translate English to French: The United States government, which has provided considerable financial support as well as every Supervisor since 1997, proposed in November 2005 that a working party be established to forge a political agreement between the state and district that would obviate the need for the Arbitral Tribunal to decide the issue.
Le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis qui a fourni un soutien financier considérable ainsi que chaque superviseur du pays depuis 1997, a proposé en novembre 2005, d'établir un groupe de travail pour obtenir un accord politique entre l'Etat et le District qui rendrait inutile une décision d’un tribunal arbitral sur la question.