Common good -- who represents the global good? --- Effrat and Vid -- thanks for these points. I'd like to read more discussion on this. Diplomacy is traditionally a process between states, and now includes other stakeholders. Who represents the global common good? UN members are States. Does the weight of the global common good rest solely upon the shoulders of the UN Secretary-General, as the embodiment of the UN?

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