Belgium in the world: international institutions
Increasing globalisation and interdependence between countries are probably the most striking features of the international scene at the start of the twentyfirst century.
The problems faced by the international community, too, are often intertwined cross-border issues. Thus, it is now generally accepted that there is a strong link between security, development and human rights, nor is any doubt about the relationship between energy consumption and climate change, or between migration and development.
Such issues cannot be tackled by a single country on its own, but require international cooperation.
However, these new, complex and rapidly developing problems present new challenges for international organisations, most of which were originally created to tackle one specific problem or issue.
Belgium makes efforts to tackle problems in the existing international organisations or improve the consistency of the action taken by these organisations.
