft version of the new guidelines reduced a 1, 300-page document to 52 pages - the final booklet is just 50.

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Delegates split up into separate groups to mark up the 68-page draft platform, with each of the eight subcommittees focusing on a section of the document.

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