Three times in the last six months, Government officials have come close to reaching a formal accord with Mr. Goukouni.

Negotiators for the insurgents, under intense pressure from troops in the field, have backed away from the first formal accord reached between the two sides, a human rights agreement signed three months ago.

The agreement on cooperation in space was one of three formal accords on space and missile technology signed today.

It was hoped that a formal accord would be signed at a national multiparty peace conference on Sept. 14.

The co-chairmen have given the parties a draft for "interim arrangements" to govern Bosnia until a formal accord is worked out.

But Mr. Boucher said that any more formal accords would not be possible until Cuba demonstrated "a willingness to work across the board with us on law-enforcement issues."

But without any formal accord, the possibility of new warfare worried foreign Governments and investors.

A formal accord will be drafted in Washington next month.

Many Africans believe that a formal, written accord will be needed before the battle for control of Angola ends.

And as the situation on Troyen got worse, we all still thought the bickering could be sorted out with just one more formal accord.