16 Amendments of Özlem DEMIREL related to 2022/2078(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to The Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD Convention) adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1976,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
– having regard to the Group of Governmental Experts on the prevention of an arms race in outer space established in 2017 by resolution A/RES/72/250 of the UN General Assembly,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU has programmes and capabilities thato make it a space powern important player for peaceful civilian space governance;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas there have been numerous calls at the United Nations for a legally binding international agreement to ensure that space does not become militarised and to prevent an arms race in space;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas if we combine the expected growth of the space sector in the coming years and the fact that rocket production and launches generate emissions across layers of the atmosphere, up to and including the ozone layer, it is evident that environmental pollution risks from rocket launch emissions merit consideration; whereas this issue of the potential impacts of space activities on the environment will require further attention at the international level;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas additional normative international frameworks are needed to prevent any extension of armed conflict into outer space and to prevent the weaponisation of outer space;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the findings and high level of ambition in the recommendations proposed in the EU space strategy in the area of security and defence, which lives up to the high expectations of European players in the space sector, and calls for the recommended actions to be taken in a swift and effective mannerRejects the EU space strategy in the area of security and defence;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the upsurge existing risks and threats in space is good reason to bolsterfrom space debris requires improving the resilience of space infrastructure, systems and services;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to develop at a UN level an effective framework for the coordination of space situational awareness and to develop norms and principles for space debris removal;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Union to initiate and support the demilitarisation of Outer Space, for example through the further development and enforcement of the so- called Outer Space Treaty and the PAROS (Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space) UN resolution; Calls for the purely civilian use and exploration of Outer Space; insists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls the UN “Frameworks for a peaceful world – promoting peace, international law and digital coopera-tion”, where Member States agreed that outer space must be explored and utilised only for peaceful pur-poses and for the benefit of all States;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on Member States to engage with the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to establish an international mechanism to coordinate the implementation of the proposed regime or governance frameworks on the sustainability of outer space, taking into account the five United Nations treaties on outer space and other instruments for international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space; notes that this international coordination mechanism, developed in cooperation with relevant bodies of the United Nations system, should incorporate a platform for broader operational stakeholder inclusion;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the importance of developing cooperation with strategic partners; supports the continuation of an enhanced dialogue with the United States, while remaining vigilant to the risk that it may seek to steer or dictate outlooks, standards and rules that the Member States have not helped to shape; calls for deeper cooperation and for alliances to be established with like-minded states (the UK, Canada, Japan) or other EU partners (India); calls for deeper cooperation with the wider international community through forums such the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and its subcommittees and working groups;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23