What's the difference between an informal meeting and a formal meeting?

First of all, the nature is different.

1. The formal meeting is a meeting of the Committee of the Whole, and comprehensive meeting and reporting services will be provided for such meetings.

2. Informal meetings refer to meetings where countries have neither official visits nor formal talks.

Second, the service is different.

1. formal meeting: these services include providing summary records for all discussions; In addition, during or after each meeting of the negotiating bodies, a compilation of situation proposals will be provided in the official languages in the form of meeting documents.

2. Informal meetings will not receive all meeting or report services provided for formal meetings; After the informal meeting, no summary records or meeting documents will be provided for revising the summary text.

Extended data

Features of the meeting:

1, documentary. The minutes of the meeting must be a summary of the purpose, basic spirit and agreed matters of the meeting, and the contents shall not be arbitrarily increased, decreased or changed, and any untrue materials shall not be written into the minutes of the meeting.

2. General. The minutes of the meeting must be accurate and comprehensive, and the contents and conclusions of the meeting should be highly summarized in extremely concise words. We must reflect the unanimous opinion of the participants and take into account the valuable opinions of individual comrades. Some meeting minutes need to be analyzed and reasoned.

3. organization. The minutes of the meeting should summarize the spirit of the meeting and the agreed matters in different categories and levels, so as to be clear and coherent.

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