5 Amendments of Kostas CHRYSOGONOS related to 2015/2104(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes into account both the complex institutional set-up of the United Nations (UN) as an international organisation of states 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;; underlines that the actual legal subjects of the UN are the sovereign states of the world community, while the EU is holding since 2011 enhanced observer status within the UN in comparison with other regional bodies, having the right to speak in debates, to submit proposals and amendments, to raise points of order and to circulate documents on the basis of UN Resolution 65/276 on 'Participation of the European Union in the work of the United Nations' of 3 May 2011; calls, in view of increasing global interdependence and new civilizational challenges for a better liaison between both UN players and its different structures by improving overall coordination and coherencethe EU Member States with regard to their common and community actions in order to respond to their responsibilities for the peaceful and civilian coping with global challenges on the basis of accepted norms of international law in force, and the principles of multilateralism, in the framework of equal partnership and cooperation; calls therefore to develop close cooperation and coordination with the various structures of the UN;
Amendment 20 #
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 development – and is also key to the EU's role as a global actor; Reaffirms the central role of prevention and combating the causes for the encounter of violent conflicts and the solution of new civilizational challenges;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is committed to making the UN system and its many institutions and structures better suited to new global power configurationchallenges and developments and increasing its transparency, accountability and effectiveness by avoiding duplication and using the different UN structures more rationally; reiterates its support for mandating parliamentary and societal actors with a representative right in the discussion of issues in the UN, which concern them directly;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls, in view of the upcoming election of a new UN Secretary-General required by 2017, for a modified selection procedure which is transparent with respect to its criteria and its procedures for the UN Member States and both their executive and parliamentary structures, for the civil society, the public, and the media, and at the same time promotes gender parity;
Amendment 30 #
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; requests that the UN and the Commission keepCommission and the EU Member States press towards the UN for the consistent implementation of the UN Transparency and Accountability Initiative, and keep the European Parliament fully informed on the UN's implementation of EU contributions;