The two-hour session was purely ceremonial, because continuing problems with delegate registration forced officials to postpone voting for a day.

But by early evening, the principle negotiators had failed to reach a deal and Democrats decided to postpone further voting until next Tuesday.

The White House and the committee have now agreed to postpone voting on the nomination, which gives time for reflection on Mr. Tower's candidacy.

The Government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi asked the Council to postpone voting on the British and American resolution.

But the international organization overseeing the elections postponed local voting at least until December because of widespread irregularities in registration.

Mr. Stein, still wavering, asked to postpone voting until Feb. 11.

A month before election she threatened to introduce a state of emergency, and as a result postpone voting if parties escalated tensions in the country.

Is there any objection to Mr Watson' s request on behalf of his committee to postpone voting on the resolution on the Echelon system until the April part-session?

That is why we wanted to postpone voting on the resolution until the September part-session.

Technical reasons cannot be used to postpone voting on reports which have serious repercussions for European citizens.