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coherent international system of legal thinking, albeit unconsciously and not fully knownto the world. We have to recognize that views of eminent jurists and legal thinkers, andinternational or national courts around the world that were hitherto not readily availableto other jurists in all the remote corners of the world, are now more accessible. Thesedecisions are either accepted and followed when considering judgment in similar situationsthat had arisen in another part of the world, or indeed, the criticism and casting aside ofcertain approaches and principles adopted in one part of the world also contributed tonew legal thinking and novel principles are born out of this process.In the past, one has to have a large physical library of books, reviews, periodicals,reports, etc, and one has to tediously labour through these to obtain guidance in judicialHon’ble Mr Justice Bernardin Renaud,Judge of the Supreme Court of theRepublic of Seychelles being greeted atthe Conferencedecision-making. Indeed, one cannot claim to have had access to all jurisprudence relevant to a particular matter in handunless one has a most comprehensive library.Today, with modern electronic technology legal researching is made less tedious and less time-consuming with access to awider scope of reference. But the question that arises is that, do all jurisprudence coming from all parts of the world readilyaccessible to other jurists on the side of the world ? The answer for the time being is obviously a big no. But could this bigno be tampered with, so that with time these would become available. To that in my considered opinion the answer is a bigyes. To continue the process I believe that information technology would be of the greatest assistance to facilitate our taskin developing a coherent international system of laws.We are all here at this Conference sharing our views and thoughts on that topic, I dare say contemporary theme. Mygreatest wish would be if only we could take some defined course of action. It is in that perspective that I would venture tooffer a humble suggestion for example, that we set out our objective in a modest plan of action that will serve to guide ourefforts towards the goal we set ourselves. My humble suggestions would be to consider setting up a data bank at oneaccessible electronic site, of all international instruments, statutes, conventions, treaties etc. that comprised the body ofpresent our international law today. And, similarly, do the same with regard to all judicial decisions that have been taken onany aspect of those instruments and these to be posted alongside the instruments and cross referenced, for easy access byjurists, thinkers and academicians around the world. In my humble view, that would help create greater consistency injuridical decision-making, and with time there will hopefully be more coherence in the approach by jurists around the worldon matters of common concern. With time a body of common international jurisprudence will emerge.Might not this conference, associated as it is with a man of action, be a catalyst for the development of such specific courseof action? Allow me to leave you with this humble suggestion. In conclusion, I would like to thank the organization of thisconference, particularly, Mr Jagdish Gandhi for their noble and thoughtful initiative to bring about world peace and unitythrough international law for the benefit of ourselves and the future generations. May God bless you one and all.Imagine all the people living life is peace.You may say I’m a dreamer,But I’m not the only one.I hope someday you’ll join us,And the world will be as one.—John Lennon--65--