Jian Junbo and Chen Zhimin：“China and the EU in the UN”, In Jianwei Wang & Weiqing Song (eds), China, the European Union, and the International Politics of Global Governance (ISBN: 9781137522221), Palgrave Macmillan, December 2015, pp.75–93.
Abstract:
China and the European Union (EU) are both active players in the United Nations (UN). As one of the founding members of the UN, a permanent member of UN’s Security Council (UNSC), and a rising power in the world, China’s influence in the UN has been on the rise. The EU, along with and through its 28 member states, is a major financial contributor to the UN and has always been an important player in UN-sponsored global governance, especially after its “super observer” status in the General Assembly (UNGA) was established by Resolution 65/276 on May 3, 2011. Nevertheless, as two significant and influential actors, their coordination in the UN in security, political, or developmental areas has not been developed at a high level, as was imagined, due to their different status, positions, strategies, values, and so forth.
