An anecdote about treaty negotiations in the 1990s turns on the weekly decision cycle of the participating governments. The French side preferred Monday meetings because that fitted its minister's own schedule. The other side made decisions on Tuesday and then debated them during the week, leaving its delegation without an agreed position by the following Monday. Moving the meeting to Wednesday allowed the parties to work with a fresh decision before further debate reopened it. The episode is presented as a lesson received during diplomatic training; the other country and treaty are not identified.
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Why moving a treaty meeting from Monday to Wednesday mattered
A French negotiating schedule clashed with the other delegation's Tuesday decision meetings, according to an anecdote about a treaty in the 1990s.