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International organisations

  • Research Briefing

    EU external agreements: EU and UK procedures

    Tuesday, 29 March, 2016

    The EU concludes many international agreements with third States or international organisations. This Commons Library briefing looks at how the EU negotiates these agreements and how the UK scrutinises and ratifies them.

    • Research Briefing
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    The 2015 UK National Security Strategy

    Monday, 14 December, 2015

    The Commons Library has published a briefing which provides an overview and analysis of the 2015 UK National Security Strategy (NSS). Published on 23 November 2015, the NSS is incorporated into a single document with the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), which sets out the specific policies and capabilities flowing from the strategy.

    • Research Briefing
    • Defence policy
    • Economy
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International organisations
  • Research Briefing

    Legal basis for UK military action in Syria

    Tuesday, 01 December, 2015

    What is the legal significance of the November 2015 UN Security Council Resolution for the UK and other states using force in Iraq and/or Syria?

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • Middle East
  • Research Briefing

    UK delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

    Monday, 16 November, 2015

    How democratic is the UK’s ‘democratic conscience’?

    • Research Briefing
    • House of Commons
    • Institutions
    • International organisations
    • Parliament
  • Research Briefing

    The Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 development agenda

    Monday, 28 September, 2015

    On 25 September UN Member States agreed 17 'Sustainable Development Goals' at an extraordinary Summit of the UN General Assembly. At various points during the negotiations, the UK Government expressed concern that 17 goals was too many. Debates continue over how far the goals embody a 'transformational agenda'.

    • Research Briefing
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Economy
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • International organisations
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    Civil war in South Sudan: a primer

    Monday, 23 March, 2015

    South Sudan has been embroiled in a brutal civil war since December 2013. On one side is the government of President Salva Kiir Mayadit (Sudan People’s Liberation Movement) and its’ allies; on the other side is former Vice-President Riek Machar (Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition) and his backers. As some observers warned might happen at the time, the euphoria and optimism that attended South Sudan’s independence in July 2011 has quickly been shattered. At least 2.5 million people currently face crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity. 1.5 million people have been internally displaced. An estimated 60,000 people have been killed. With the price of oil down and oil exports in decline, the country’s economy is in a parlous condition. Peace talks have so far failed and observers now fear a return to all-out conflict.

    • Research Briefing
    • Africa
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International organisations
  • Research Briefing

    The Arms Trade Treaty

    Friday, 21 November, 2014

    A legally binding Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 2 April 2013. It provides, for the first time, an international legal and regulatory framework for the arms trade based on respect for international law and human rights. The UK ratified the treaty on 2 April 2014. Primary legislation was not required for ratification but secondary legislation was amended and the UK’s Consolidated Criteria, which are the basis upon which official decisions are made about whether to approve licence applications for arms exports, were updated. The treaty enters into force on 24 December 2014

    • Research Briefing
    • Defence policy
    • Institutions
    • International organisations
  • Research Briefing

    International status of Palestine

    Friday, 03 October, 2014

    Which countries have extended diplomatic recognition to Palestine? What is the status of Palestine at the United Nations?

    • Research Briefing
    • Institutions
    • International organisations
    • Middle East
  • Insight

    Where next for the Human Rights Act?

    Thursday, 02 October, 2014

    • Insight
    • International organisations
  • Research Briefing

    Iraq, Syria and ISIS – recent developments

    Thursday, 25 September, 2014

    The advance of ISIS in Iraq and Syria seems to have been slowed, but Western and regional states are struggling to formulate a convincing response to it

    • Research Briefing
    • International organisations
    • Middle East
    • Security
  • Research Briefing

    NATO Wales Summit 2014: outcomes

    Friday, 12 September, 2014

    The 2014 NATO Wales Summit discussed Russia, Ukraine, Iraq, defence spending amongst allies and the end of combat operations in Afghanistan.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Asia Pacific
    • Defence equipment and spending
    • Defence policy
    • International organisations
  • Research Briefing

    Ukraine: towards a frozen conflict?

    Tuesday, 09 September, 2014

    The conflict in Ukraine is in danger of becoming a "frozen conflict" with no clear peace agreement in sight.

    • Research Briefing
    • Europe
    • International organisations
    • The EU
  • Research Briefing

    NATO Summit Wales 2014

    Friday, 25 July, 2014

    The 2014 NATO Summit will be in Newport, Wales, in September.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Asia Pacific
    • Defence policy
    • Europe
    • International organisations
  • Research Briefing

    The post-2015 development goals

    Wednesday, 02 July, 2014

    This Note explores what kind of framework might replace the Millennium Development Goals upon their expiry in 2015. It assesses reaction to the ‘zero draft’ of 17 new goals published by the Open Working Group in June 2014.

    • Research Briefing
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • International development
    • International organisations
  • Research Briefing

    Democratic Republic of Congo: a gathering momentum towards peace?

    Thursday, 20 March, 2014

    The Special Representative of UN Secretary-General on Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Martin Kohler – who is also the head of the UN mission, MONUSCO – has claimed that there is a “new momentum” behind efforts to stabilise the country. This note briefly surveys the DRC's current trajectory.

    • Research Briefing
    • Africa
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • International organisations

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