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Major issues like environmental protection, the war on drugs, gender equality, food security and curbing population growth cannot be resolved at local or regional level, but require a global approach. </p></div> <p>Conseqently it is important that the Netherlands pursues an active foreign policy, which includes supporting international organisations through the provision of funding, manpower and ideas. This is known as multilateral cooperation. A strong argument in favour of multilateral aid is that this form of support is less driven by donor interests and coordination is smoother than when donors individually administer their own programmes. </p><p>Over a quarter of the Dutch development budget goes to programmes run by the United Nations, the European Union, the World Bank and various regional development banks. The Netherlands naturally tries to influence these multilateral organisations in such a way as to further its own objectives. So it is important that the country is well represented at international organisations. That is why the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in addition to embassies and consulates, also has its own permanent missions, delegations and representations at organisations like the NATO, the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the OECD. </p><p>The Netherlands also cooperates with internationals organisations at a more personal level. The Protocol Department of the Dutch Foreign Ministry helps serve the needs of the staff of international organisations and of representatives of other countries (and their families) who have been afforded diplomatic status while they stay in the Netherlands. </p></div> <div class="fullWidthSection"> <section class="brickRow nieuws"> <h2> News</h2> <div class="brick"> <a href="/latest/news/2022/07/01/what-is-the-international-criminal-court-icc"> <h3> What is the International Criminal Court (ICC)?</h3> <div class="brick-text"> <p> <span class="publDate">01-07-2022 | 16:24</span> </p> <p>The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the most important international criminal court that deals with the gravest, unpunished ...</p> </div> </a> </div> <a class="more" href="/topics/international-organisations/news">More news</a> </section> </div><aside> <div class="brick linkBlock"> <h2>See also</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf8%5F8S0q4QQ" class="external " aria-label="YouTube: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international peace and justice (opens external website)" > YouTube: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international peace and justice</a> </li> </ul></div> <div class="brick banner"> <a href="/contact"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" id="Layer_1" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 270 160" x="0px" xml:space="preserve" y="0px"> <style type="text/css"> .stijl01 { fill: #FFFFFF; stroke: #CBD2E3; stroke-width: 4; stroke-miterlimit: 10; } .stijl02 { fill: #111111; font-size: 23px; font-family: "RO Sans", Calibri, Verdana, sans-serif; } .stijl03 { fill: #17628c; font-weight: bold; font-size: 31px; font-family: "RO Sans", Calibri, Verdana, sans-serif; } </style> <rect class="stijl01" height="160" width="270"/> <text class="stijl03" transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 64 43)">Questions?</text> <text class="stijl02" transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 49 95)">Contact the Public</text> <text class="stijl02" transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 41 125)">Information Service</text> </svg></a> </div> <div class="brick belongsTo"> <h2>Ministry responsible</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/ministries/ministry-of-foreign-affairs">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a></li> </ul> </div> </aside><div id="follow-up"> <div class="block"> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="site-footer"> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="column"> <h2>Service</h2> <ul> <li > <a href="/contact">Contact</a> </li> <li > <a href="/rss">RSS</a> </li> <li > <a href="/sitemap">Sitemap</a> </li> <li > <a href="/help">Help</a> </li> <li > <a href="/archive">Archive</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="column"> <h2>About this site</h2> <ul> <li > <a href="/copyright">Copyright</a> </li> <li > <a href="/privacy">Privacy</a> </li> <li > <a href="/cookies">Cookies</a> </li> <li > <a href="/accessibility">Accessibility</a> </li> <li > <a href="/reporting-a-vulnerability">Report vulnerability</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="languages" aria-labelledby="languageMenuLabel"> <div class="languages__wrapper"> <p id="languageMenuLabel" class="languages__label">This website in other languages:</p> <ul class="languages__list"> <li class="languages__list-item selected"> English</li> <li class="languages__list-item "> <a href="https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/" class="languages__link" lang="nl">Nederlands</a> </li> <li class="languages__list-item "> <a href="https://www.gobiernodireino.nl/" class="languages__link" lang="pap">Papiamento</a> </li> <li class="languages__list-item "> <a href="https://www.gobiernudireino.nl/" class="languages__link" lang="pap">Papiamentu</a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> </footer> </div>  <script src="/webfiles/1728237806798/behaviour/core.js"></script>  <script src="/binaries/content/assets/government/javascript/government-survey-bar.min-20230526.js"></script> </body> </html>

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