The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations

Foreign Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 18 Jun 2020 Closed: 10 Sep 2021 Parliament page
The ways in which states engage with multilateral organisations is changing. Increasingly, smaller groups of like-minded states are taking collective action to shape the agenda and influence policy. There has been a rise in influence of states who are members of multilateral organisations, but do not necessarily share all their … Read more
2 Recommendations
1 Report
8 Oral sessions
1 Letter
8 Events
Activity timeline 19 events
10 Sep
2021
Report published
17 Jun
2021
Report published
2 Feb
2021
Oral evidence
2 Feb
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Virtual meeting
8 Dec
2020
Oral evidence
8 Dec
2020
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 5, Palace of Westminster
17 Nov
2020
Oral evidence
17 Nov
2020
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
20 Oct
2020
Oral evidence
20 Oct
2020
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
29 Sep
2020
Oral evidence
29 Sep
2020
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 8 sessions
2 Feb 2021
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Beth Arthy · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Chris Jones · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office HE Julian Braithwaite · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office HE Neil Bush · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office James Kariuki · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Neil Briscoe · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
8 Dec 2020
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Angela Mudukuti Anthony Dworkin · European Council on Foreign Relations Peter Lewis · International Criminal Court Sir Howard Morrison KCMG CBE QC · International Criminal Court
17 Nov 2020
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Dr Yanzhong Huang · Council on Foreign Relations Harpinder Collacott · Development Initiatives Professor James Bacchus · University of Central Florida Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox
20 Oct 2020
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Bruno Min · Fair Trials David Armond · Armond Consultancy Ltd William Browder · Hermitage Capital Management
29 Sep 2020
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Benjamin Ward · Human Rights Watch Fred Carver Hillel Neuer · United Nations Watch Mahamane Cissé-Gouro Peggy Hicks
15 Sep 2020
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Dr David Nabarro · Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London Professor Ilona Kickbusch
1 Sep 2020
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The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations; Foreign Affairs Committee
Dr Neil Melvin · Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Hon Tony Abbott AC Mr. Alex T. Johnson The Lord Bowness CBE DL
23 Jun 2020
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The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations
Ben Emmerson QC · Former UN Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights Her Excellency Sylvie-Agnès Bermann · China, the UK and Russia Rt Hon Alistair Burt · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Title HC No. Published Items Response
First report - In the room: the UK’s role in multilateral diplom… HC 199 17 Jun 2021 2 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
39 Recommendation
First report - In the room: the UK…
We recommend that the Government’s engagement with multilaterals includes a tactical element of multilateral strategy...
We recommend that the Government’s engagement with multilaterals includes a tactical element of multilateral strategy such that it tracks the activities of authoritarian states within both higher and lower profile multilateral organisations, reports on implications of any moves to exert … Read more
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43 Recommendation
First report - In the room: the UK…
We recommend the FCDO should take strategic decisions with key allies as to which organisations...
We recommend the FCDO should take strategic decisions with key allies as to which organisations the UK should prioritise exerting influence over rather than expending diplomatic capital challenging like-minded states for influence. 22 In the room: the UK’s role in … Read more
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Correspondence 1 letter
29 Jul 2020 To committee A letter from the Foreign Secretary on UK involvement in elections to multilateral organisations dated 22/7/2020
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