16 Amendments of Mark DEMESMAEKER related to 2014/2017(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas current emission trajectories are on a path to lead to 2 °C warming within 20 to 30 years and to 4 °C warming by 2100, according to the World Bank report 'Turn Down the Heat'; whereas UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited Heads of States to the Climate Summit in September 2014 with a view to making clear commitments to further action on climate change;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
c. to seek to strengthen the process of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by embedding recommendations in bilateral and multilateral dialogues with UN members, particularly human rights dialogues; to foster an environment enabling NGOs to provide to ensure that civil society is allowed to contribute as fully as possible to the Universal Periodic Review process and otheir input into the various stages of the UPR process; UN human rights mechanisms, and without fear of reprisals upon return to their home country; to condemn reports of such reprisals and ensure that such cases are followed up in a systematic manner;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
c a. to support international efforts to promote a transparent and accountable usage of armed drones by States in line with the established international legal framework;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
f a. to ensure that the post-2015 development framework promotes sustainable peace by addressing key drivers of conflict in order to create the enabling conditions required for development and rights fulfilment;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
f b. to actively support preparatory work for the 2015 NPT Review Conference at the relevant PrepCom meetings with a special focus on further steps towards nuclear disarmament, in particular the withdrawal of tactical nuclear weapons from Europe, the establishment of a European Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, new negotiations about further reductions of strategic nuclear weapons arsenals; also to advance the debate and initiatives for the 'universalisation' of the NPT regime in order to provide an option to join for those countries which remain so far outside of the treaty;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
f c. to ensure that the UN conference on the establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction which did not take place in 2012 as decided at the 2010 NPT Review Conference takes place in 2014;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f d (new)
f d. to support UNGA resolutions on depleted uranium weapons and to develop a EU Common Position that better reflects the Parliament's repeated calls for a precautionary global moratorium and the developing global consensus on the potential civilian health risks, complex post-conflict management burden and financial costs associated with their use;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f e (new)
f e. to actively campaign for the ratification of the 2010 Kampala amendments on the 'Crime of Aggression' to the International Criminal Court Statutes among UN members, in order to pave the way for the prosecution of wars of aggression in the future, starting from a collective effort by all those EU member states who have not ratified yet;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f f (new)
f f. to support that the UN be empowered with more efficient tools of de-escalation and - if needed - peace enforcement - by increasing the potential capacities that the EU could put to the UN's disposition;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
l. to reaffirm its commitment to the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security9 , which recognise the disproportionate impact of war on women, but also their cardinal role in conflict management, conflict resolution and sustainable peace; __________________ 9 UN Security Council resolutions S/RES/1325(2000) and, S/RES/1820(2008). , S/RES/1888(2009), S/RES/1889 (2009), S/RES/1960(2010), S/RES/2106(2013) and S/RES/2122(2013).
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
s. to actively promote the swift signing and ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty by all UN members, including all EU Member States, in order to enable the international community to effectively address the negative repercussions of lack of transparency and badly regulated trade in conventional arms and ammunition, which foments global armed conflicts;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
s a. to work with other relevant States, regional and international organisations and civil society, to actively promote effective widespread national implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty by providing technical and financial assistance wherever feasible to those states that require such assistance to meet their obligations under the treaty;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
y a. to support all efforts to ensure accountability for the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in Syria and to actively promote the referral by the Security Council of the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
Paragraph 1 – point z
z. to encourage all parties to respect the ceasefire signed on 23 January 2014 to build long-lasting peace, and to work towards the provision ofssation of hostilities agreement ceasefire signed on 23 January 2014, including provisions requiring conflict actors to refrain from attacks against civilians and ensure safe access forby humanitarian workers and observers to all areasto conflict-affected areas of South Sudan;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab
Paragraph 1 – point ab
ab. to call for an independent international commission of inquiry to investigate all alleged human rights crimesviolations of international human rights and humanitarian law since the conflict erupted;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ab a (new)
ab a. to call for an inclusive peace process in South Sudan, which engages a cross- section of South Sudanese society in a dialogue on a sustainable solution the crisis and issues of justice and reconciliation;