The palm oil industry, governments of palm oil producing countries, and multilateral organizations defend expansion of oil palm cultivation on the basis of the potential benefits for climate change mitigation, rural development, and poverty alleviation [9, 10].
Meanwhile, the United States and its allies began to construct a "new world order" based on the expansion of multilateral and bilateral military alliances, the free flow of capital, and the management of the new global economy by a trio of organizations (World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization).
Most Members recognized the importance of WFP's call for an expansion in its multilateral donor base, and called for the flexibility that more multilateral cash donations would provide.
Recent years have also seen an expansion in the See's multilateral diplomacy.
Together with Tunisia, Egypt has been chosen as a new area of operation for the multilateral European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as it begins its expansion into south-eastern Mediterranean (Semed) countries following last year's Arab spring.
More specifically, Secretary Clinton and Mr. Ross have been pushing the other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany to intensify multilateral sanctions against Iran if Tehran has not agreed to limit the expansion of its nuclear-fuel cycle program by the time the United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York at the end of September.
In this way, task expansion and spillover acquired new meanings to promote and to disseminate multilateral aid programs.
McCain, on the other hand, appears to have foresworn any renewal and is pushing for a major expansion of Nato beyond the borders of Europe at the expense of much needed reform in other multilateral institutions.
Multilateral institutions are at risk.
Multilateral rules increasingly apply.
