Index
Access to medicines
14, 221, 224, 226, 229, 231–237
Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group (ACT)
20, 23
African Group
4, 6n, 9, 20, 23–24, 24n, 25, 27n, 28, 87, 160–161, 163, 165–176, 197, 200, 202, 207–208, 210, 215–217, 220, 252, 259n, 263, 268, 272–273, 275, 277, 307, 311–313
African Union
13, 23, 26, 55, 76, 78, 87, 108, 111, 200, 220, 286, 289, 298, 307, 313, 317
Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
78
Peace and Security Architecture (APSA)
79–80, 80n
Peace and Security Council (AUPSC)
79
Alliance of Small Islands States (AOSIS)
13, 20, 27, 64, 252, 260, 308
Andean Community (CAN)
61, 221
Arab Group
9, 100, 103, 105, 108–109, 163, 163n, 166, 168, 170, 173–174, 261–262, 286, 286n, 288
Asia-Pacific Group
4–5, 46, 208n, 220, 252, 259n, 307, 310, 315
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
13, 23, 115, 208, 220, 286
Bolivia
67, 69, 71, 206n, 231, 234, 294
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America
61, 274
Brazil
3, 63–64, 69, 82, 125, 135, 164, 168–169, 171, 174–175, 180n, 206, 206n, 212, 221–223, 231, 233–234, 236–237, 261–262, 272–273, 290, 296, 309
Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs)
69, 72, 82–84
Brazil, South, Africa, India and China (BASIC)
135, 268, 272–273, 275, 277, 279
Cambodia
107n, 115, 118, 121, 123, 126–127, 130, 133, 205
Canada
5n, 23, 165, 188, 188n, 199, 202–204, 209n, 222, 227, 231, 252, 261–262, 271, 301, 310, 316
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
20, 27–28, 61–62, 64–70, 70n, 71–72, 145, 149–151, 221, 229, 261–262, 307, 311, 313, 315, 317
Caricom Reparations Commission
65–66, 168
Cartagena Dialogue
270, 272, 308
Central African Forestry Commission (COMIFAC)
274–275
Central American Common Market (CACM)
61n, 221
Central American Integration System (SICA)
229, 274–275
China
3, 23, 60, 61n, 63, 77, 82, 107n, 117, 119–121, 129–130, 133, 135, 137, 143–145, 148–149, 161, 166, 183, 227, 252, 256, 259–261, 263, 268, 272, 279, 292, 305, 311, 315
Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)
274
Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN)
274–275
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
86–87
Community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC)
61n, 67, 69, 167, 220, 222
Conference on Disarmament
177, 183, 311
Conference of Parties (COP)
20, 267, 269,
Cuba
67, 81, 138, 150, 161, 175, 190n, 197, 205, 211, 222, 260
Dialogue among Civilizations
99, 106–107, 110
Disarmament
14, 23, 27, 48, 71, 77n, 81–82, 84, 94, 111, 120, 129, 177, 177n, 178, 178n, 179–188, 190–191, 193–195, 308, 311, 315–316
Durban Alliance
272
Eastern European Group
4, 11, 23–25, 46, 101n, 161, 183, 220, 252
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
86–87
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
86–87, 91–92
Ecuador
62, 67–69, 71, 150, 175, 206n, 223, 229, 232–234, 260–261
Egypt
63, 77, 85, 86n, 87, 97n, 100, 103, 103n, 109, 111, 161, 164, 167–168, 171, 180n, 187n, 192, 261, 263, 289, 294
Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)
272
European Union (EU)
3, 5, 13, 20, 23, 45–46, 50n, 56, 63, 70, 82, 107–108, 115, 121, 135, 137, 141, 143, 160, 178, 178n, 202, 220, 261–262, 286, 291, 307, 314, 316
European External Action Service (EEAS)
47, 271
France
45, 48, 50–51, 167, 172, 192, 234, 293, 295–296, 299, 312, 315
Germany
51, 121, 125, 188n, 192, 293, 297
Group of Friends
107, 171, 197–198, 204, 204n, 206–207, 210, 210n, 211–212, 214–215
Of the Family
171
Of R2P
197n, 308
group politics
3–5, 8–10, 12–16, 34, 36, 38, 40–42, 50, 160–161, 163, 169, 171, 174, 176, 179, 242–244, 265, 269, 286, 297–299, 302, 305–307, 311, 313, 315, 317–319, 321
G16 Group of 16
179–180, 187–190, 190n, 191–195, 309, 316
G20 Group of 20
