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Developing effective international institutions

We're working to promote international institutions such as the European Union and the United Nations to help us meet the opportunities and challenges of our globalised world.


What are we doing?

Britain in NATO

Find out about the role of NATO and its significance to the UK and its 25 other members. 

And did you know we have a permanent Delegation to NATO in Brussels, representing the UK's interests?

Find out more...

Croatian courts getting up to speed

croatian courtAs a candidate for EU membership, Croatia is working hard to get its courts operating to EU justice standards.

Read the full case study...

Reforming international institutions


We want international institutions to be reformed to better tackle 21st Century challenges such as climate change, international financial markets, weapons proliferation and international terrorism.

Developing effective international institutions

Recent news and events

Aung San Suu Kyi (Getty Images)

A united message to Burma on human rights abuses
03/07/2009

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Burma today calling for the release of pro democracy leader Aung San Su Kyi and to send a united international message to Burma on human rights abuses.

UK and France working together in the EU
02/07/2009

Minister for Europe Baroness Kinnock held talks with her French counterpart Pierre Lellouche on a wide range of EU issues including Security and Defence on Thursday 2 July.

Glenys Kinnock, Minister for Europe, Crown Copyright

The start of Sweden's EU Presidency
01/07/2009

Baroness Kinnock, Minister for Europe, spoke at a reception to mark the start of Sweden's EU Presidency. She welcomed Sweden's leadership on the challenges now facing Europe, from the economic downturn to climate change.

Who do we work with?

Read more about our work with international organisations such as Nato, G8 and the UN.

Departmental report

Read more about our work with international institutions such as the UN and EU in our latest departmental report.

Useful Links

Read our case studies on the work we do in Europe:

Croatian courts get up to speed

Bulgaria: Protecting people online



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