5 Amendments of Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE related to 2008/2111(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital E e (new)
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas the UN General Assembly decided to hold on 4 and 5 October 2007 the High-level Dialogue on interreligious and intercultural cooperation for the promotion of tolerance, understanding and universal respect on matters of freedom of religion or belief and cultural diversity, in coordination with other similar initiatives in this area,
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital E f (new)
Recital E f (new)
Ef. whereas 2008 is the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue,
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) calls on all EU Member States to remain engaged in the preparations for the 2009 Durban Review Conference and to ensure that the Conference provides the opportunity for all stakeholders to renew their determination and commitment to fight racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and relatedall other forms of intolerance and to adopt concrete benchmarks with a view to the eradication of racism,
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) calls on the Council to continue its efforts and to fulfil its commitments to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the target date of 2015 and is, in this context, concerned by the scale of the current food crisis and the impact it could have on the achievement of the MDGs; calls on the Council to ensure that the UN is granted the means necessary to tackle this crisis,
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(xa) calls on the UN General Assembly to hold discussions highlighting the importance, in 2008 and thereafter, of advancing the Alliance of Civilisations – an initiative officially sponsored by the United Nations – in particular by discussing initiatives such as the development of joint multi-stakeholder initiatives at the regional level, with a view to promoting better intercultural understanding, preventing the mounting of tensions and the rise of extremism, contributing to the upgrading of the intercultural dialogue between the countries bordering the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, and launching a number of activities within the framework of active city diplomacy,