ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book aims to bring the Roma into the international relations discourse, which has until now largely ignored them. It describes their fight for inclusion in international decision-making, in terms of its results that relate to UN agenda-setting, discourse and procedural/institutional developments. The book shows that Romani activists have been more successful when they were able to provide quality expertise, display diplomatic and professional behaviour, mobilize various resources and exploit the favourability of the POS. It explains that at the moment Romani activism lacks most of the resources non-state actors usually rely on to gain influence. The book starts with the assumption that it would be premature to establish a causal inference about the reasons for the UN agenda-setting, discursive and procedural/organizational developments in relation to the Roma, as neither the UN's dealing with Romani issues nor its interaction with Romani activists.
