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The Pacific economic co-operation concept has undergone widespread examination in the academic, business and government circles since the mid-1960s. Three international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) - the Pacific Trade and Development Conference, the Pacific Basin Economic Council and the Pacific Economic Co-operation Conference - have been routinely cited among the concept's chief proponents. The author examines how the INGOs promoting the idea of Pacific economic co-operation have contributed to the regional diplomatic framework. (DÜI-Sen)

The utility of a non-governmental approach to diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific is illustrated in this paper. Two case studies of consensus building within the Pacific Economic Co-operation Conference (PECC) in advance of its fifth general meeting in Vancouver in 1986 are examined: the effort to secure the participation of the PRC and the debate over observer status for the USSR. The research suggests that the non-governmental coup embodied by the Chinese, Taiwanese and Soviet presence at PECC V. was dependent upon governmental recognition of and attempts to preserve this organization's diplomatic value. (DÜI-Sen)

There have been changes in the USSR's diplomatic strategy in Asia-Pacific under M. Gorbachev. The article sketches out and analyses how other major Asia-Pacific nations are reacting to the prospect of Soviet participation in economic co-operation efforts in this region. Soviet interactions with PAFTAD (Pacific Trade and Development Conference), PBEC (Pacific Basin Economic Council) and PECC (Pacific Economic Co-operation Conference) are discussed. (DÜI-Sen)