Informal-Informals
Informal-informals are small or flexible discussions among negotiators outside formal committee meetings, typically aimed at resolving outstanding language or finding practical compromise.
The expression is common in UN negotiating practice. Specific participation and procedural status depend on the body involved.
They allow detailed text-level bargaining, but can raise access and transparency concerns if participants are excluded from relevant deliberations.
Delegations meet in informal-informals to negotiate contested paragraphs of a draft resolution before presenting the revised text through the formal process.
Not equivalent to a formally constituted committee meeting or an adopted decision.
Closely related entries kept separate because each carries a distinct institutional meaning.
- Silence Procedure
A silence procedure is a method of seeking consent in which a proposed text is circulated for a specified period and is considered agreed at the relevant procedural stage if no authorized participant objects before the deadline.
- Zero Draft
A zero draft is an initial working version of a proposed negotiating text circulated to invite comments, changes and competing formulations.
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