The language ladder every negotiator needs, G20 and SC language at FAO, and when scrubbing ourselves makes sense.

What you’ll hear:

• Not all language sources are equal. I ranked them from weakest to strongest: your own drafting at the bottom, GA resolutions at the top. The scavenger hunt for language that survives the room is a skill most people never get taught.

• Someone proposed G20 language in a food security text. Then WTO language. Then a Security Council resoluti…