Multilateral Relations
We cannot tackle global challenges alone. The EU is committed to preserving and strengthening the rules-based multilateral international order, with the United Nations at its core.
The seminar was organised by the Permanent Representation of Finland as Chair of the Council of the EU and the EU Delegation in Strasbourg, in collaboration with the Permanent Representation of France as Chair of the Council of Europe. Its aims was to take stock of the current state of play, look at solutions to outstanding issues as well as to address the broader implications of the accession to Human Rights protection in Europe.
The 18th UNIDO General Conference, which was held on 3 - 7 November 2019, has adopted the Abu Dhabi Declaration
24 October marks UN Day. On this day in 1945 the UN Charter entered into force and the United Nations formally came into existence as the ashes of the Second World War were settling.
Our ocean is under threat from the effects of climate change, over-fishing, pollution and loss of biodiversity. Our future depends on a clean and healthy ocean, where protection and sustainable use go hand in hand. Safeguarding the ocean for future generations is a shared responsibility and a matter of global urgency. The EU is at the forefront of climate action. As the 2019 worldwide #EUBeachCleanUp campaign nears the end, the EU welcomes this year’s #OurOcean conference in Oslo where it announces its commitments to protect the ocean.
Digital cooperation was high on the EU's agenda at this year's United Nations General Assembly in New York. For EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, the focus was on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), as well as promoting multilateral cooperation in this field and using digital technologies for mediation.
To celebrate EU - IAEA cooperation the EU Delegation to the International Organisations in Vienna and the European Commission Joint Research Centre organised an exhibition at the Vienna International Centre with as title "Art Spaces". The exhibition presented the program for nuclear decommission and radioactive waste management in an innovative way: trough the art. Using art to show that the important aspect of effective sustainable policy to preserve future generations, is to have efficient decommissioning programmes of nuclear waste. This shows EU's strong commitment to environmental protection, its sustainable development, health & safety measures which is fundamental in order to ensure present & future protection, appropriate radioactive waste management and a transparent interaction with stakeholders. The exhibition has presented 52 works of art in which some of the greatest artists coming from all over the world have reinterpreted the drums used in nuclear decommissioning for waste, making them become works of contemporary art.
