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Multilateral Cooperation
One of the most important objectives of Belarusian foreign policy is currently working in the universal and specialized, global and regional international organizations and integration associations.
International strategies helping to respond efficiently and mechanisms to handle pressing economic, social and political issues are needed to face new global challenges and threats arising in today’s age of economic globalization. Such strategies are currently being developed within the framework of multilateral cooperation. Not only does the Republic of Belarus participate in the United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement, and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the country has been heavily involved in the recent years in developing its relations with integration associations and organizations in the post-Soviet area. There is ongoing cooperation within the CIS, EurAsEC and CSTO. A Customs Union of the Republic of Belarus, Republic of Kazakhstan and Russian Federation launched its operations in 2009. In 2010, a number of supranational responsibilities were transferred to the Union in relation to foreign trade control. The Customs Union member states opted to move to even closer integration and in late 2010 signed into effect several agreements to give legal basis to the Unified Economic Space.
A need to mitigate the aftermath of the global economic crisis and launch structural financial reforms prompted more cooperation with the key economic and financial organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UN Economic Commission for Europe and UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
An imperative goal for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to raise investments and bring in expertise of the specialized intergovernmental organizations to push forward social and economic growth in the Republic of Belarus.
The UN Development Assistance Framework Programme for the Republic of Belarus for 2011 – 2015 is a unique document signed in October 2010. It is a strategic cooperation plan for the collaboration between the government of the Republic of Belarus and all specialized UN institutions, funds and programmes working in Belarus. It provides for the $490m-worth of technical assistance projects due to be implemented in Belarus.
