The American draft on long-range weapons, officials said, will leave aside the dispute over the United States program to develop a space-oriented missile defense.

France, supported by Russia, has opposed the American draft because it includes a legal basis for a military attack if Iraq fails to disarm.

The American draft was presented in Geneva last week.

But the American draft would not commit the summit nations to any specific reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.

The American draft, however, was criticized as too timid by some Arab leaders.

Other Iraqi leaders have criticized the American draft for its strict outside auditing requirements on expenditures and on the collection of oil revenues.

After several hours discussion tonight during which various changes were proposed to the American draft, the Security Council adjourned its meeting until Wednedsay.

The large debate has boiled down to arguments over a few words in the American and British draft.

The 17-page American draft, which builds on the Start treaty, was given to the Russians in late July.

They insisted that the American draft did not incorporate any proposals from "any other nation outside this region."