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Article: A special partnership with the UN: a European perspective.(United Nations and European Union partnership)
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- UN Chronicle
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- March 1, 2007
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When Ban Ki-moon was appointed eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations on 13 October 2006, he declared: "The world's people will not be fully served unless peace, development and human rights--the three pillars of the UN--are advanced together with equal vigour". Germany and its European Union partners support this ambitious goal he has set for his tenure at the helm of the United Nations.
The European Union (EU) is deeply committed to UN goals and principles. We are convinced that the United Nations is and remains the central institution for effective multilateralism, the "centre of gravity" of the multilateral system, as described by Javier Solana, EU ...