What is track II diplomacy? Give a fictitious example of track II diplomacy that involves the use of conference diplomacy.
What will be an ideal response?
Student examples will vary. A sample answer follows: Track II diplomacy offers ways to explore solutions to particular issues, conflicts, and disagreements without the burdens of formal state-to-state negotiations. It may involve private citizens (including celebrities), nongovernmental organizations, and academic experts or specialists, and so on. For example, let’s say many non-state actors want to deal with the water shortage problem in various parts of the world. To discuss this issue and come up with possible solutions, the United Nations decides to use conference diplomacy, which would bypass formal state-to-state negotiations. For this conference, the United Nations calls together key celebrities, nongovernmental organizations such as Friends of the Earth International, academic specialists, and representatives of states afflicted by water shortages. These state and non-state actors would come up a proposal to deal with the problem that the United Nations would present to the General Assembly.
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