69, 72, 131
G-77 Group of 77
5–6, 11, 61, 64, 69, 76–77, 94, 111, 143, 145–146, 148–149, 202–203, 207, 209, 215, 217, 220, 241, 248, 259, 263, 307–308, 313–317
JUSCANZ
5, 5n, 23, 252, 315, 316
Latin American and Caribbean group (GRULAC)
4, 8–9, 23–24, 61–64, 69, 72, 172, 220, 231, 252, 254, 286n, 307
High Ambition Coalition
20, 135–136, 149, 152, 270–273, 276–279, 281, 308, 310
Human Rights Council (HRC)
4, 5n, 12, 34, 45, 49–50, 52, 54, 106, 159, 159n, 160–161, 161n, 162–163, 165–166, 168, 169n, 171, 173n, 174, 174n, 175–176, 196, 206, 219, 229, 234–235, 237, 290, 307–311, 315
Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (AILAC)
268, 272–273, 275–276
India
3, 63, 82, 120–121, 125, 135, 144, 148, 183, 261, 263, 272, 279
Indonesia
97n, 115, 117–118, 120–123, 125, 127–128, 130, 130n, 131, 171, 192, 234, 261, 289, 294
International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities (ICDRA)
229, 236
International Criminal Court (ICC)
55, 65, 203, 285
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
243, 248–249, 261
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
142
Iran
71, 97n, 99, 101n, 102, 106–107, 126, 171, 190, 261, 263, 294
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
109
Islamophobia
106, 112
Kyoto Protocol
135, 139, 143–144, 270, 277
League of Arab States
98, 100, 103, 108, 178, 181, 181n, 203, 208–209, 286–287, 307
Least Developed Countries
131, 138, 138n, 270, 272–273, 275–276
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT)
160, 171–174, 174n, 175, 310
Libya
51, 86n, 97n, 103n, 108, 112, 171, 208–209, 216, 292–293
Like-Minded Developing Countries
10, 270, 272, 275
Malaysia
97n, 101n, 115, 117–118, 121, 125–127, 130–131, 192, 205–206, 208, 212
Maldives
97n, 135, 137–138, 138n, 139–141, 145–151, 263, 314–315
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
219, 227, 230, 232, 241–242, 244, 246–250, 253, 255, 257–258, 266
multilateralism
3–5, 10–13, 16–17, 21, 23, 25–26, 28–31, 33–38, 40, 54–56, 81, 127–129, 136, 141, 144, 152, 191, 241, 244, 264, 266, 305–306, 308–310, 312, 316–321
Myanmar
71, 107, 107n, 115, 121, 126–127, 131–133, 289n
New Agenda Coalition
23, 27, 111, 178, 309, 316
Nigeria
86n, 87, 90, 97n, 165, 187n, 188n, 206, 208
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
5, 9, 23, 27, 54, 65, 76, 77, 111, 118, 129, 152, 161, 178, 183, 190n, 202, 252, 286, 288, 299–300, 307, 317
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI)
178, 188
Nordic Group
9, 23, 52, 252
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT)
177–179, 181–184, 186–189, 189n, 190–195, 311
Nuclear weapons
61n, 84, 129, 177–183, 186–188, 190, 193
Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (OWG)
250–252, 254, 254n, 255–260, 262, 264
Organization of American States (OAS)
65, 69, 221–223, 235
Organization of African Unity (OAU)
76, 91, 91n, 200, 289
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
8, 21, 23, 97–98, 107, 286
Pacific Island Forum
150, 315
Palestine
77, 81, 97n, 97n2, 100n, 101–102, 104–106, 127, 264, 285–289, 289n, 289n2, 290, 290n, 291–299, 299n, 300, 302, 311, 313–314
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
221–223, 225
Paris Agreement
146–147, 151–152, 267, 310
Philippines
107n, 115, 118, 120–121, 125, 127, 188n, 192, 204, 260
Political groups
3–5, 10–11, 13, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27–28, 36–37, 46, 61, 98, 101, 105, 109–112, 136, 145, 149–152, 159–160, 162, 162n, 163, 170, 174, 178–182, 184, 189, 191, 193–195, 197, 207, 220, 237, 241–242, 252, 264, 268, 272, 286, 291, 307–311, 313, 316–317
Protection of the family
161, 163–164, 166–168, 171, 174–175, 315
Rapoport, Anatol
14, 184, 190, 211
Regional groups
