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The human setting of international conferences is made up of many factors varying from political to intensely personal reactions which may affect delegations’ positions at the start as well as during the conference. The specific influence of presiding officers is discussed in Chapter 5 and that of the secretariats and their executive heads in Chapter 6.
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Kaufmann, J. (1996). Conference Diplomacy: The Human Setting. In: Conference Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24913-8_5
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