Team --- i think there is always a team, as preparing for a humanitarian negotiation is rarely done by a single person. The team however might be more or less visible at the nogotiation table, and this is a decision of the negotiation approach. I am strongly in favour of having a team present at the negotiation table, even if one person usually does the talking, the other persons present are still actively listening, picking up information, behaviours, change of tones that the main negotiator might not be able to see.

Source author: Fanny Charmey fanny.charmey@eda.admin.ch