Direct negotiations as a way for peaceful settlement of international disputes

Abstract

The article deals with direct(diplomatic) negotiations which are for many Reasons widely considered, not only as a basic, but also as the most Important way for the peaceful settlement of international disputes. After a brief introduction, the author first deals with some phenomena that are similar to negotiations, but are still different from them. He differs preventive measures that should contribute and assure that the dispute will not occur at all. Within them, he isolates preventive steps-notifications, prior consent and consultation. on the other hand, he introduces anew term- 'clarification of the situation', implying the steps taken when undesirable situations have already occurred, but yet are not a dispute, but which can easily grow into a serious problem. The second main part of the paper strictly deals with direct negotiations. The author diligently deals with issues such as; the concept of direct negotiations, their types, stages, ending(the result), strength and weaknesses, etc.

Keywords

• international law
• international relations
• peaceful settlement of disputes
• international disputes
• direct negotiations
• diplomatic negotiations
• peace