The new diplomacy

I think after the all the knowledge and understanding of the past few weeks regarding the three topics which where public diplomacy conference diplomacy and NGO/celebrity diplomacy, I bebleve the most that NGO/celebrity diplomacy has got me wondering and asking myself could this type of diplomacy be coined as new diplomacy. NGO/celebrity diplomacy has been growing over the past sixty years. After both WWII and the Cold War non-state actors have become vital in trying to solve some of the worlds worst problems. for over 15 years now NGO's have been welcomed in to the UN and have worked on some important cases for example Ottawa treaty in 1997 in which 122 governments’ signed a life time ban on landmines being used or imported. The NGO's used many tat tics for example multilateral diplomacy with heads of states and lobbying something which was oly reserved to diplomats and other governmental officials. this type of diplomacy just shows us how diplomacy is transforming. This campaigned was all NGO related it also involved other non state actors such as late Princess Diana she was considers a celebrity diplomat she also used her status to help with the campaigning.According to the author Willets Dina “transformed diplomacy from a narrow confined vehicle of states craft to embracing wider diffuse dynamic” other celebrities also are changing the face of diplomacy for example Angelina Jolie who became UNHCR ambassador in 2001, she has been to economic forums disused important issues with government leaders about alot of her humanitarian work. this type of diplomacy would have never have even been dreamed of centuries ago. This why i think that this type of diplomacy is the most important because it has a laregr effect not just on the government but on the ordinary citizen.