The proposal had met with strong opposition and the current wording of draft paragraph 3 (b) had been accepted as a compromise.

The current wording represented a compromise between civil law and common law approaches that had been agreed upon by the Working Group.

Mr. Burman (United States of America) said that the ad hoc drafting group had agreed on the following compromise wording for paragraph 4 of draft paragraph 16 bis

they wish you would compromise, then, they would compromise.

they wish you would compromise, then, they would compromise.

They wish that thou shouldst compromise, then they would compromise.

They wish that thou shouldst compromise, then they would compromise.

They would like you to compromise, so they would compromise.

They would like you to compromise, so they would compromise.

Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.

Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.

The Chairperson accepted that wording.

And it is about the dirty word compromise. Compromise is not bad.

Unfortunately, the wording used here is different.

The Chairperson suggested wording to that effect.

Her delegation therefore supported the proposed wording.

I admit, my wording is a bit direct.

The Ayatollah Contemplates Compromise

Attention must be paid to the effect of the actual wording of the Commentary if the wording is drastic, local courts might ignore the changes.

Several delegations supported the wording proposed in paragraph 1.

Can we effect a compromise?

A compromise solution is essential.

At the fourth session, the Chairperson suggested the following wording

At the fourth session the Chairperson suggested the following wording

At the fourth session the Chairperson suggested the following wording

(c) Drastic wording and far reaching statements should be avoided

They wish that you should compromise (in religion out of courtesy) with them, so they (too) would compromise with you.

They wish that you should compromise (in religion out of courtesy) with them, so they (too) would compromise with you.

We tried to compromise with them.

Suggested modifications to the compromise proposal

She would like the wording of the resolutions to be checked.

However, his delegation was prepared to work towards more appropriate wording.

Mr. CHIKANDA (Zimbabwe) said that his delegation preferred the original wording.

In this context, an alternative wording to paragraph 14 could be

For paragraph 17, Sweden would like to propose the following wording

The wording of draft article 10 therefore seemed the most appropriate.

A few delegations have also discussed the wording of the provision.

And so just the act of compromise itself, and sustained, real compromise, would give us even more time, would allow both sides even longer to spread out the pain and reach even more compromise down the road.

In the end we reached a compromise.

That spirit of compromise is much appreciated.

Another participant suggested wording that would introduce the idea of due diligence .

He could accept the Secretariat's suggested wording the applicable rules of law .

The wording of draft subparagraph (b) fell short of the standard required.

But what would such a compromise look like?

We must learn to make room for compromise.