Council ambassadors took the unusual step of sending out all aides and translators, leaving the ambassadors to debate in private whether there was any point in one final postponement.
These and other significant issues are almost certain to be debated, often in private, at the Congress, which lasts for about 13 days and meets just once a year, unlike parliaments in democracies, which meet year-round.
The findings of the assessment were discussed and debated in a consultation involving private practitioners, TB programme managers and policy makers.
The fact that the justices didn't debate mootness in public doesn't mean they are not debating it in private.
Labour left-wingers tried and failed to toughen a new charity law being debated in the last parliament, which let private schools in England and Wales continue with business as usual.
Jabari's case has stirred controversy at home and abroad, and has been the subject of a passionate debate in private discussions and the Persian-language blogosphere.
Religious conservative leaders say they are having passionate debates in private over whether to choose a candidate based on viability or purity.
But since I'm a loyalist and prefer to have such debates in private I'll restrict myself to one thought: my old printer mate Fossy might have described such remarks as pissing on your own chips".
So, after some spirited debates in private meetings of the Democratic conference, Mr. Silver, who represents a Manhattan district, allowed this week that he might agree to a budget without a deal on school aid after all, although he said that was "unlikely".
"Let's debate in private": President Trump, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi just sparred in the Oval Office on live TV about border security and funding Trump's wall https://t.co/uiiZgARky5 pic.twitter.com/EJBynT3NkR.
