12 Amendments of Irena BELOHORSKÁ related to 2008/2111(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas such coordination requires closer cooperation between the European Commission, the relevant Brussels-based working groups of the Council and the EU Offices and the Member States’ Permanent Representations in New York,
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the adoption of a universal moratorium on the use of the death penalty – one of the most important results for the European Union in terms of diplomacy and promotion of the rule of law – has been achieved thanks to the determination of the Italian government headed by Romano Prodi and the insistence of the European Parliament in the face of considerable resistance from the Council’s working groups,
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) calls for the Union’s political priorities for the next UN General Assembly session to be the subject of an in-depth, wide- ranging debate in Brussels, with the active involvement ofbetween the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, and to be spelt out in a formal position of the CouncilEuropean Union,
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) considers that this formal position should be regarded by the Permanent Representations of EU Member States in New York as a binding political platform to be used in negotiations with other countries,
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) believes that the coordination of EU Member States’ positions within the United Nations should begin in the relevant working groups of the Council, thus makingmake it easier for New York diplomats to achieve a common position on specific issues in the UN bodies and allowing more time for consultations and negotiations with other regional blocs or countries belonging to such other blocs,
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) urges the Council to study in depth 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,
Amendment 36 #
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, aims in 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 assistance,
Amendment 39 #
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 officialreflect EU 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 48 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) urges EU Member States, especially France and Slovakia as newly elected members of the UN Human Rights Council, to redouble their efforts in ensuring the successful operation of the Human Rights Council; in this respect, calls for greater accountability in the procedure for the establishment and renewal of Special Procedures and for the appointment of mandate holders, which should be based on the principles of transparency and real competition,
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) calls on all EU Member States to promote and protect the rights of children by supporting the mainstreaming of children’s rights in all activities within relevant organs and mechanisms of the UN system,
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) in view of the above, stresses the need to ensure that human and financial resources available to the PBC are proportionate to the tasks and expectations of UN bodies and of the beneficiary countries, and calls on the EU Member States to raise this issue in the relevant committee of the UN General Assembly,
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) welcomes the great success of Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions; however, is concerned by the stalemate in disarmament-related talks and negotiations, particularly with regard to cluster bombs, depleted uranium munitions and the arms trade; urges the Council to bring these talks back onto the UN agenda,