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1、¢COORDINATIONSUD¢IITheRoleofNGOsinthepublicdebateandinternationalrelationsElementsforaDefinitionofa“NonGovernmentalDiplomacy”HenriRouilléd’OrfeuilandJorgeEduardoDurão,September2003(provisionaldraft)Thesituationofthenearlythree-quartersofhumankindwholiveinthecontinentsoftheSout
2、hisinadmissible.Therearethusnogroundstoacceptit.Thisistheverysimplefactsharedbyinternational-solidarityorganizations.Thefirstmanifestationofthisrefusaloftheunacceptableisadeterminationtoactascloselyaspossibletotherealitiesandtheactorsinvolved.Thisfirstmissionhasledtotwoothers:
3、theambitionofbringingthecitizensortheorganizationsofourcountriesclosertopartnersofthecountriesoftheSouth,andtheneedtoanalyzetherulesoftheinternationalgameandtomakethemchangetobecomemoreequitable.Thesethreemissions—localaction,reinforcementofNorth-Southconnections,andadvocacyfo
4、rmoreequitablerules—arecloselyrelated.Thelegitimacyoflobbyandadvocacyactionsisrootedintheinvolvementoforganizationsandtheirpartnersinavarietyoflocalrealities.Tobecomeprofessional,NGOshavebecomemorespecialized,buttheunityofthesethreetasksisfoundtodayinthecollectivestowhichevery
5、onebringsthefruitoftheirexperienceandtheirskill.IfadvocacyNGOswerecutofffromlocalaction,theywouldrunatwofoldrisk:thatofbasingtheirpositions,nolongerontangibleexperiences,butonapproachesofanideologicalnature,andthatofshort-circuitingtheirpartnersoftheSouthandofconsideringintern
6、ationalissuesonlyfromtheirstandpointsasorganizationsoftheNorth..Inthispaper,wewillfocusontheroleofNGOsininternationalnegotiations.Advocacyactionsaimedatpublicopinion,ontheonehand,andlobbyactionsaimedatnegotiatorsontheotherhand,aretryingtogenerateanenvironmentthatisfavorabletot
7、heevolutionofworldregulationtowardmorefairnessandsustainability.Whetheratintergovernmentalevents—UnitedNationsconferences,generalassembliesoftheBrettonWoodsinstitutions,G8meetings—oratnongovernmentalevents—theWorldSocialForum,forinstance—NGOs,inprotestasinproposal,areactingina
8、muchmoreopennegotiationspace.Thetimeofpureintergovernmentalit