nonpaper

• “A nonpaper is a handy diplomatic device to facilitate precise discussion on an issue without the impediment of labeling the working paper as official and thereby making it more difficult to modify positions in the course of discussion.”

  Simon & Schuster: Turmoil and Triumph

• “Perhaps to lighten the loads, Franklin dissuaded riders from carrying nonpaper valuables—“Money, Rings, Jewels” and the like.”

  Simon & Schuster: The King's Best Highway

• “In the diplomatic world, they call it a nonpaper (ph).”

  CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2007

• “Still later did I discover nontoxic paints and compost, and nonpaper copy paper.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Genius of Flexibility

• “QUESTION: Mr. Ambassador, would you like to see the French nonpaper (ph) put in the resolution form to be discussed (UNINTELLIGIBLE) consultations by the Security Council?”

  CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2003

• “We note that the Egyptian-Jordanian nonpaper proposal that has been well reported on contains ideas that are complementary to the recommendations in the Mitchell Committee report, and we will also discuss with the parties which of these elements in the Egyptian - Jordanian nonpaper might be included in the implementation plan that Senator Mitchell made some reference to.”

  CNN Transcript May 21, 2001

• “What the foreign minister has been doing is exploring with Egyptian interlocutors, the Jordanian interlocutors and Palestinian interlocutors some ideas on a nonpaper (ph) that has been well-covered and well-reported.”

  CNN Transcript May 2, 2001

• “We also talked about the negotiations that might be in the future as a result of the nonpaper (ph) that the foreign minister has been discussing with the Egyptians and the Jordanians and the Palestinians.”

  CNN Transcript May 2, 2001

• “On May 9, Boutros-Ghali submitted a “nonpaper” a deniable discussion paper printed without identification of the author to the Security Council proposing to expand UNAMIR to 5,500 troops along the lines Dallaire had urged weeks before.”

  Simon & Schuster: DELIVER US FROM EVIL

• “I moved forward during the next month through a negotiation based on the nonpaper and conducted through the European and the Japanese ambassadors in Washington.”

  Simon & Schuster: Turmoil and Triumph

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