List of diplomatic missions of the European Union

As a Delegation of the European Union (formerly the European Commission Delegation, colloquially EU embassy ) are currently a total of 130 foreign representatives of the European Union in third countries and international organizations ( OECD, OSCE, UN, WTO, FAO, UNESCO, IFAD and the African Union ) referred. These delegations meet for the EU a similar function as a message for nation-states.

Within the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy ( CFSP ) of the European Union to take the delegations tasks such as the external representation and implementation of EU policies, the creation of analyzes and reports for the European Commission and, where appropriate negotiations within a given mandate. Delegations are administratively part of the European External Action Service (EEAS ) and thus associated with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

History

The first diplomatic representative of the European Commission (then the High Authority of the ECSC) was set up in 1956 in the United Kingdom, which itself became a member of the European Communities 1973. At the United Nations in New York, the EC is represented since 1964, since 1974 there is a fixed delegation. 2007, the Delegation of the European Union, Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein was opened.

By 2009, the delegations were alone the Directorate-General for External Relations (RELEX ) of the European Commission. The Treaty of Lisbon, this went on in the EEAS, which includes also former employees of the Council Secretariat and seconded staff from national diplomatic services. The association of the staff of RELEX and the competent department of the Council Secretariat was completed on 1 January 2011.

Delegations by continent and country

  • European Union
  • Countries with an EU delegation

Africa

  • Egypt Egypt: Cairo, the delegation
  • Algeria Algeria: Algiers, delegation
  • Angola Angola: Luanda, delegation
  • Ethiopia Ethiopia: Addis Ababa, delegation
  • Benin Benin: Cotonou, delegation
  • Botswana Botswana: Gaborone, delegation
  • Burkina Faso Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou, delegation
  • Burundi Burundi: Bujumbura, delegation
  • Djibouti Djibouti: Djibouti City, delegation
  • Ivory Coast Ivory Coast: Abidjan, delegation
  • Eritrea Eritrea: Asmara, delegation
  • Gabon: Libreville, delegation
  • Ghana Ghana: Accra, delegation
  • Guinea Guinea Conakry, delegation
  • Guinea- Bissau Guinea- Bissau: Bissau, delegation
  • Cameroon Cameroon: Yaounde, delegation
  • Cape Verde Cape Verde: Praia, delegation
  • Kenya: Nairobi, delegation
  • Congo Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Kinshasa delegation
  • Congo Republic of the Congo, Republic of Brazzaville, delegation
  • Lesotho Lesotho: Maseru, delegation
  • Liberia Liberia: Monrovia, delegation
  • Madagascar Madagascar: Antananarivo, delegation
  • Malawi Malawi: Lilongwe, delegation
  • Mali Mali: Bamako, delegation
  • Morocco Morocco: Rabat, delegation
  • Mauritania Mauritania: Nouakchott, delegation
  • Mauritius: Port Louis, delegation
  • Mozambique Mozambique: Maputo, delegation
  • Namibia Namibia: Windhoek, delegation
  • Niger Niger: Niamey, delegation
  • Nigeria Nigeria: Abuja Delegation
  • Rwanda Rwanda: Kigali, delegation
  • Zambia Zambia: Lusaka delegation
  • Senegal Senegal: Dakar, delegation
  • Sierra Leone Sierra Leone: Freetown, delegation
  • Zimbabwe Zimbabwe: Harare, delegation
  • South Africa South Africa: Pretoria, delegation
  • Sudan Sudan: Khartoum delegation
  • Tanzania: Dar es Salaam, delegation
  • Togo: Lome, delegation
  • Chad Chad: N'Djamena, delegation
  • Tunisia: Tunis, delegation
  • Uganda Uganda: Kampala, delegation
  • Central African Republic Central African Republic: Bangui, delegation

Asia

  • Afghanistan Afghanistan: Kabul delegation
  • Armenia Armenia: Yerevan, delegation
  • Azerbaijan: Baku, the delegation
  • Bangladesh Bangladesh: Dhaka, delegation
  • People's Republic of China People's Republic of China: Beijing, delegation
  • China 's Republic of China, Republic of: Taipei Economic and Trade Office
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong: Hong Kong Office
  • India India: New Delhi, delegation
  • Indonesia Indonesia: Jakarta, delegation
  • Iraq Iraq: Baghdad delegation
  • Israel Israel: Tel Aviv, delegation
  • Japan Japan: Tokyo, delegation
  • Jordan Jordan: Amman, delegation
  • Kazakhstan: Astana, delegation
  • Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek, delegation
  • Lebanon Lebanon: Beirut, delegation
  • Malaysia Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, delegation
  • Nepal: Kathmandu, delegation
  • East Timor East Timor: Dili, delegation
  • Pakistan Pakistan: Islamabad, delegation
  • Palestine National Authority Palestinian Authority: East Jerusalem, office
  • Philippines Philippines: Manila, Delegation
  • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, delegation
  • Singapore: Singapore, delegation
  • Sri Lanka Sri Lanka: Colombo, delegation
  • Flag of South Korea South Korea: Seoul, delegation
  • Syria Syria: Damascus, delegation
  • Tajikistan: Dushanbe, delegation
  • Thailand: Bangkok, delegation
  • Turkey Turkey: Ankara, delegation
  • Uzbekistan Uzbekistan: Tashkent, delegation
  • Vietnam: Hanoi, delegation

Australasia

Europe

  • Albania Albania: Tirana, delegation
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo delegation
  • Georgia Georgia: Tbilisi, delegation
  • Iceland Iceland Reykjavik, delegation
  • Kosovo Kosovo: Pristina, Liaison Office
  • Macedonia Macedonia: Skopje, delegation
  • Moldova Moldova: Chisinau, delegation
  • Montenegro Montenegro: Podgorica, delegation
  • Norway Norway: Oslo, delegation
  • Russia Russia: Moscow, delegation
  • Switzerland Switzerland: Bern, delegation
  • Serbia Serbia: Belgrade delegation
  • Turkey Turkey: Ankara, delegation
  • Ukraine Ukraine: Kiev, delegation

North and Central America

  • Canada Canada: Ottawa, delegation
  • Mexico: Mexico City, delegation
  • Nicaragua Nicaragua: Managua, delegation
  • United States United States: Washington, DC, delegation

South America

  • Colombia Colombia: Bogotá, delegation
  • Paraguay Paraguay: Asuncion, delegation
  • Peru Peru: Lima, delegation
  • Uruguay Uruguay: Montevideo, delegation
  • Venezuela: Caracas, delegation

Delegations to international organizations

  • African Union African Union ( AU): Addis Ababa, delegation
  • ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN): Jakarta, delegation
  • Euro Europe: Strasbourg, delegation
  • United Nations United Nations: New York Delegation
  • United Nations United Nations: Vienna, delegation
  • United Nations United Nations: Geneva, Delegation
  • UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Paris, delegation
  • Holy See Holy See: Rome, delegation

Heads of EU Delegations important

The head of delegation in the United States until early July 2010, John Bruton, former Irish Taoiseach. Bruton's successor is the Portuguese João Vale de Almeida. Head of Delegation in the People's Republic of China, Markus Ederer.

Head of the EU Delegation to the United Nations Thomas Mayr- Harting is. He solved in this office in 2009 Pedro Serrano. The African Union has been around since 2007, the EU Special Representative.

Diplomatic mission European Coal and Steel Community Yaoundé Port-au-Prince Kingston, Jamaica Georgetown (Guyana) Council of Europe Thomas Mayr-Harting European Union Special Representative
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