The book assesses the EU performance in the broader UN setting after the Lisbon Treaty. Distinguished scholars with expertise in EU-UN relations use a comprehensive analytical framework of performance to examine various aspects of the complex EU engagement in UN politics. Performance goes beyond the achievement of agreed-upon objectives and engulfs the underlying, intra-organizational, agreement-reaching processes. The contributors examine the output of the intra-EU policy-making process and its impact within the UN setting. They cover thematic areas of special importance for the EU such as environment, human rights, disarmament and peacekeeping operations as well as special UN bodies and forums where the EU is particularly active, such as the UN General Assembly and its main Committees, the International Labour Organisation, UNESCO and the Non-Proliferation Review Conferences.

1.  The EU in UN Politics: Analytical and Empirical Challenges; Spyros Blavoukos and Dimitris Bourantonis.- 2. Speaking with One Voice – Easier Said than Done? The EU in the UNGA; Diana Panke.- 3. The Politics of UNGA Resolution 65/276: A Tale of the EU Performance in the UNGA; Spyros Blavoukos and Dimitris Bourantonis.- 4.  Evidence from the EU Presence at UNGA: In Pursuit of Effective Performance;.- Ioannis Galariotis and Maria Gianniou.- 5. The EU in the UN: Coordination on Peacekeeping Missions; Madeleine O. Hosli, Joren Selleslaghs and Bob van de Mortel.- 6. The EU in the Third Committee of UNGA; Karen Smith.- 7.  The EU Performance in the Case of the International Moratorium on Death Penalty; Iakovos Iakovidis.- 8. The EU’s Contribution to ‘the Strict Observance and the Development of International Law’ at the UNGA Sixth Committee; Jan Wouters and Marta Hermez.- 9. The EU in UN Disarmament Forums; Megan Dee.- 10. The EU Performance in the UN Forum on Forests: An Analysis of the EU at UNFF11; Tom Delreux and Pauline Pirlot.- 11. The EU Performance in Relation to Palestine’s Membership of UNESCO; Edith Drieskens and Lien De Tavernier.- 12. The EU Performance in the Maritime Labour Convention; Robert Kissack.- 13. Conclusions; Spyros Blavoukos and Dimitris Bourantonis.