DIPLOMACY IN THE MECHANISM OF INTERNATIONAL TERRITORIAL DISPUTES SETTLEMENT

• Main Author: Olena Banchuk-Petrosova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts 2020-05-01
• Series: Міжнародні відносини: теоретико-практичні аспекти
• Subjects: дипломатія; міжнародний територіальний спір; засоби мирного вирішення міжнародних спорів; переговори; консультації; інститут добрих послуг; віртуальна дипломатія; міжнародний конфлікт
• Online Access: http://international-relations.knukim.edu.ua/article/view/203655

The article deals with the peculiarities and importance of diplomacy in the mechanism of international territorial disputes settlement by analyzing the results of scientific research and the legal framework. Diplomatic means of resolving international territorial disputes have been found to include so-called “reconciliation facilities”, including negotiations, consultations, investigative and conciliation commissions, mediation, good services, etc. It has been established that diplomatic means are determined by the fact that the parties to the dispute independently “control” the dispute and may accept or reject the proposed mechanism of dispute settlement. It has been found that negotiation is the simplest, most convenient and acceptable means for the parties to an international dispute. They represent the process of finding disputes by the parties themselves by establishing direct contact and reaching an agreement between them. It has been established that consultations are a type of negotiation. They are used to continue the established contacts. Consultations  are  sought  when  negotiations  need  to  be  resumed  in  the  light of emerging  circumstances.  It  has  been  found  that  another  type  of  regulation of international territorial disputes is the institution of peaceful settlement through the use of good services, which are a set of international legal norms that regulate the activities of third countries or international organizations for the purpose of their own  initiative  or  at  the  request  of  are  in  conflict  and  aimed  at  establishing  or renewing direct negotiations. It has been found that situations sometimes arise when the  essence  of  the  conflict  is reduced  to  a different  understanding  of the  factual circumstances   that   gave   rise   to   the   dispute.   In   such   a   case,   the   conclusion of investigative and conciliation commissions may be accelerated. “Virtual”  diplomacy  has  been  singled  out  as  a  kind  of  diplomatic  way of resolving   international   territorial   disputes,   which   is   of   ancillary   character. It is emphasized that virtual diplomacy is the most optimal, convenient, economicallyadvantageous and promising method of diplomatic negotiation using innovative approaches. The expediency of the recognition and detailed regulation of the virtual diplomacy procedure at the international level is argued.