Activities of Marina ALBIOL GUZMÁN related to 2015/2104(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The role of the EU within the UN (A8-0308/2015 - Paavo Väyrynen) ES
Amendments (10)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that the EU and its Member States should play a leading role inmake greater efforts than they have done to date in connection with the post-2015 development agenda and work more closely with the UN and with all stakeholders, including NGOs, trade unions and civil-society organisations, to ensure that ambitious commitments are made towards thehat will result in early achievement of the future Sustainable Development Goals; emphasises that in this effort the EU is bound by the values shared by all of its Member Statresponding to its historical responsibility for the impoverishment of third countries, which derives from both the colonial past of its Member States and the neo-colonial policies currently being pursued, under which European companies are exploiting the natural and human resources of those countries;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Criticises the fact that almost all of the Member States are failing to honour the undertaking made more than 35 years ago within the United Nations to spend 0.7% of their GDP on official development assistance;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Deplores the fact that, largely as a result of a lack of genuine commitment on the part of the EU and its Member States and a continuing failure to deliver on pledges, the Millennium Development Goals have not been achieved;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WBelcomieves the cooperation ofat the EU and the UNDP ineed to step up their joint efforts to promotinge shared values and supporting governments, civil society and populations in over 100poorer countries in important policy areas such as capacity development, institutional development, the fight against corruption, equality between men and women, electoral assistance, crisis prevention and recovery, disaster risk reduction and climate change;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for the EU and the UNDP to step up their efforts to ensure that the activities of multinationals in poorer countries are closely monitored, in particular with regard to issues of systemic importance to development such as human and workers' rights and environmental protection;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of EU-UNDP cooperation on aid effectiveness; underlines the commitment of both to the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation and to encouraging all states as well as private- sector actors also to commit to it;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises how important it is for the development of poorer countries for the UN to adopt binding rules on the activities of multinationals and action to combat tax evasion and avoidance;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points to the need – in view of the fact that 61% of the funding provided subsequently returns, principally in the form of debt repayments, to the countries from which it came – for the EU and its Member States to make a commitment to cancel the external debt of poorer countries and to provide immediate debt relief to the poorest among them, in line with the approach set out by the United Nations;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for further EU-UN cooperation in the area of good governance and democracy-building, notably in order to fight corruption, tax evasion and illicit financial flows and support conflict prevention measures; points once again, therefore, to the need for the Member States to honour their undertaking to spend 0.7% of GDP on official development assistance and not to inflate the figures artificially by including money from private companies and individuals;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points to the importance of EU-UN partnership in addressing the root causes and consequences of global refugee crises andReiterates the fundamental importance of coordinated, synchronised action by all international actors in providing technical assistance and deploying the resources required in order to address the root causes of the endless humanitarian emergenctragedies; reiterates the fundamental importance of coordinated action by all international actors at the same time as providing technical assistance and mobilising adequate resourcessulting from migration and to ensure that the right of migrants to international protection is upheld; calls, therefore, for further cooperation and dialogue in the preparation of the 2016 Humanitarian Summit.