League of Arab States (LAS)
The dialogue and cooperation between the European Union and the League of Arab States entered a new phase during the Libya crisis in 2011.
Our times are marked by major geopolitical and economic power shifts, with increasingly confrontational and unilateralist relations between major powers. Yet growing global challenges call for more multilateral governance and rules-based international cooperation. The COVID-19 crisis exemplifies the need for multilateral solutions: a major global threat, it has created much-needed momentum for a coordinated, global crisis response and has exposed the need to make multilateralism fit to cope with the new challenges
No one is safe alone, no one is strong alone; we are stronger together.
Many files on the table at the very first summit between the European Union and the League of Arab States. From the conflicts in Syria – where both the EU and LAS can help "win the peace" when the war will be over, but without taking shortcuts – to the peace between Israel, Palestine and the Arab world. In between, the full implementation of the Stockholm agreement on Yemen, and national reconciliation in Libya, with points also on economic relations, security and migration
The EU and the League of Arab States (LAS) held a Ministerial meeting in Brussels to prepare the first ever EU-LAS Summit, discussing ideas for deeper cooperation on files like Syria, the Middle East Peace Process, and Libya.
Through her work both within and outside Parliament Ms. Shatha Abdul Razzak Abbousi has fought for women's rights. The Gender and Human Rights Advisor of EUAM Iraq met recently with her to evaluate how EUAM Iraq can assist in support of the security sector reform, particularly as it relates to gender.
17/02/2021 - The European Commission and the High Representative have put forward a new strategy to strengthen the EU’s contribution to rules-based multilateralism. It suggests making use of all tools at the EU’s disposal, including its extensive political, diplomatic and financial support, to promote multilateral solutions to global challenges.
