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.

The EU is a staunch supporter of the UN. Cooperation between the EU and the UN system, including the UN Secretariat and the various UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes, spans all policy areas.

The EU Delegation to the United Nations Office in Geneva will continue to support the UN as an indispensable forum for multilateral solutions to global challenges, and will continue to demonstrate global leadership, with a view to promoting a safer and better world for all. We focus on key priorities such as human rights and gender equality, promoting peace and security, building a fair globalisation, accelerating the global transition towards sustainable and climate-neutral future, and leading the transition to a new digital world. Preserving the humanitarian space and ensuring respect for international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles will remain equally important for the EU.

The European Union (EU) Delegation to the United Nations (UN) in Rome acts as a link between the three Rome-based UN organizations and the EU headquarters in Brussels.