3–5, 9, 15, 23–25, 37, 46, 51–52, 61–62, 87, 139, 148–149, 152, 159n, 161–162, 180, 183, 207, 215–217, 220–221, 237, 252–255, 259, 262, 268, 268n, 279, 305, 307, 309–310, 315, 317
Responsibility to Protect
7, 14, 23, 128, 196–218, 308, 310–311, 314
Russia
107n, 109, 146, 161, 164–168, 171, 199, 261, 271, 291, 305, 311, 315
Rwanda
86n, 86n21, 87, 90, 92, 196, 197n, 198, 202–204, 206, 208–209, 213, 215, 218, 293
Saudi Arabia
97n, 97n3, 99–101, 101n, 102, 146, 164, 168, 171, 272
Sexual orientation
14, 161, 162n, 163–164, 167, 169, 169n, 170, 170n, 171–172, 172n, 173–174, 174n, 175–176, 263, 308–309, 311
Singapore
115, 121, 125–127, 131, 138, 141, 146, 150, 204, 289n, 293, 300–301
Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
27, 136–139, 141–147, 149, 151–152, 252, 260–261, 263, 317
South American Institute of Government in Health (ISAGS)
226, 228, 229n, 232, 236
South Africa
82, 86n, 87, 90, 94, 125, 135, 164, 168–169, 169n, 180n, 192, 202–203, 208–209, 215, 218, 234, 272–273, 289, 294
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
86–87, 92
Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)
61n, 68, 119, 170, 170n, 220–225, 227, 235–236
Sustainable Development Goals
14, 54, 76, 88, 132, 201n, 241–242, 244, 250, 250n, 251–255, 258, 260–262, 264, 266, 308, 310–311, 314
Syria
52, 81, 98n, 98n3, 100, 100n, 101–102, 102n, 103n, 108, 108n, 109–110, 112, 126, 174, 196, 215–216, 292, 314
Technical Group on Universal Access to Medicines (GAUMU)
232
Thailand
115, 118, 121, 123, 125, 125n, 127, 234, 289n, 293, 299
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS)
233, 235
Traditional values
161–167, 170, 174–175
Trinidad and Tobago
64–65, 137–138, 140, 150, 289n, 293, 317
Turkey
10, 97n, 99, 99n, 101n, 102, 107, 145, 188, 261
Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)
23, 27, 61n, 219–237, 286, 288, 290–297, 299–302, 307, 309, 314, 316
United Kingdom
45–46, 48, 50–52, 63, 192, 259, 261–262, 293, 297, 312, 315–316
United Nations
3, 10, 12, 20, 23, 25, 26n, 28, 34, 41, 45, 54, 60, 65–66, 77–78, 80, 89, 91, 98, 100, 103, 105–106, 108, 116, 159, 177, 196, 219, 241, 243, 248, 250–251, 253, 263, 266, 285, 286n, 292, 294–295, 313
Department of Peacekeeping Operations
78
Disarmament Commission
177, 183
Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC)
140, 229
United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
78, 80, 91–93
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
77
United Nations Educations, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
105, 285–286, 288–289, 291–295, 297–299, 301–302, 311
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
7, 20, 24, 29, 34, 37, 40, 60–61, 61n, 62–67, 69, 71–72, 76–77, 77n, 80–82, 84–85, 94, 101, 103–107, 111, 118–119, 123–127, 130–131, 139, 141–142, 161–163, 172, 177, 182–183, 219, 229, 233–235, 237, 285–289, 291, 293–295, 297–302, 308, 310, 312–313, 315
United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU)
78, 79n
United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC)
91
United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
26n, 45, 77–80, 87, 89–91, 93, 93n, 94, 147
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
20, 37, 111, 139, 142–144, 267–268, 268n, 269–281
Conference of Parties
20
University for Peace
89, 89n
United States
5, 23, 37, 45, 56, 60, 67–68, 145, 161, 161n, 167–168, 169n, 186, 222, 227, 231, 248, 252, 261–262, 305, 315
Venezuela
39n, 64, 67–71, 150, 175, 197, 205, 206n, 211, 219, 222–223, 260, 263
Vietnam
115, 117–118, 121, 123, 125–127, 260–261
Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG)
4, 23–24, 46, 180, 199, 201, 207, 212–213, 217, 220, 252, 254, 307, 315–316
World Health Organization
219, 223, 226–227, 229–232, 235–236, 309, 311
World Trade Organization
70, 219, 229, 233–235, 237, 243, 309