abstract:Partial agreement is a term used within the Council of Europe to refer to a major activity of European cooperation that is organised by the Council of Europe but does not include all of its member states. This form of activity dates from a resolution adopted by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers on 2 August 1951.
But Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper quoted a U.S. source saying that both Barak and Arafat had told Clinton he could "examine the alternative of a partialagreement" that left out Jerusalem.
Some U.S. officials, a step removed from the talks but often involved in discussions about them, said they do not rule out the idea of Clinton pushing for a partialagreement, or as one put it, "a framework of progress, " if another day or two passes without resolution.