Activities of Claudia ȚAPARDEL related to 2015/2104(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The role of the EU within the UN (A8-0308/2015 - Paavo Väyrynen)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the role of the EU within the UN – how to better achieve EU foreign policy goals
Amendments (6)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes into account both the complex institutional set-up of the United Nations (UN) and the specific nature of the European Union (EU) as a supranational union holding enhanced observer status within the UN, but whose Member States are also individual UN members; calls for a better liaiscooperation between both UN players and its different structures (Agencies, Funds, Programmes, Commission and Committees) by improving overall coordination and coherence;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the UN reform agenda for expressing effective multilateralism, while acknowledging the enhanced status of the EU at the UN General Assembly following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009 and the adoption of UN Resolution 65/276 on ‘Participation of the European Union in the work of the United Nations' of 3 May 2011; calls on the European Commission to report to the European Parliament on how the resolution has been implemented, and what lessons can be learned to ensure more effective multilateralism.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that a solid and stable EU-UN partnership is fundamental to the work of the UN under all three pillars – peace and security, human rights and sustainable development – and is also key to the EU's role as a global actor;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)
(1) Recalls that a reform of the UN Security Council is one element of an overall agenda for reforming the UN system, and a central, long-term goal of the EU; consequently, calls to actively support a comprehensive reform of the UNSC in order to grant the EU with a permanent seat.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 4 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls to support a female European candidate for the position of the UN Secretary General in the upcoming elections.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the EU and its Member States are collectively the biggest financial donor to the UN budget; insists, therefore, in the spirit of the ‘Delivering as One' initiative (one leader, one budget, one programme, one office), on the need to ensure a higher degree of visibility for EU funding channelled through the UN, as well as an efficient use of the funds concerned; Calls on the High Representative/Vice-President (HR/VP) of the European Commission to develop a common position of the Member States to that end; requests that the UN and the Commission keep Parliament fully informed on the UN's implementation of EU contributions;