PART I: INTRODUCTION The European Union's Participation in United Nations Human Rights and Environmental Governance – Key Concepts and Major Challenges; S.Basu, S.Schunz, H.Bruyninckx & J.Wouters PART II: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK Analysing the Position of the European Union in the United Nations System – Analytical Framework; S .Schunz, S.Basu, H.Bruyninckx, S.Keukeleire & J.Wouters PART III: THE EU IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS GOVERNANCE Legal Framework of EU Participation in Global Human Rights Governance; D.Zaru & C-M.Geurts The EU in the UNGA Third Committee; E.Giaufret The EU in the Human Rights Council; S.Basu The EU in the Negotiations of a UN General Assembly Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty; R.Kissack The EU in the Durban Review Conference; J.Hivonnet PART IV: The EU in UN Environmental Governance Legal Framework of EU Participation in Global Environmental Governance under the UN Umbrella; T.Corthaut & D.Van Eeckhoutte The EU in the Commission on Sustainable Development; K.Van den Brande The EU in the UN Climate Change Regime; S.Schunz The EU in the Negotiations of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; T.Delreux The EU in the World Summit on Sustainable Development; S.Lightfoot PART V: IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION The Position(s) of the EU in the UN system – the Examples of Human Rights and Environmental Governance; H.Bruyninckx, J.Wouters, S.Basu & S.Schunz