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DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS. How to make alphabet soup. Historical Background. Origins of International Organisations Alliances 19 th century Geneva Convention of 1864 Universal Postal Union, 1875 Red Cross After World War I League of Nations, ILO. Modern Times. Laws

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DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

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  1. DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS How to make alphabet soup

  2. Historical Background • Origins of International Organisations • Alliances • 19th century • Geneva Convention of 1864 • Universal Postal Union, 1875 • Red Cross • After World War I • League of Nations, ILO

  3. Modern Times • Laws • Vienna Convention 1986 • UN System • UN Specialised agencies • WHO, UNESCO, etc • Financial • IMF, World Bank, OECD etc • Regional • EU, OAS, SCO, NATO, ASEAN....

  4. Other Actors – Non-State • NGOs – non-government organisations • More active and important now • Example – the landmine controversy • Cooperation with UN organs, ECOSOC, UNDP • But some governments distrust NGOs • Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) • International terrorist, criminal organisations • Greenpeace, Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), ICRC • News Ltd, Times-Warner, Apple, Facebook • Tanzeem Al Farooq, a non-governmental organisation focused on educating poor Muslim communities (India)

  5. ASIAN REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE • ASEAN – 1967 • ASEAN Regional Forum • APEC – 1989 • SCO - 2001 • EAS - 2005 • UN regional • ESCAP etc • Problems in 60s and 70s –Cold War hostility • Little high-level dialogue across ideological lines • Contrast with Europe • Post-Cold War, slow to change • US – China rapprochement 1971 important step

  6. EAS - HISTORY • Proposed by Dr Mahathir 1991 • Based on ASEAN plus • Centred on Japan • Asians only! • But membership grew • Australia, NZ 2005 • AS, Russia 2008

  7. EAS NOW • 18 members • ASEAN 10 plus • Japan, RO Korea, India, China • Australia, NZ • Russia, USA • 55 percent of world GDP; c 55 percent of world population • 6th Summit in Bali

  8. ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM (ARF) • Formed in 1994 • Functions – security dialogue, confidence-building, preventive diplomacy • Latest – 20th ARF in Brunei, July 2013 • Sth China Sea continual problem • Conflicting territorial claims • US interests • Current issues – terrorism, maritime security, disaster relief • Kalimantan smog • SCS • before, little feeling of progress, more incidents, some tension • In Brunei, moderate progress • agreement on plan to implement 2002 Declaration on Conduct of Parties in SCS

  9. Perfect Conference Diplomat • Honest • Patient • Hard-working • Calm • Adaptable • Loyal • Linguistic versatility

  10. CONCLUSIONS • Multilateralism here to stay • Ramified into hosts of new areas: • Law of the sea (piracy, people smuggling, fisheries) • environment (global warming, deforestation, sea level rise) • Health cooperation (eg, SARS, bird flu) • Technology eg internet, satellite communication, space.

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