Good morning/afternoon, everyone.
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To begin with I'd like to quickly go through the minutes of our last meeting.
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working paper circulate / distribute documents section
() process / duplicate documents miscellanea / other business time-table / schedule distribute documents work up the wording of a document resolution summary (of a paper) recommendation decision note / footnote joint draft resolution agreed text statement / report press release write / draw up a report draw up / fix a list list of speakers corrigenda / errata
() information on verbatim record verbatim record / report / transcript
() brief outline of a report title-page constitution; charter; rules; regulations approve the agenda financial report circular letter
1-, 2- . . book / part I, II, etc. fair / clean copy copy
paragraph / subsection original text agenda prepare / draw up a report sub-heading sub-paragraph amendment consequential amendment comment / commentary rules staff regulations rules of procedure preamble provisional agenda preliminary report preliminary draft previous speaker debates appended documents / adduce /append to the minutes / record appendix / annex programme of work circulate the attendance| ( ) number a document minutes / record paragraph / subsection/item / point / count item on / of the agenda
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paragraph questionnaire / form archives
(, ) in duplicate (in triplicate, in quadruplicate) keep / draw up the minutes bring a report up-to-date include in the agenda in one copy () reproduce in full (in part) provisional regulations insertion () three lines from the top / line three from the top () one line from the bottom / line one from the bottom registration number chapter proofs / galley proofs declarative part / recitals addition; annex () majority (minority) report More