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The United Nations & the European Union: Partners in Multilateralism. College of Europe EU Diplomacy Paper 4/2007, June 2007

Wouters, Jan. (2007) The United Nations & the European Union: Partners in Multilateralism. College of Europe EU Diplomacy Paper 4/2007, June 2007. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    In recent years, cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) has grown exponentially. In this contribution I consider the motivations of the EU’s choice for the UN and the institutional complexities involved in the UN-EU relationship, both internally in the EU in order to obtain a better coordination among its 27 Member States, and externally, concerning the status of the EU within the UN system. After a brief overview of EU-UN cooperation in the areas of human development and security, I point to the uncertainties which both organizations face in their current reform processes, in particular the as of yet unresolved fate of the EU’s Constitutional Treaty, which contains provisions that could lead to a more unified EU representation in the UN.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Treaty reform > Constitution for Europe
    Other international institutions > UN
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > College of Europe (Brugge) > EU Diplomacy Paper
    Depositing User: Professor Sieglinde Gstoehl
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2008
    Page Range: p. 25
    Last Modified: 15 Feb 2011 18:01
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9592

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