In a wide-ranging statement to the UN Security Council in New York on 14 February 2014, High Representative Catherine Ashton spoke about ways in which the EU was working with the UN. She reiterated the “strong commitment of the European Union to support and work for effective multilateralism, with the United Nations at its core, in search of lasting solutions to critical international peace and security challenges.”

Some of the issues she highlighted where the EU was playing an important international role included the Iranian nuclear negotiations, the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue and the stabilisation of Somalia. Catherine Ashton said she was proud that the EU was “a reliable partner of the UN.”

Read HR/VP Ashton’s full speech here