Abstract
The General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) is a large negotiation arena. While much research focuses on the behaviour of its member states, the role of different regional organisations (ROs) has attracted little comparative scholarship. Although ROs have no formal votes, they are active in UNGA negotiations, most often through their member states. To answer why some ROs (e.g. EU, ASEAN, CARICOM) are more vocal in UNGA negotiations than others (e.g. AU, SCO, CoE, Andean), we theorise how ability, opportunity and willingness components influence RO dispositions to participate actively in international negotiations. We illustrate that ROs are increasingly vocal in the UNGA if they are small, well-equipped, old, have policy competencies that match the issues covered by the negotiation arena, and have good formal access to UN negotiations, while ROs that score lower on ability and to some extent also on opportunity and willingness components tend to be less active in UNGA negotiations.
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