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.
Inquiry
The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations
Witnesses 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), and Chris Jones (Director for International Co-operation on Criminal Matters at Home Office)
Inquiry
The UK’s role in strengthening multilateral organisations
Witnesses Angela Mudukuti (International Criminal Law and Human Rights Lawyer), and Anthony Dworkin (Senior Policy Fellow at European Council on Foreign Relations)