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REPORT with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly PDF (326 KB) DOC (128 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
– having regard to the proposal for a recommendation to the Council on the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly by Andrey Kovatchev, on behalf of the PPE Group (B8- 1374/2015),
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU’s security environment is increasingly unstable and volatile owing to a large number of longstanding or newly emerging challenges, including violent conflicts, terrorism, organised crime, unprecedented migration waves and climate change, which are impossible to address at national level and requirequire national, regional and global responses;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph a
Paragraph a
(a) to continue to support multilateral attempts to find lasting political solutions to ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, and in the Middle East and North Africa, in particular in Syria, Libya and YemenIsrael and Palestine, Libya and Yemen, and to reinvigorate diplomatic efforts to resolve frozen conflicts around the world; to continue to support the work of the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary- General for Syria, the Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, and the Special Envoy of the Un Secretary-General for Yemen; to call for continued humanitarian, financial and political assistance from the international community in order to address the humanitarian situation, and to work towards the immediate cessation of violence;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph b
Paragraph b
(b) to call for increased support for the efforts of the international community and regional organisations to manage security crises on the African continent, in particular in Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Mali, Nigeria and Burundi; to encourage UN Member States to join the EU; recognises the role of the United Nations as the principle guarantor of international peace and security; further recognises the role played by UN Member States, including those from the European Union, in supporting the increasing role and own capacities of the African Union in mediation and crisis management;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph d
Paragraph d
(d) to promote a culture of prevention within the UN system in order to improve its capacity to respond more quickly to emerging crises and potential threats to peace and security, while promoting international action to bring those responsible for violence to justice; to strive to enhance early communication and further develop procedures for crisis consultation between the EU and the UN in order to better coordinate their crisis response, avoiding unnecessary duplication;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph f
Paragraph f
(f) to continue to support the efforts to further the operationalisation of R2P and to support the UN in continuing to play a critical role in assisting countries in the implementation of R2P; to further strengthen the role of R2P as an important governing principle in all countries’ work across the conflict spectrum, as well as on human rights and development;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph f a (new)
Paragraph f a (new)
(fa) to support and strengthen international efforts through the United Nations to end the use of children in armed conflict, as well as to more effectively address the impact of conflict and post-conflict situations on women and girls;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph f b (new)
Paragraph f b (new)
(fb) to actively increase pressure on Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, in order to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and its illegal annexation of Crimea;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph f c (new)
Paragraph f c (new)
(fc) to encourage a policy of rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran in order to defuse regional tensions and as a path towards conflict resolution in Yemen and elsewhere;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph j
Paragraph j
(j) to provide support to the UN Counter- Terrorism Implementation Task Force in order to ensure coordination and coherence in the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, using the resources and expertise of 25 UN system entities, national policy and security agencies, and of Interpol;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph l a (new)
Paragraph l a (new)
(la) to encourage all UN Member States to sign and ratify the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti- Personnel Mines and on their Destruction;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph n
Paragraph n
(n) to promote greater support for the work of UNHCR in implementing its international mandate to protect refugees, including vulnerable groups such as women or children with disabilities; to stress the high funding gap between UNHCR’s budgetary needs and funds received and demand greater global solidarity;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph r a (new)
Paragraph r a (new)
(ra) to work together with all UN Member States to respect the principles of opinion and expression, as mentioned in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; to emphasise the importance of a free press in a healthy society, and the role of every citizen therein;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u a (new)
Paragraph u a (new)
(ua) to advocate and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people and to call for the repeal of legislation in UN Member States which criminalises people on the grounds of sexuality or gender identity;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u b (new)
Paragraph u b (new)
(ub) supports a human rights-based approach to disability in situations of risk and emergency in line with the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD);
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u c (new)
Paragraph u c (new)
(uc) to engage with the public and a comprehensive debate with all members of the UN General Assembly on the importance of respecting constitutional limits in presidential mandates worldwide;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph u d (new)
Paragraph u d (new)
(ud) to emphasise the importance of the principles of self-determination, as enshrined in the UN Charter, chapter 1, article 1, part two, and in the United Nations’ Declaration of Human Rights, article 15, in the pre-emption and resolution of political and military conflicts; to call upon the UN General Assembly to initiate a comprehensive debate on the forms of self-determination, regionalisation, and autonomy, that have the possibility to defuse a number of emerging and active conflicts worldwide;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph v a (new)
Paragraph v a (new)
(va) to encourage UN Member States to meet their commitments on development aid spending and for governments to be held to account for the implementation of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph x
Paragraph x
(x) to support actively a comprehensivemeaningful dialogue on reform of the United Nations Security Council in order to ensure the Council is able to deal effectively with threats to international peace and security; to promote the revitalisation of the work of the General Assembly, and improved coordination and coherence of the action of all UN institutions, which should enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, accountability, capacity and representativeness of the system in order to respond more quickly to global challenges; to support and build on the increased transparency in the process for the selection of the next UN Secretary- General, with candidates’ presentations being made in the General Assembly;