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The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations

Inquiry

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 values; this can lead to the exploitation of vulnerabilities for their own internal or foreign policy objectives.

This inquiry will focus on the role of the FCO in exerting the UKs influence within these organisations and examine how it might drive reform in order to reduce their vulnerability to abuse and misuse.

 

Read the call for evidence for more details about the inquiry

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Past events

Tuesday 2 February 2021
1:45pm Private
2:30pm Public
The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations - Oral evidence 2 February 2021
2:30pm
  • The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
  • James Kariuki (Multilateral Policy Director (outgoing) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Neil Briscoe (Head of UN and Multilateral Department at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Beth Arthy (Head of Global Funds Department at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • HE Julian Braithwaite (Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN and other International Organisations (Geneva) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • HE Neil Bush (Head of the OSCE Delegation at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Chris Jones (Director for International Co-operation on Criminal Matters at Home Office)
Virtual meeting
Tuesday 8 December 2020
2:30pm Public
The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations - Oral evidence 8 December 2020
2:30pm
  • Angela Mudukuti
  • Anthony Dworkin (Senior Policy Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations)
3:30pm
  • Sir Howard Morrison KCMG CBE QC (Appeals Judge at International Criminal Court)
  • Peter Lewis (Registrar at International Criminal Court)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 17 November 2020
1:45pm Private
2:30pm Public
The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations - Oral evidence 17 November 2020
2:30pm
  • Professor James Bacchus (Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs and Director of the Centre for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity at University of Central Florida)
3:30pm
  • Dr Yanzhong Huang (Professor at Seton Hall University School of Diplomacy and International Relations and Senior Fellow for Global Health at Council on Foreign Relations)
  • Harpinder Collacott (Executive Director at Development Initiatives)
3:00pm
  • Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 20 October 2020
2:30pm Public
The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations - Oral evidence 20 October 2020
2:30pm
  • William Browder (Chief Executive Officer at Hermitage Capital Management)
  • Bruno Min (Senior Policy Adviser at Fair Trials)
3:30pm
  • David Armond (Director at Armond Consultancy Ltd)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

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