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Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics Series Editors Michelle Egan American University Washington, District of Columbia USA Neill Nugent Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester United Kingdom William E. Paterson Aston University Birmingham United Kingdom Following on the sustained success of the acclaimed European Union Series, which essentially publishes research-based textbooks, Palgrave StudiesinEuropeanUnionPoliticspublishescuttingedgeresearch-driven monographs. The remit of the series is broadly defined, both in terms of subject and academic discipline. All topics of significance concerning the nature and operation of the European Union potentially fall within the scope of the series. The series is multidisciplinary to reflect the growing importance ofthe EU asapolitical, economic andsocialphenomenon. More information aboutthisseries at http://www.springer.com/series/14629 SpyrosBlavoukos(cid:129)DimitriosBourantonis Editors The EU in UN Politics Actors, Processes and Performances Editors SpyrosBlavoukos DimitriosBourantonis AthensUniversityofEconomicsand AthensUniversityofEconomicsand Business Business Athens,Greece Athens,Greece PalgraveStudiesinEuropeanUnionPolitics ISBN978-1-349-95151-2 ISBN978-1-349-95152-9(eBook) DOI10.1057/978-1-349-95152-9 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2017941215 ©TheEditor(s)(ifapplicable)andTheAuthor(s)2017 Theauthor(s)has/haveassertedtheirright(s)tobeidentifiedastheauthor(s)ofthisworkin accordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. This work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publishernortheauthorsortheeditorsgiveawarranty,expressorimplied,withrespectto thematerialcontainedhereinorforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenmade.The publisherremainsneutralwithregardtojurisdictionalclaimsinpublishedmapsandinstitu- tionalaffiliations. Coverillustration:GonçaloSilva/AlamyStockPhoto Printedonacid-freepaper ThisPalgraveMacmillanimprintispublishedbySpringerNature TheregisteredcompanyisMacmillanPublishersLtd. Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:TheCampus,4CrinanStreet,London,N19XW,United Kingdom A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS ThisvolumestemsfromaninternationalworkshopthattookplaceinAthens, Greece,inFebruary2015.Inthisworkshop,theconvenorsandeditorsofthe volumeexchangedviewsandideaswiththeparticipants–allofthemdistin- guishedscholarsintheareaofEuropeanUnion(EU)studies–abouttherole andinfluenceoftheEUintheUnitedNations(UN).Thefruitfuldiscussions generatedtheideaofacollectivevolumewithemphasisinthepost-Lisbonera. Wewouldliketoexpressourappreciationtoallworkshopparticipantsfortheir keenness to provide us with valuable suggestions on the aims, shape and content of thebook and finallycontributeexcellent paperstothis collective volume. We would also like to extend our thanks to Katie Laatikainen and LouiseVanSchaik,whoactivelyparticipatedintheAthensworkshop. The workshop was organized in the context of the project ‘The EU Performance in the UN General Assembly’ funded by the General Secretariat of Research and Technology of Greece. We are also grateful to the Department of International and European Economic Studies at the Athens University of Economics and Business, under the aegis of which the Athensworkshoptook place. Furthermore,wewouldliketoextendourthankstotheserieseditorsof PalgraveStudiesinEuropeanUnionPoliticsandthereviewersofthebook proposal, who offered useful comments for its refinement. Finally, we would like to express our appreciation to Ambra Finotello and Imogen GordonClarkofPalgravefortheirpatienceandprofessionalisminseeing the technical and editorial details of publishing. The book comes out as partoftheactivitiesassociatedwithanEUJeanMonnetChairontheEU asa DiplomaticandSecurity Actor. v C ONTENTS 1 The EU in UNPolitics: AnalyticalandEmpirical Challenges 1 SpyrosBlavoukos andDimitris Bourantonis 2 Speaking withOne Voice: Easier SaidthanDone? The EU in the UNGA 27 DianaPanke 3 The Politics of UNGAResolution 65/276:A Taleof the EU Performance in the UNGA 47 SpyrosBlavoukos andDimitris Bourantonis 4 Evidencefrom theEU Presence atUNGA: InPursuit of Effective Performance 61 IoannisGalariotisand MariaGianniou 5 TheEuropeanUnionintheUnitedNations:Coordination onPeacekeeping Missions 83 MadeleineO. Hosli,Joren Selleslaghsand Bobvan deMortel 6 The EU in the ThirdCommittee of UNGA 109 KarenE. Smith vii viii CONTENTS 7 The EU Performance in theCase ofthe International Moratorium