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diplomacy is to reconcile conflicting interests in a constantly changing 

 world, and today a major factor behind change is technology." The 

 statement continues: ''. . . Possibly the most important global change 

 brought on by technology has been the bringing together of the 

 world's nations." 



What then does this new proximity of nations, brought about by rapid techno- 

 logical change, require of diplomacy? It seems to ask for something more than 

 traditional bilateral ironing out of differences and development of cooperative 

 arrangements. Technological advance has created problems which affect, all of 

 the world's nations, and require their cooperation for the solution. For example, 

 arrangements to prevent the pollution of the seas cannot be made bilaterally. 

 What is necessary is a new innovative multilateralism. 



The statement concludes with a reassertion of the need for an 

 innovative multilateral diplomacy in a world system largely shaped 

 by technology: 



As technology develops, the prospect is that cooperative use of the world's 

 resources in ways which preserve the quality of life will require greater innovation 

 in the field of multilateral cooperation. Already we are groping toward the forms 

 and procedures of an international organization which will govern the exploitation 

 of the resources of the ocean's floor. Cooperative arrangements have already 

 been worked out for international weather forecasting. It will not be so easy to 

 work out multilateral techniques governing weather control. The thought that 

 anything so vital as a nation's rainfall might be manipulated, even accidentally, 

 by a neighbor, indicates how important it is that the world move along toward 

 development of more effective international institutions. 



Perhaps the greatest problem of all relates to the pollution of man's environ- 

 ment and the population pressures which increase that pollution. National 

 solutions will not be enough, but can nations agree among themselves to strict 

 international standards and a machinery by which they may be imposed? 



The diplomats of the future will require all of the tools they can get if they are- 

 to succeed in this new multilateral diplomacy. 



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