14 Amendments of Richard HOWITT related to 2011/2030(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2005 on the reform of the United Nations1, __________________ 1 Text adopted P6_TA(2005)0237.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the 66th regular session of the General Assembly1, __________________ 1 United Nations General Assembly document A/66/50.
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Article 47 TEU confers legal personality upon the Union, implying for it rights and responsibilities under international law; whereas the EU shares the purposes and respects the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including the primary responsibility of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with regard to peace and security in the world,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU should play a proactive part in building a United Nations that can effectively contribute to global solutions, peace and security and a rule-of-law-based international order; whereas, in accordance with Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), the EU is formally committed to effective multilateralism with a strong UN at its core, which is essential in order to address global challenges, such as climate change and securitypeace and security, climate change and environmental degradation, universality and indivisibility of human rights, as well as poverty reduction and development for all,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas strengthened efforts to combat terrorism in the world have increased the need to address security whilst fully respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to advance effective multilateralism as the overriding strategic concern of the Union and to strengthen the coherence and visibility of the EU as a global actor at the UN, inter alia by reducing the emphasis onbetter coordinating and speeding up the internal EU consultations on UN issues and by moving on to promote greater outreach on a wide range of issues; to authorise the VP/HR to draft a code of conduct framing the relations between ambassadors of the Members States and the EU Ambassadors, especially of those working at a multilateral level in places like Geneva and New York, so that the EU can successfully pursue its UN agenda and meet the expectations of UN members regarding its ability to act; to foster greater cohesion both within the UN system and between the positions of EU Member States and candidate and potential candidate countries, so as to maximise the potential offered by the Lisbon Treaty to strengthen the EU'’s impact through the coordinated and strategic use of its various and distinctive (EU and Member States) entry points,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) whilst retainingbuilding on its observer status in the UNGA and in accordance with the UN Charter and the intergovernmental nature of the UN, to make - in order to enable the new EU representatives to speak effectively and inaffirm that the Union shares with its Member States the responsibility to be actively involved in the UN system and to stress the need for the EU to speak with a single voice; basing its a ctimely manner on global issues, in keeping withon on the provisions of Article 47 TEU on the legal personality of the EU and implementing Articles 18 and 47 TEU -TEU on the competences of the HR, to make the necessary arrangements so that the EU can participate effectively in the work of the UNGA, on the basis of com and to enable the new EU reprehsensive consultation with UN Member Stattatives to speak effectively and in a timely manner on global issues; to reconfirm its commitment that the UN is at the centre of the EU'’s foreign policy and to reiterate the view that its effective participation in the work of the UN is not only an EU strategic priority, but also consistent with achieving the UN'’s goals and, as such, in the interests of its entire membership,
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to work towards achieving consensus on and developing a more operational approach towards the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (RtoP); whilst stressing its importance in preventing conflicts, to encourage the implementation of RtoP, inter alia, by strengthening the role of regional organisations such as the African Union (AU), by strengthening early-warning mechanisms within the UN and by better defining the roles of relevant UN bodies; welcomes UNSC Resolution S/1970 (2011/95) of 26 February 2011, which called on the Government of Libya to meet its responsibility to protect its population, the very first time that the RtoP doctrine has been mentioned in a formal UNSC statement in referenceas well as UNSC Resolution 1973 (2011) of 17 March 2011, which stressed the determination of the international comunity to ensure the protection of civilians and civilian populated areas, as first practical implementation of the RtoP doctrine under a clear UN mandate and with regard to an ongoing crisis,
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to promote security and stabilisation through peacebuilding, whilst tackling peacebuilding itself through longer-term development efforts and by ensuring that peacekeeping is both planned and implemented within the framework of a comprehensive single UN strategy, which takes account of peacebuilding needs and the future transition to a longer-term- strategy early on in both the planning and implementing stages and on which the EU bases its own measures; given that the stabilisation of a conflict-torn country requires more complex action and an integrated approach, and not merely troops, the necessary capacities should be orchestrated by means of such a strategy, in order adequately to address the root causes of conflict, given that half the countries in which peacekeeping operations are deployed lapse back into conflict within 10 years of the departure of the peacekeeping forces,
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) to insist on the need to take the lessons from the recent developments in Japan and to bring forward proposals aiming at enhancing the international framework with regard to the peaceful use of nuclear energy; to underline the need to increase security standards of existent nuclear plants and conduct proper evaluation studies before constructing new ones, particularly in seismic areas; to call for improved cooperation in case of similar man-made or natural disaster in order to minimize the consequences of radioactive releases for human beings and the environment,
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to consider it an EU strategic priority to strengthen international crisis-management partnerships and to enhance dialogue with other major crisis-management actors, such as the UN, OSCE, NATO and the AU, and third countries, such as the USA, Turkey, Norway and Canadaencourage active participations of EU and third countries; to synchronise actions on the ground, share information and pool resources in the fields of peacekeeping and peacebuilding, including cooperation on crisis management and, in particular, maritime security, and the fight against terrorism under international law; to improve coordination, in this regard, with the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and bilateral donors,
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) to insist on the need of harmonizing the efforts of various UN organs in order to better promote the efficiency and effectiveness of development and social issues around the world; to live up to the pledges made at the MDG summit as regards gathering together the resources needed to meet the targets by 2015, in particular by meeting the EU'’s commitments on official development aid; to strongly advocate an increase in the level of financial investment in order to meet the MDG targets and to rapidly scale up and replicate proven innovative programmes and policies aimed at overall development and economic and social transformation,
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) to prepare for and activelyactively continue to participate in the review of the HRC in New York and theits follow- up, to that reviewstrengthen compliance with its mandate; to address the HRC'’s ability to continue to tackle urgent situations involving serious human rights violations as in the recent cases of Libya and the Ivory Coast, to improve its capacity to implement existing international norms and standards and enhance its role as an early- warning and preventive mechanism able to prioritise and address the root causes of human rights violations with the aim of preventing freshnew or further escalation of human rights violations, including through its support for capacity building for national human rights institutions; to seek ways of improving the HRC'’s election procedures in order to address the issue of the quality of HRC membership; to develop a viable working relationship between the HRC and the Third Committee, and between the HRC and the UNHCR , and in that respect calls for the abolition of the possibility of regional groups to present a predetermined slate of candidates for UNHRC membership; to develop a viable working relationship between the HRC and the Third Committee, and between the HRC and the UNHCHR; reiterates its position that the review should preserve the independence of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and opposes any attempts to change the status of the OHCHR which could impact negatively on the funding and consequently on its dependence,
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(ta) to promote an official, judicial legitimisation of the term "climate refugee" - intended to describe people who are forced to flee their homes and seek refuge abroad as a consequence of climate change - which is not recognised yet in international law or in any legally binding international convention although 'climate refugees' could receive protection through a broader application of existing international conventions via the principle of the states obligation of guarding the respect of human rights of all in case of disasters; to support an active participation of the Commission in the ongoing debate on Protection Gaps and Responses launched by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the framework of the 2010 High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges which aims at improving the existing international protection framework for forcibly displaced and stateless people,