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rapporteur

rapporteur
 n.— «Rapporteur is a French term often used by the United Nations to describe an independent reporter and investigator.» —“Ziegler ‘wrong’ on Iraq hunger” by John Zarocostas Washington Times Apr. 4, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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