INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
_Germany uses its influence in the relevant international and supranational organisations to improve the coherence of the community of states and its capability to take action. These organisations form one of the most important pillars in Germany's foreign policies.
THE EUROPEAN UNION
The European Union stands for political stability, security, and prosperity in Germany as well as its other member states. It has evolved into a recognised actor in international crisis management, with an increasing capacity for taking action on foreign and security policy matters. One of the primary goals of German security policy is the strengthening of the European area of stability through the consolidation and development of European integration and the European Union’s active neighbourhood policy with the states of Eastern Europe, the southern Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean region.
UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. Due to its unique international character, and the powers vested in its founding Charter, the Organization can take action on a wide range of issues, and provide a forum for its 192 Member States to express their views, through the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and other bodies and committees.
Germany makes an active and quite considerable contribution to conflict prevention as well as to multinational peace missions: by providing peacekeeping forces, police and qualified civilian personnel, financial support and items of equipment.
NATO
The North Atlantic Alliance links Europe's security to that of North America. The solidarity within the Alliance guarantees that it is in the common interest to protect the freedom and security of every single member. NATO has been in existence for over 50 years, since its latest expansion now uniting 28 European and North American nations.
From the signing of the Paris Agreements in 1955, which made it possible for the fledgeling Federal Republic to become a member of the Alliance, to the Cuban crisis and the Prague Spring right down to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Warsaw Pact: NATO has always been an unshakeable pillar of German foreign and security policy.
THE EUROPEAN UNION
The European Union stands for political stability, security, and prosperity in Germany as well as its other member states. It has evolved into a recognised actor in international crisis management, with an increasing capacity for taking action on foreign and security policy matters. One of the primary goals of German security policy is the strengthening of the European area of stability through the consolidation and development of European integration and the European Union’s active neighbourhood policy with the states of Eastern Europe, the southern Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean region.
UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. Due to its unique international character, and the powers vested in its founding Charter, the Organization can take action on a wide range of issues, and provide a forum for its 192 Member States to express their views, through the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and other bodies and committees.
Germany makes an active and quite considerable contribution to conflict prevention as well as to multinational peace missions: by providing peacekeeping forces, police and qualified civilian personnel, financial support and items of equipment.
NATO
The North Atlantic Alliance links Europe's security to that of North America. The solidarity within the Alliance guarantees that it is in the common interest to protect the freedom and security of every single member. NATO has been in existence for over 50 years, since its latest expansion now uniting 28 European and North American nations.
From the signing of the Paris Agreements in 1955, which made it possible for the fledgeling Federal Republic to become a member of the Alliance, to the Cuban crisis and the Prague Spring right down to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Warsaw Pact: NATO has always been an unshakeable pillar of German foreign and security policy.