But the Republicans see it differently, even warning delegates that Democratic protesters will try to make it hard for them to get around the city.

However, Mr Ray also warned delegates that the 'achilles heel' of the case for nuclear remains the issue of the disposal of waste.

J. Scott Lidgett, head of the Wesleyans' Bermondsey Settlement, warned delegates in 1901 about their political work:

He warned delegates from more than 150 nations now meeting in Kyoto against "promising to do something that neither we nor others can do."

Craig Barrett, former CEO and chairman of Intel Corporation, warned delegates that Ireland was spending "far too little" on education and that "schools are a bigger problem than banking".

He warned delegates that there was no "silver bullet" to deliver integration and that there needed to be a cultural change within the NHS.

Mr. Kohl warned delegates from his Christian Democratic Union that if Mr. Herzog lost, the party's chances in the October election would surely suffer.

He warned delegates to the 1900 annual convention that when men became enthusiastic about socialism, "they usually lost interest in their union".

He described John F. Kennedy as "a millionaire, illiterate and ignorant" and warned delegates against construing the comment as favoring Richard M. Nixon.

The Bush administration gave its backing on Tuesday to a United Nations conference on curtailing the international flow of illegal arms, but warned delegates against adopting measures that would restrict individual possession of weapons.