In all, the 16-member ethnic Albanian delegation includes five soldiers of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

Several amendments proposed by the Albanian delegation were rejected and the Council called for a full and serious investigation.

But as the negotiators deal with the two sides sequestered here, the complexities of the ethnic Albanian delegation are the most important to grasp.

In the French countryside, the 16-member ethnic Albanian delegation and the 13 Serbs are actually bit characters.

The ethnic Albanian delegation at the talks has already given the deal conditional approval and is expected to make a formal decision within a week.

Today's bombs exploded at about the time the ethnic Albanian delegation took off for Paris.

The start of the talks was delayed by Serbian maneuvering and the subsequent late arrival of the ethnic Albanian delegation.

Mr. Rugova was part of the ethnic Albanian delegation that signed the Rambouillet peace accords.

"We agreed to a document that has already been completed," said a leader of the ethnic Albanian delegation, Veton Surroi.

Their acceptance today was in a letter to the co-chairmen from the chairman of the Albanian delegation, Hashim Thaci.