An accord aimed at preventing a plunge in car sales was reached between automobile producers and the Brazilian Government, cutting taxes on new-car purchases.

Dozens of international accords aimed at protecting the environment have been enacted in recent decades.

French officials as well as Iranian officials have said those moves were part of a "comprehensive accord" aimed at resuming normal economic and political contacts between the countries.

Washington has proposed that a working group be convened under the Military Maritime Consultative Agreement, an accord aimed at avoiding incidents at sea.

The resolution urges governments to adopt measures, including an international accord, aimed at "combating illicit trafficking in firearms."

Rwanda withdrew its troops last year under an accord aimed at ending a war that drew in several African countries.

He noted that the fighting between Uganda and Rwanda broke out after they both signed an accord aimed at ending the year-long rebellion in Congo.

Leaders at the meeting here are expected to sign an accord aimed at insuring the euro's stability.

The United States has not signed on to the Kyoto Protocol, an international accord aimed at stabilizing emissions of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

The front page of a leading Swiss newspaper on Friday capsulized the country's ambivalent response to the accord this week aimed at settling Holocaust-era claims.