Translate the following English sentence to French:
"Problems are being thrashed out right up to the time the agreement is about to be ratified, and that does not, on any account, give a good picture of summits generally or the work of the Council."
Les discussions se poursuivent jusqu' à l' extrême limite avant la ratification du traité, et cela ne saurait donner une image flatteuse des sommets ni de l' action du Conseil.