Ministerial debate: UN-EU Cooperation on Crisis Management
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- On: 26.09.2008
- In: New York
Formalised in a first joint declaration signed on 24 September 2003 after Operation Artemis and completed by a new common declaration on 7 June 2007, UN-EU cooperation on crisis management has developed considerably in recent years.
This is evidenced by the launch of around twenty military and civilian operations as part of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) in every continent (Artemis, EUFOR DRC, EULEX, EUPOL and the mission in support of security sector reform in Guinea-Bissau).
This cooperation, which is a principal axis of the development of the ESDP, continues to diversify. An example of this is the new form of operational cooperation on maritime affairs that has been developing progressively between the two organisations with reference to Security Council Resolutions 1814 and 1816. Also worthy of note are the new concrete proposals (early warning, personnel training and exchanges) to strengthen cooperation between the UN and EU, which the EU approved at the end of July 2008.
Beyond crisis management, the UN-EU partnership is also considering wider security issues both in advance of and in the aftermath of crises.
The lunch debate, organised in New York on 26 September 2008 in the margin of the opening of the General Assembly, will be an opportunity to examine new avenues for action and the means needed to reinforce the UN-EU partnership in crisis management and security. The debate will particularly focus on the following points:
- In which theatres of operation can the the UN and EU better work together and on the basis of which concrete modalities?
- How can these two international organisations meet each other's needs in terms of crisis management?
- How is the EU's crisis management role perceived by the non-European members of the UN? Can better use be made of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter?
- Updated: 25.09.2008
