The humanitarian negotiator's mandate --- Based on experience, it is vital to assign a clear Mandate to the humanitarian negotiator, with a detailed scope of work, roles/responsibilities, and limits set out in it. In addition, it is essential that the Mandate gives room to the negotiator. The more organisations/mandator limits the mandatee, the less the negotiator can make progress, e.g. when a negotiator has no decision making power, they will be forced to leave the negotiation table exactly when the negotiations reach a key and determinative point.

Source author: Seyedeh Sepideh Seyed Asgari asgari.spdh@gmail.com