De Forenede Nationers Konference om Handel og Udvikling (UNCTAD): Med hensyn til handelsaspekterne repræsenteres EF af Kommissionen, mens formanden for Rådet tager sig af udviklingsaspekterne.
External relations are conducted bilaterally - between the EC and a partner or a set of partners - and also multilaterally, within international organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations (UN) (see Box Q ).