most fundamental challenges we face is the realization of a humane world. This must be more than a vision. It is a moral imperative. The facts in the world around us speak for themselves. .We need new approaches and new tools. We need a new form of diplomacy. It will have to be based on collective efforts of a variety of actors, inside and outside of government. It will depend upon our ability to raise people's awareness of fundamental human security needs, and it will require a new and broad-based consensus to address squarely basic human needs and rights affecting the daily lives of millions. .This diplomacy reaches beyond relations between states to engage individuals and organizations from a variety of sectors within civil society. We see the beginning of this new drive toward a humane world in the successful fight to ban anti-personnel mines and to restrict proliferation of small arms and light weapons. In both cases, civil society is playing a crucial role, in ...