Finally, let me say there's an really interesting phenomenon that there is in fact following the example of these multilateral development banks, a lot of copycat institutions have developed.
Riyad Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to the U.N., welcomed the French effort, noting it includes "friends to both parties," and cited the recent success of the P5+1 -- a group made up of the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, China, Russia and Germany -- in the Iran nuclear negotiations as an example of the benefits of multilateral diplomacy.
In this study, the cases of the WHO, the World Bank, and UNAIDS were selected because they a) were emblematic of a particular institutional theoretical approach; and b) because they either provided an example of the failure of multilateral health agencies to achieve reform or were a good example of institutional change and sustainability processes.
Does the European Union, arguably the best example of multilateral governance in the world, have flaws?
The G-20's effective response to the international financial crisis offers an encouraging example of how multilateral dialogue can come up with solutions that avoid catastrophic outcomes.
For example, according to the multilateral Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Developmenthethe U.S. already has a higher penetration of standard mobile broadband subscriptions than Japan, with the U.S. at over 90 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
It could thus become an example of multilateral humanitarianism.
The UN Security Council responded and authorized the creation of the Multilateral Interim Force (MIF).
There has also been broad criticism of continued American leadership of the multilateral institution.
Trade experts declared the trade talks dead and fretted about the future of the multilateral system.
