The Member States 7 June 2016, Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union#TITLE V - GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTION AND SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY#CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTION#Article 21

7.6.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 202/28 Article 21 1. The Union's action on the international scene shall be guided by the principles which have inspired its own creation, development and enlargement, and which it seeks to advance in the wider world: democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human