Some delegates were critical of the expected final declaration, however, saying it was vague and failed to lay out concrete, enforceable measures.

Experts met in Spain in September to discuss the problem but delegates failed to agree on a possible cause.

They further argued that the delegate had wrongly failed to take into account:

Her address fizzled when too many delegates failed to show up.

The delegates to the meeting on Saturday failed to reach a consensus on who should head the bank, and the matter was put to a vote.

However, Kennedy's delegates failed to unite behind a single candidate who could have prevented Humphrey from getting the nomination.

The delegates failed to reach agreement on the fixtures, which were then determined by a random draw at the conclusion of the meeting.

And the Republicans' highly touted dot-com delegate Web site, which promised "exclusive" online access to top Republican officials, also failed to deliver.

On the first nine occasions, the delegates failed to deliver the message, and instead joined the sangha to become arahants.

During a meeting in Malaysia in April 2002, delegates discussed terrorism but failed to reach a definition of it.