onDeath Penalty 133 IakovosIakovidis 8 The EU’sContribution to ‘the Strict Observance andthe Development ofInternational Law’ at the UNGASixth Committee 147 JanWouters andMarta Hermez 9 The EU in UNDisarmament Forums 165 MeganDee 10 The EU Performance in theUN Forum onForests: An Analysisof theEU at UNFF11 187 TomDelreux andPauline Pirlot 11 The EU Performance in Relationto Palestine’s Membership ofUNESCO 209 EdithDrieskensand LienDe Tavernier 12 European UnionPerformance in the MaritimeLabour Convention 231 RobertKissack 13 Conclusions 251 SpyrosBlavoukos andDimitris Bourantonis Index 269 A C BOUT THE ONTRIBUTORS Spyros Blavoukos is Assistant Professor at the Department of International and European Economic Studies, at the Athens University of Economics and Business. He is the co-author of the book Chairing Multilateral Negotiations: the Case of the United Nations (Routledge, 2011) and co-editor of the books The European Union and the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Palgrave, 2015) and The EU Presence in International Organizations (Routledge, 2011). He has published several articles ininternational journalsincluding Reviewof International Studies, West European Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Public Policy, European Union Politics, Journal of European Integration, European ForeignAffairsReview, Cooperation andConflict. DimitrisBourantonisisProfessorofPoliticalScienceattheDepartment of International and European Economic Studies, at the Athens University of Economics and Business and holds a Jean Monnet Chair on the EU as a Diplomatic and Security Actor. He is the co-author of Chairing Multilateral Negotiations: The Case of the United Nations (Routledge, 2011) and author of The History and Politics of UN Security CouncilReform(Routledge,2006).Hismostrecentpublicationsinclude three co-edited volumes on The European Union and the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Palgrave, 2015), The EU Presence in International Organizations (Routledge, 2011) and Multilateralism and SecurityInstitutions in anEra ofGlobalization (Routledge, 2007). ix x ABOUTTHECONTRIBUTORS Megan Dee is Associate Research Fellow in the Department of Politics andInternationalStudiesattheUniversityofWarwick,UK.Herresearch focus is international negotiation, diplomacy and decision-making in international organisations, with particular interest in the EU, and multi- lateraldisarmamentforums.Shehaspublishedwidelyonthesetopicswith articles in The Hague Journal of Diplomacy and European Security and European Foreign Affairs Review. Her book The European Union in a Multipolar World: World Trade, Global Governance and the Case of the WTO waspublishedby Palgrave in 2015. Tom Delreux is Professor of Political Science and EU Politics at the Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE) at the Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve). He has published widely on the EU in international negotiations and he is the author of ‘The EU as International Environmental Negotiator’ (Ashgate 2011), ‘The Foreign Policy of the EU’ (Palgrave 2014, with Stephan Keukeleire) and ‘Environmental Policy and Politics in the European Union’ (Palgrave 2016, withSanderHappaerts). Edith Drieskens is Associate Professor of International Relations at LINES (Leuven International and European Studies), KU Leuven. Her work explores the regional dimensions of global governance. She is co- editor of The EU and Effective Multilateralism: Internal and External Reform Practices (Routledge, 2014) and of The Sage Handbook on European ForeignPolicy (Sage,2015). Ioannis Galariotis is Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) and Research Associate (post-doctoral) at the Athens UniversityofEconomicsandBusiness.HeholdsaPhDinpoliticalscience and international relations from the National University of Athens, Department of Political Science and Public Administration. He also holds postgraduate degrees in International Political Economy (Newcastle University) and European Integration (Essex University). HisresearchinterestsfocusoninternationalorganizationsandEUforeign policyanalysis. Maria Gianniou received her PhD in History of International Relations from the Sorbonne University. She has worked as a Scientific Advisor to the Office of the Secretary General for European Affairs of the Hellenic Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She is currently a post-doctoral Research Associate at the Athens University of Economics and Business. Her
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