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the dangers of allowing ourselves to be frustrated as a
member of the new international organization through the
possible application of a rule of unanimity. One way in
which this risk could be minimized would be by regarding
the new body, not as a Diplomatic conference held under
the normal rules of confidentiality but as an inter-
national forum where the proceedings are normally open
to the public. Consequently, we would not regard the new
commissions proceedings as confidential or privileged in
any way unless there was in any particular instance a
unanimous decision of all the members to the contrary.
We would instead consider ourselves free to publicize the
proceedings in any way we saw fit to ensure that our view
of events and if necessary the difference between our view
and that of others were publicly available.
In putting forward our conditions, it was of course
not our desire or intention to raise unnecessary difficulties
or to seek any special position for ourselves. The fact is
that Canada is in an excellent position to judge from its
own experience what is necessary to a successful operation
in international supervision, whether or not we become
members of the proposed commission. Some of Canada's
experience has been positive. Some of it, notably in
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia where for 18 years we have
tried to make international supervision work, has been
profoundly disappointing. From that disappointment we have
10/
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