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- noun A discussion paper which is not to form part of formal business, especially in the UN.
- adjective Not made of paper
- adjective Used of infomation that is stored electronically
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Examples
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According to Innovations in Magazines 2011 World Report, Singapore Airlines converted three of its publications to digital in July 2010 when two Boeing 777-300ERs began offering the new version of SilverKris, KrisShop, and Kris World in non-paper form.
Magda Abu-Fadil: Fasten Your Seatbelts and Turn on Your Magazines Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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And your selective quoting from the Moratinos non-paper does not help your position, either.
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No numbers were agreed upon, but with a non-paper referring to 25,000 in the first three years of this program (40,000 in the first five years of this program did not appear in the non-paper but was raised verbally).
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At the December 2008 meeting in Paris, the US submitted a “non-paper” that discussed internet copyright provisions, liability for Internet Service Providers, and legal protection for digital locks.
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Newspapers and magazines are going to have to find an electronic offline non-paper based medium soon or face extinction.
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According to Innovations in Magazines 2011 World Report, Singapore Airlines converted three of its publications to digital in July 2010 when two Boeing 777-300ERs began offering the new version of SilverKris, KrisShop, and Kris World in non-paper form.
Magda Abu-Fadil: Fasten Your Seatbelts and Turn on Your Magazines Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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Saudi Arabia likewise expressed concern that the "non-paper", as they insisted on calling the draft text, "paves the way for a gradual death of the Kyoto Protocol."
Tina Gerhardt: We Need an Umpire: From UNFCCC Climate Negotiations to the World Cup 2010
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Saudi Arabia likewise expressed concern that the "non-paper", as they insisted on calling the draft text, "paves the way for a gradual death of the Kyoto Protocol."
Tina Gerhardt: We Need an Umpire: From UNFCCC Climate Negotiations to the World Cup 2010
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In an almost desperate bid to get Beijing's attention the cable contains a so-called non-paper – an unofficial, non-binding message – for presentation to the Chinese.
China pressed over Iran and North Korea's nuclear trade Simon Tisdall 2010
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Her point, if she had one, was that non-paper invitations are tasteless.
RSVP, RIP 2010
gulyasrobi commented on the word non-paper
This means an off-the-record or unofficial document – a paper that has not been through a formal adoption procedure (the use is not restricted to the EU).
May 19, 2012