Activities of Bodil VALERO related to 2015/2275(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Peace Support Operations - EU engagement with the UN and the African Union (A8-0158/2016 - Geoffrey Van Orden)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Peace Support Operations – EU engagement with the UN and the African Union PDF (405 KB) DOC (128 KB)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the declaration made at the 28 September 2015 Leader's Summit on Peace-Keeping convened by President Barack Obama of the United States,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the "Oslo" Guidelines on the Use of Foreign Military and Civil Defence Assets in Disaster Relief of November 2007,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 25 November 2010 on the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
Citation 10 c (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 15 October 2012 on the roots of democracy and sustainable development: Europe's engagement with civil society in external relations,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Peace Support Operations (PSOs) are a form of crisis response, normally in support of an internationally recognised organisation such as the UN or the African Union (AU), with a UN mandate, and designed to prestore or maintainvent armed conflict, restore, maintain or build peace and tackle the complex emergencies and challenges posed by failing or weak states including humanitarian operations;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas appropriately experienced and equipped organisations and nations should provide those military and civilian resources necessary for a successful PSO, in order to help create the conditions for civil organisations to do their work;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas only 11 of the 28 EU Member States have made very modest pledges at the 28th September 2015 Leaders' Summit on Peacekeeping; whereas at this summit China has pledged a 8000 standby force and Colombia 5000 troops;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
J b. whereas in the 15 May 2015 UN Evaluation Report on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 480 allegations between 2008 and 2013 were listed;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas, in addition to the role of individual European countries, the EU has a distinctive contribution to make in PSOs with financial and other resources, in particular via the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace and in full compliance with the Oslo Guidelines;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas when APF was established in 2003, its financing via EDF funds was meant to be provisional, only for the time necessary to find alternative funding sources; whereas 12 years later EDF remains the main source of funding for APF;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the European Council has requested that the EU and its Member States enhance their support to partner countries and organisations, through the provision of training, advice, equipment and resources, so that they can increasingly prevent or manage crises by themselves; whereas there is a clear need for mutually reinforcing interventions in the areas of security and development in order to achieve this goal;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas, and above all, the needs of the countries concerned, rather than any institutional ambition or the desire prematurely to impose values which may have little relevance to the immediate crisis, should be the guiding principle for EU involvement;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the UN-EU Strategic Partnership on Peacekeeping and Crisis Management and its priorities for 2015-2018 as agreed in March 2015; encourages further work by the EU in order to take account of the key role of other organisations and countries and facilitate Member State contributions; deplores that only 11 of 28 EU Member States made pledges at the 28th September 2015 Leader's Summit on Peacekeeping; calls on the EU Member States to significantly increase their military and police contributions to UN peacekeeping missions;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the African Peace Facility provides both an entry point and a potential lever for creating a stronger partnership between the EU and the AU; considers it vital that the EU institutions and Member States should remain closely engaged if the Facility is to be fully exploitutilized; acknowledges that there are other funding mechanisms in use, but believes that given the Facility’'s singular focus on Africa, as well as its clear goals, it is especially important with regard to PSOs in Africa; considers that Civil Society Organisations should be involved in the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of the APF discussions on the design and the implementation of the APF; furthermore CSOs working on peace-building in Africa should be given the opportunity to participate in APF multi-stakeholder projects;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Regrets that the APF is still mainly financed via the EDF, whereas EDF financing was clearly meant to be provisional back in 2003; calls on the Commission to make a proposal during the mid-term review of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework aiming at integrating the financing of the APF into the EU budget; considers that this way of financing would solve the ongoing problems related to the eligibility of some APF expenditures;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the EU and its Member States, as well as on other members of the international community, to assist with training, non-lethal equipment, logistic support and development of rules of engagement (RoE), encouraging and facilitating African states in full and continuing their commitment to the ASF; urges, in this regard, more active advocacy of the ASF in African capitals by Member State embassies and EU delegations;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the problem is often not lack of funding but, rather, how funds are spent and what other resources are utilised; questions whether the Court of Auditors’' recommendations have been fully implemented; calls for regular reviews of how funding from national governments through the EU and UN is spent; believes it is vital to utilise funds effectively, given their finite nature and the scale of the problems being faced; believes accountability is an essential part of this process; insists on a more thorough and transparent evaluation of PSOs supported by the EU; stresses the need for the EEAS to develop a much more efficient and strategic approach to the UN agencies in particular regarding programming of the external financial instruments; calls on the HR and relevant EU Delegations in instable regions to ensure stronger visibility of EU aid on the ground;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Notes the 15 May 2015 UN Evaluation Report on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by the United Nations and Related Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations; is deeply shocked by the alarming scope of these crimes, and the failure to hold perpetrators to account; is equally shocked by recent sexual child abuse allegations against French and UN troops in the Central African Republic and calls for strong, transparent and swift responses by the UN and relevant French authorities; urges the UN, EU Member States and the EU's CSDP organs to investigate, prosecute and sentence any UN, national and EU personnel who committed acts of sexual violence without delay and with firmest resolve;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Stresses the urgent need to reform relevant structures in a way to end impunity of UN and EU personnel and by establishing functioning and transparent oversight and accountability mechanisms; finds it unacceptable that currently legal actions regarding alleged abuses remain purely voluntary and depended of the troop-contributing country; is convinced that also via training and education such grave crimes could be reduced and prevented; strongly welcomes the 28th September 2015 declaration of Leaders' Summit on Peacekeeping on the matter;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Welcomes the EU Guidelines on violence against women and girls and the EU guidelines on children and armed conflict; urges the adoption of a code of conduct for EU personnel serving in military and civil missions which makes it clear that sexual exploitation constitutes unjustifiable and criminal behaviour;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14 e. Stresses that it is important that the EU and the UN should appoint more female police officers and soldiers to missions and operations; recalls the experience made with the contingent of female police officers within the UN peace-keeping force in Liberia; stresses the need for gender advisors for individual missions and operations and specific actions plans which design how UNSCR 1325 is being implemented at the level of each mission and operation; calls on the relevant EU and UN actors to make sure that also at the HQ level more women are being appointed at senior management level;