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DIPLOMACY
AS AN INSTRUMENT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE - Vladimir Petrovski
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 INTRODUCTION
I wish to begin my statement be expressing
my deep gratitude to the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic studies for convening this
Conference on Modern Diplomacy. For the first time top specialists from different
countries are gathered to discuss, in all aspects, diplomacy as an instrument of
international communication and negotiation. It is not by chance that Malta has initiated
this meeting. For all who are involved in international politics, this country has been
associated with very successful diplomacy since the first days of its independence in
1964. The handwriting of Maltese diplomacy can be clearly seen in the activities of the
United Nations and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, in promoting
regional co-operation in the Mediterranean.
Our conference is a most timely event. Each time a major transformation in the
international system occurs, the role of diplomacy in world politics is revised. This
issue was on the international agenda at the beginning of the twentieth century, and now,
on the threshold of the new millennium, the debate reoccurs. The exchange of views among
the participants will help to better understand what should be the purpose and the method
of diplomacy in the age of global transformation.
The efforts of the international community to find diplomatic solutions to the present
Iraqi crisis adjoin a supplementary flavour to our conference.
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