The Tripartite Social Summit takes place on 18 October 2012, in Brussels.

Ministerial meetings between the EU and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

The 67th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly takes place in September, in New York. 

The Eastern Partnership aims to strengthen and deepen the EU's relations with its six partner countries to the east, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,

The European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament bring together religious leaders to discuss how to combat poverty and social exclusion.

The EU established bilateral relations with the GCC countries through a Cooperation Agreement signed in 1988. It forsees the establishment of an annual

G20 Summit takes place on 18 and 19 June 2012 in Los Cabos, Mexico.

The 25th North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit takes place on 20 and 21 May 2012 in Chicago, United States. 

The United States host the G8 Summit on May 18-19, 2012 at Camp David in Frederick County, Maryland. President Obama welcomes the G8 leaders in the

Herman VAN ROMPUY, President of the European Council and José Manuel BARROSO, President of the EC, attend the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.