Activities of Patricija ŠULIN related to 2015/2104(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The role of the EU within the UN (A8-0308/2015 - Paavo Väyrynen) SL
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the role of the EU within the UN - how to better achieve EU foreign policy goals
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas the EU and its Members States are the UN's largest financial contribution.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the EU's defence budget is important, and its financial contributions to UN peace missions are considerable.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Believes that the innovative approaches to financing offer an important way of maximising the availability and impact of development finance, by identifying new financing sources, mechanisms and financial engineering instruments. In particular, innovative approaches to financing can use public financing to help generate new financing flows, help catalyse private investment and market financing, as well as maximising the impact of existing public and private funds.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Insist that the future cooperation and framework should encourage and incentivise the further exploration and implementation of innovative sources, mechanisms and instruments by all relevant stakeholders, in close cooperation with multilateral banks and other donors, and ensure that these new financing sources fully comply with the principles of transparency, accountability and effectiveness.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines that the EU supports the notion that the United Nations must be 'fit for purpose' as well as increasingly more effective and efficient. Emerging and growing challenges impel new functions for the UN, which will in turn require a rethink of governance and funding modalities. It will continue to be an EU priority to ensure the sound management of UN financial resources and staff, including in the negotiations of the next UN regular budget and UN peacekeeping budgets.