International Negotiations

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3 Establishing a procedure

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Go through the quote with the class, making sure everyone understands all the vocabulary 

(see Language notes below). Trainees then discuss the question in small groups. After a few 

minutes, open up the discussion to include the whole class. Finally, tell trainees to compare 

their ideas with the commentary on page 64 and discuss any differences with the class.

Language notes

•  If you do follow an agenda explicitly, there is a written agenda which you use as the 

basis of your meeting. If you follow an agenda implicitly, there may be no written 

agenda, but you still have a plan in your mind which you work through.

•  Literally, a laundry list is a list of clothes that need to be washed. As an idiom, it means a 

long list of things to do, usually in a random order.