This is the first book to examine in depth the European Union's relationship with the United Nations and to analyze critically the EU's contribution to "effective multilateralism". The contributors show that the EU most often fails to make the UN as effective as it should be in addressing global challenges: the EU is failing to lead within the UN, and yet it is still developing itself as a credible and reliable partner for the UN.
Author(s): Katie Verlin Laatikainen, Karen E. Smith
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 256
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 8
Notes on the Contributors......Page 9
List of Abbreviations......Page 12
1 Introduction – The European Union at the United Nations: Leader, Partner or Failure?......Page 16
Part I Background and framework......Page 40
2 EU Representation and Coordination within the United Nations......Page 42
Part II The Politics of National Interest and EU Policy Coordination in the UN......Page 62
3 The European Powers in the Security Council: Differing Interests, Differing Arenas......Page 64
4 Pushing Soft Power: Middle Power Diplomacy at the UN......Page 85
5 Returned to Europe? The Central and East European Member States at the Heart of the European Union......Page 107
Part III The EU in UN Policy Arenas......Page 128
6 Effective Multilateralism and Collective Security: Empowering the UN......Page 130
7 The EU in Geneva: Coordinating Policy in the Economic and Social Arrangements of the United Nations System......Page 148
8 The European Union, Human Rights and the United Nations......Page 169
9 EU-UN Environmental Relations: Shared Competence and Effective Multilateralism......Page 190
Part IV Conclusions......Page 208
10 Intersecting Multilateralisms: The European Union and Multilateral Institutions......Page 210
Bibliography......Page 227
C......Page 242
E......Page 243
J......Page 244
P......Page 245
U......Page 246
Z......Page 247
