EC Library Guide on the United Nations, the European Union and international security: Introduction
Introduction
About this Library Guide
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EU-UN cooperation
Cooperation between the EU and the UN takes place across a broad range of areas: human rights, sustainable development, climate change and environmental protection, digital, peace building, crisis management, disarmament and non-proliferation, humanitarian assistance, fighting corruption and crime, advancing global health security, managing migratory flows and labour issues.
Out of 21 EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions and operations, 13 are deployed alongside UN missions in Mali, the Central African Republic, Somalia, Libya, Iraq, Israel/Palestine and the Western Balkans, supporting or directly contributing to the implementation of the UN mandates.
Source: European Union External Action
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