8 Amendments of Jas GAWRONSKI related to 2008/2111(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) invites the Council and the Commission to consider, with a view to ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, a reorganisation of their offices in New York which a reorganisation and expansion of their offices in New York in view of the increased powers and responsibilities that the EU’s representatives will be expected to exercise with a view to ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, guarantees ing optimal coordination and synergy between Community programmes and funds and the instruments and missions comprised in the Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy,
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) urges the Council to studapply in depthfull the implications which the Treaty of Lisbon has for the Union’s future representation at the United Nations, and calls on EU Member States to commit themselves clearly and unequivocally to ensuring that the Union enjoys adequate visibility and authority within the UN bodies and fora, in particular through its High Representative, who should be able to take part in any stage of the deliberations in the Security Council;
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) encourages the Council to negotiate and define the operational status of the EU’s ‘observers’ at the United Nations as soon as possible;
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) urges the Council to ensure that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations isand the Department of Political Affairs are staffed to a level commensurate with itstheir tasks and responsibilities and to support efforts by the Secretary-General in this respect,
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) invites the Council to fully support the re-launch of negotiations aimed at implementing the recommendations of the High-Level Panel on System-wide Coherence, and calls onrecommends the EU Member States to make full use of the Union’s collective leverage, as well as their own leverage, with regard toactively cooperate with the developing countries which are recipients of European or national assistance in order to secure their support for or the overhaul of UN assistance delivery and the promotion of greater coherence between UN policies on the ground,
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) calls on Member States to arrive at a more cohesive position on the reform of the UN Security Council – one which, whilst maintaining the ultimate objective, within a reformed United Nations, of one permanent seat for the European Union, aicontinue their commitment to advance in an expeditious manner the reforms inof the meantime at augmenting the weight of the Union in a manner which is commensurate with the EU’s contribution to UN peacekeeping operations and to UN development assistanceUN system, agreed upon at the 2005 World Summit,
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) reminds Member States in this respect that, regardless of the final configuration which will be decided for this body, it is of the utmost importance to ensure that EU Member States present in the UN Security Council uphold EU official positions, duly brief other Member States on the discussions taking place in the Security Council and actively coordinate their positions with the relevant working groups in the EU Council of Ministers,
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) calls on Member States to support President Kerim’s Task Force on Security Council reform; welcomes in this regard the momentum for reforming the Security Council created as a consequence of the initiative referred to as the ‘Overarching Process’; encourages the Council to promote a discussion focusing on points of convergence with a view to achieving tangible progress in this respect,