Mere debating points to be sure.
But the Assembly is no mere debating chamber.
A Hammarskjöld of Europe, but with more effective power because representing a true community of interest, he must play the sort of part M. Spaak hopes for in Nato.Once council and secretary-general take on a real importance, Mr Selwyn Lloyd's assembly may become more than a mere debating society emitting fine resolutions into the blue.
This is an unprecedented and welcomed step that augurs well for the Arab states, especially if such consensus becomes institutionalized which would give the League real power instead of being a mere debating society.
So the report recommends that the size of Germany's largely static armed forces be cut by some 100,000 to around 240,000, that the numbers of more rapidly deployable troops go up from 60,000 to 140,000 and that the contingent of conscripts, long the mainstay of the Bundeswehr, be cut from 130,000 to a mere 30,000.The debate in Germany is likely to concentrate on conscription.
What seems to the public like mere intellectual debate can affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people.
Appointments to, and disputes between, the Election Commission, the National Counter-Corruption Commission (NCCC) and the Administrative and Constitutional Courts command far more attention than mere parliamentary debates.
For them, this is not a mere headline or debate topic, but rather their ability to serve safely and securely while protecting our safety and security.
Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang won by a mile, according to reports from the Guildhall, with challenges from Ian McEwan and Andrew Miller causing only the merest ripple of debate.
Stories often focus on the mere fact that a debate exists rather than examining the substance of the debate.
