14 Amendments of Jakop G. DALUNDE related to 2018/2116(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there are currently five regional EUSRs (for the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, Central Asia, the Middle East Peace Process, and the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia), two country-specific EUSRs (Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina), and one thematic EUSR, responsible for human rights; whereas only two EUSRs out of eight are women;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
ca. to ensure greater transparency and visibility of the work of the EUSRs, including by public reporting on country visits, work programme and priorities, as well as the creation of individual webpages to allow public scrutiny of their action;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Point f
Point f
f. to ensure that horizontal priorities with regard to human rights and democracy and the rule of law and on gender matters are taken into account as standard practice and that adequate reporting on action taken in these areas is ensured;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Point g a (new)
Point g a (new)
ga. remains deeply disturbed by the decision of the former EU and UN Special Representative to Libya, Bernardino Leon, to resign from his mandates in order to secure a lucrative employment as Director General of the Emirates Diplomatic Academy and to have reportedly negotiated his future position with UAE, a party to the conflict in Libya, while carrying out his EU and UN functions;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Point g b (new)
Point g b (new)
gb. to introduce an extensive "cooling-off" period for EUSRs, with a view to ensuring the highest level of ethical standards possible for cases of conflict of interest;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Point g c (new)
Point g c (new)
gc. to ensure that the foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament is involved in the drafting of the mandate, new and extended, of the EUSRs;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Point j
Point j
j. to appoint as EUSRs persons with extensive diplomatic or political expertise and an appropriate profile, ensuring in particular that they have the political clout needed to establish links and mutual trust with high-level interlocutors and possess the necessary linguistic skills, notably in local languages for country-specific EUSRs; to profit in this regard from the existing pool of persons with political and diplomatic experience across the EU; to aim at achieving geographic and gender balance;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Point j a (new)
Point j a (new)
ja. to ensure that the appointment of any EUSRs may only be confirmed after their positive review by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Point j b (new)
Point j b (new)
jb. to ensure that no more male EUSRs are appointed in the absence of gender balance among existing EUSRs;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Point l
Point l
l. to end the existing mandates of country-specific EUSRs in countries where there are EU Delegations; not to appoint any further EUSRs with country- specific mandates in all cases where this would create parallel structures to existing EU Delegations;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Point m a (new)
Point m a (new)
ma. to appoint an EUSR for International Humanitarian Law and International Justice;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Point m b (new)
Point m b (new)
mb. to resume the past practice of an EUSR for the Southern Mediterranean;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Point p
Point p
p. to reinforce ties with the European Parliament by sharing information on a regular basis about the EUSRs’ work and achievements and the challenges they face, through regular meetings and exchanges of views between EUSRs and the EP and by systematic sharing with the EP of reports sent by EUSRs to the Political and Security Committee (PSC) and the EEAS; insists that these documents be included within the Inter-Institutional Agreement in the area of CFSP;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Point q
Point q
q. to encourage interaction with civil society and citizens, both in the region covered by the EUSR and within the EU, as a part of the preventive diplomacy and mediation process, and also in the interests of the EU’s visibility; to ensure, in particular, that EUSRs carry out a proactive engagement towards civil society actors, human rights defenders or voices of dissent, which may be under threat or targeted by the local authorities; to ensure that EUSRs with country or regional mandates are based in the region concerned and not in headquarters;