Activities of Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK related to 2018/2040(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly PDF (402 KB) DOC (82 KB)
Amendments (40)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU and its Member States remains fully committed to multilateralism and the promotion of UN core values;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas EU’s Global Strategy reflects the level of today’s global challenges, which require a strong and more efficient UN and a deepening of cooperation at Member State level both within the EU and the UN;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas EU Member States need to make every effort to coordinate their action in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system, accepting their right to act unilaterally when it is in their national interest so to do;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the global political order and the security environment are rapidly evolving and require immediate global responses and the setting-up of adequate tools and mechanisms, in order to promote a culture of prevention within the UN system;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1
Paragraph 1 – subheading 1
Reform of the UN system, including reform of the Security Council
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to actively support the UN Secretary-General’s (UNSG) three pillar reform agenda; to support the streamlining of the peace and security structure, which needs to become more efficient, focused, properly funded, and operational;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support the UNSG’s efforts in making a substantial change in order to align the UN development system with the priorities of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P);
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to call on UN Member States to empower both the UNSG and Deputy SG authorities in the process of streamlining the UN management system, in order to promote greater efficiency, flexibility, responsiveness, and value for money of the UN and its agencies;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to call onremind all UN Member States of their obligation to maintain their financial efforts while increasing effectiveness and efficiencyto support all UN agencies and meet their commitments on development aid spending, while increasing effectiveness and efficiency, and holding governments to account for the implementation of the global Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to call for a comprehensivesupport meaningful dialogue on reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the basis of a broad consensus in order to ensure it responds more quickly and effectively to threats to international peace and security; to promote the revitalisation of the work of the General Assembly and improved coordination and coherence of the actions of all UN institutions;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to redouble efforts to reform the UNSC in particular, notably though a limitation of the use of the right to veto and a change in the composition of its membership to better reflect today’s world, inter alia through a permanent seat for the European Unionglobal order;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to call on the EU, its Member States, and the UN to play complementary and reinforcing roles every time peace and security are threatened; to initiate structured political cooperation between the EU, its Member States, and the UN;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) to stress that global and regional threats and common global concerns require a quicker response and responsibilities taken by the whole international community, including all UNSC permanent members and integrally involving other major emerging economies and developing countries, and for those violating international law to be brought to justice accordingly;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i u (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i u (new)
(i u) to actively increase pressure on Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, in order to end its illegal annexation of occupied Crimea, role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, and interference in the territorial integrity and governance of neighbouring states and third countries;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) to call on all Member States to continue to support and implement the eight UN Security Council resolutions2 which make up the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, and guide work to promote gender equality and strengthen women’s participation, protection and rights across the conflict cycle, from conflict prevention through post-conflict reconstruction, while adopting a victim- centred approach to reduce further harm to those women and girls directly affected by conflict; __________________ 2 1325 (2000), 1820 (2009); 1888 (2009); 1889 (2010); 1960 (2011); 2106 (2013); 2122 (2013) and 2242 (2015).
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) to recall that sexual violence such as rape is used as a tactic of war and constitutes a war crime; to ensure safe medical assistance for cases of war rape; to call for strengthened protection of women and girls in conflict situations, especially as regards sexual violence, including Female Genital Mutilation, and child, early and forced marriage;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) to support and strengthen international efforts through the UN 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 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
(kb) to support the role of the UN Working Group on Children in Armed Conflict in order to deepen support for the rights of young people affected by war, and to support the UN "Children Not Soldiers" campaign with a view to ending the recruitment and use of children by government armed forces and non-state actors in conflict;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k c (new)
(kc) to encourage further training of UN peacekeeping personnel on the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, in order to promote expertise on sexual violence issues;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to support and strengthen international efforts through the UN to ensure gender analysis as well as gender and human rights mainstreaming in all UN activities; to develop indicators and to implement monitoring tools to measure progress on the participation of women in peace and security building and to ensure accountability, as well as to provide effective engagement with communities, and to ensure improved cultures and behaviours which are also in line with the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) to provide all means to proactively support the UNSG’s priorities for conflict prevention, reduction and mediation3 , by such initiatives as the establishment of the High- Level Advisory Board on Mediation, and in line with the priorities of the UN's Special Political Missions and Peacebuilding Fund tools; __________________ 3 As set out in his first statement to the UN Security Council on 10 January 2017.
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) to strengthen the operational side of EU and UN priorities for conflict prevention and reduction, including by ensuring the availability of experienced mediators and mediation advisers, including women envoys and senior officials, and to ensure more effective coordination of the UN's political, humanitarian, security, and development tools;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) to further strengthen EU-UN cooperation on devising instruments to address the recurrent problem of election- related violence, including by building on the experience of MEPs in Election Observation Missions and parliamentary pre-election dialogues with political parties, in order to give greater credibility to elections in those countries seeking to strengthen their democratic procedures, as well as to send a strong message to those seeking to abuse the system;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) to systematically support all UN actions related to non-proliferation and counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer or use of chemical weapons by a state party or non-state actor;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) to promote the full implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and encourage all UN Member States to sign and ratify the ATT;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) to work towards more effective action against the diversion of, and illicit trade in, weapons and ammunition, including small arms and light weapons, in particular by developing a weapons tracking system; to request that UN members actively take steps towards global disarmament;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)
(rb) 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 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) to recall that human rights are indivisible, interdependent and interrelated; to call on the EU and the UN to condemn the disturbing global trend towards a marginalisation and denial of human rights, particularlyincluding with regard to the closing space for civil society around the world;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s f (new)
(sf) to encourage all UN Member States to ensure their citizens are able to be fully involved in political, social, and economic processes - including the freedom of religion or belief - without discrimination;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u d (new)
(ud) to advocate and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people, and to call for a repeal of legislation in UN Member States which criminalises people on the grounds of their sexuality or gender identity;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u i (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u i (new)
(ui) 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, and to emphasise the importance of a free press and media in a healthy society, and the role of every citizen therein;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u n (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u n (new)
(u n) to support a human rights-based approach to disability in situations of risk in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD);
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) to fully support the UN-led efforts to negotiate two Global Compacts for Migration and on Refugees based on the September 2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, in order to develop a more effective international response to the issue;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) to push for ambitious and balanced provisions allowing for more effective international cooperation and more equitable and predictable global burden- sharing in dealing with migration flows and forced displacementthe mass movement of refugees and migrants, and forced displacement, and to establish a clear differentiation between refugees and economic migrants, as well as recognising the right of states to control their own borders;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) to ensure that human rights are put at the core of the Global Compacts; to pay specific attention to migrants in situations of vulnerability, such as children, women at risk, victims of human trafficking or persons with disabilities, and LGBTI persons;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) to continue and enhance the support, including financial support, provided to the UNHCR in implementing its international mandate to protect refugees, including from criminal gangs and individuals involved in human trafficking and people smuggling at source and in transit countries;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and to stress the need to implement the Paris Agreement globally by all UN Member States to preserve our habitat for future generations;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) to insist on the need to develop a comprehensiveencourage the development of a strategy for EU climate diplomacy and to consider the integrateion of climate into all fields of EU external action, including trade, development cooperation, humanitarian aid and security and defence;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab
Paragraph 1 – point ab
(ab) to call foonsider the opening of a debate on establishing an international legal definithe role of climate change in the causes of migration ofand the term ‘climate refugees/migrants’plight of refugees;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ab b (new)
(abb) to engage in a comprehensive public debate with all UN Member States on the importance of respecting constitutional limits on presidential mandates worldwide;