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Person leaving a committee

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Parchment-coloured, square icons relate to the creation and amending of documents:

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Documents that have an explicit subtype can be displayed with a slightly different icon:

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Postpone a debate

Blue, hexagon-shaped icons relate to 'procedural' proposals that do not directly alter text but affect how a committee does its work (and are usually used only for transient things, such as a point of order.)

Procedural motion

Procedural motion with sub-decisions

Debate on a procedural motion

PACT: Mini Models

This negotiation contains a selection of mini-models designed to provide an insight into the ongoing work of PACT and to demonstrate Quill's approach to visualising the archive material and tracking the process of negotiation. It differs from our usual approach in that we will be presenting only certain documents and moments in isolation, rather than including everything tabled during the course of a negotiation. This collection is still under construction, and we will be regularly adding small amounts of new material.

Negotiation of Article 39 by the Constitutional Adviser

After the 30 August 1947 adjournment of the Constitution Assembly session, B.N. Rau compiled the reports of the various committees into a draft constitution. This draft was then referred to the Drafting Committee.

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The list of documents under consideration by committee: Negotiation of Article 39 by the Constitutional Adviser at the end of its timeline.

Supplementary Report on Fundamental Rights (Advisory Committee)

Creator event:

PACT: Mini Models, Date: 07 Oct 1947, 10:00

Supplementary Report on Fundamental Rights (Advisory Committee)

Draft Constitution by the Constitutional Adviser

Creator event:

PACT: Mini Models, Date: 07 Oct 1947, 10:00

Draft Constitution by the Constitutional Adviser

People: S.N. Mukherjee B.N. Rau

Last decision:

PACT: Mini Models, Date: 07 Oct 1947, 10:00

[Editor's Note: B.N. Rau's draft of the Constitution was referred to the Drafting Committee.]