non-paper

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English

Noun

non-paper (plural non-papers)

A discussion paper which is not to form part of formal business, especially in the UN.
- 2001, Phil Williams, Dimitri Vlassis, Combating Transnational Crime‎, Routledge, →ISBN, page 262:
  The difficulty in reaching a unanimously acceptable decision is reflected in particular by a document submitted by the Japanese delegation to the same Working Group (Japanese non-paper),
- 2005, Roméo Dallaire, Brent Beardsley, Shake hands with the devil: the failure of humanity in Rwanda‎, Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 359:
  Here I was up to my armpits in bodies, and the DPKO was reduced to presenting a non-paper in order to garner possible support for a mandate debate.
- 2006, Thirty-fourth Report of Session 2005-06: Documents Considered by the Committee on 5 July 2006, Including; Voluntary Reduction ("modulation") of Direct Farm Support Payments; Report, Together with Formal Minutes, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 53:
  The Attorney General reports that the Austrian Presidency circulated an alternative, more general, text as a "non-paper" which was discussed at informal working group meetings in April and May and at the June JHA council.

Antonyms

white paper

Adjective

non-paper (not comparable)

Not made of paper
Used of information that is stored electronically

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