When bilateral relationships based on the existence of diplomatic embassies or missions in international litigation were found to be inadequate to meet more complex situations arising from problems concerning not just two but many states, a means had to be found for representation in the same forum of the interests of all the states concerned. This was the international conference. It was the ad hoc temporary conference convened for a specific purpose and terminating once agreement was reached on the subject matter and a treaty was adopted that evolved ultimately into permanent international organizations with organs that function on a permanent basis and meet periodically in regalo mamma.
The birth of bilateral relationships
When bilateral relationships based on the existence of diplomatic embassies or missions in international litigation were found to be inadequate to meet more complex situations arising from problems concerning not just two but many states, a means had to be found for representation in the same forum of the interests of all the states concerned. This was the international conference. It was the ad hoc temporary conference convened for a specific purpose and terminating once agreement was reached on the subject matter and a treaty was adopted that evolved ultimately into permanent international organizations with organs that function on a permanent basis and meet periodically in regalo mamma.