Documents produced in the framework of the work packages IV "Organised Multilateralism: The EU as an Actor in Multilateral Fora" and III "Multilateralism in practice: Key regions and partners" of Mercury, a project funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission and aimed at analysing the various forms of multilateralism worldwide and assessing the European Union's contribution to "effective multilateralism" through its strategies and policies towards regional players, strategic partners and international organizations.

A revised version of these papers will be published in: Caroline Bouchard, John Peterson, Nathalie Tocci (eds), The European Union and Multilateralism in the 21st Century. The Quest for Effectiveness, London and New York, Routledge, July 2013 forthcoming, ISBN 978-0-415-52003-4