Strengthening Multilateralism and core international principles for a rules-based order in a rapidly changing world – The importance of Civil Society contribution to the UN system - Related links

European Commission

• Joint communication to the European Parliament and the Council on strengthening the EU’s contribution to rules-based multilateralism (published on 17/02/2021)
• EU agenda for a renewed multilateralism (September 2022)

European Parliament

• EPRS: European Union involvement in the United Nations system (September 2020)
• Multilateralism and democracy: A European Parliament perspective (June 2022)
• EPRS: The European Union and the multilateral system (March 2021)
• EPRS: Multilateral initiatives for upholding human rights in digital technologies (April 2022)
• EPRS: The future of multilateralism and strategic partnerships (September 2020)
• EPRS: United Nations reform (February 2019)

European Council

• Council conclusions EU priorities in UN human rights fora 2023  (20 February 2023)
• A new strategic agenda 2019-2024
• Council conclusions EU Priorities at the United Nations during the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 2022 – September 2023 (18 July 2022)

European External Action Service

• The European Union and the United Nations
• International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace: Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell (April 2022)
•  EU-UN: Global Partners (September 2022)

United Nations (UN)

• Report of the Secretary-General: Our Common Agenda
• GSDR: Global Sustainable Development Report 2023
• UN DESA and UNITAR: Stakeholder Engagement and the 2030 Agenda - A practical guide (April 2020)
• 2021 UN Geneva Annual Report: Shaping Renewed Multilateralism
• Statement by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres: Moving Recommendations in Our Common Agenda from Ideas to Action - from Abstract to Concrete (February 2023)
• Terms of Reference: Major Groups and Other Stakeholders Coordination Mechanism (MGOS-CM) (Approved on 18/12/2020)
• The UN and Civil Society | United Nations

Other related links and documents 

• Strengthening civil society engagement with the United Nations (February 2017)
• Global Policy Watch bulletin: CSO participation at the UN (September 2022)
• Alliance for Multilateralism
• Policy contribution: How Europe should answer the US Inflation Reduction Act (February 2023)
• Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung publication: The Multilateral Moment. Democracies Need to Move Fast (March 2021)