8 Amendments of Vytautas LANDSBERGIS related to 2008/2201(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the failure of the UNHRC to take action on many of the world's most urgent human rights situations, partly due to the growing reluctance of numerous UNHRC States who oppose any consideration of country situations on the grounds that this would allegedly politicise the UNHRC; reiterates the view that the UNHRC's duty and ability to address country situations isare central to its authority and credibility;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the growing division of the UNHRC into regional blocs; considers that this "bloc mentality" undermines its ability to deal effectively, impartially and objectively with human rights violations around the world; considers that this "bloc mentality" could be the real cause of the real politicisation and selectivity of the UNHRC; looking ahead to the 2011 review, stresses that, if the situation does not improve, serious consideration should be given to opening up the UNHRC to universal membership, as in the case of the Third Committee of the General Assembly;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses strong concern at the fact that the principle of the universality of human rights is being increasingly undermined, as illustrated in particular by the attempts on the part of certain countries to introduce limits to well-recognised human rights, such as freedom of expression, or to interpret human rights against a cultural or traditional background; calls on the EU to remain vigilant vis-à-vis these attempts and to strongly defend the principles of the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights, because if the UN is disunited about human rights as a necessary concomitant of peace, then it lacks any raison d'être, since there is no reason why the world's nations should be united;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the UNHRC to sustain efforts aimed at increasing the accountability of UN Member States in the field of human rights by increasing the efficiency of the UPR, notably by tightening up procedures with a view to avoiding deliberate obstruction or diversionary tactics, which are intended to undermine the very goals of the UN, the UNHRC and the UPR;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Welcomes the increasing trend whereby EU Member States intervene in the debates in addition to the EU Presidency; calls on EU Member States to reinforce the EU’s message by putting across "one message, but with manyvariety of voices";
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Regrets that, partly due to the time and effort needed to reach a common position, the EU has not been able to exercise influence effectively within the wider UN system; calls on the EU, while remaining committed to achieving a common position, to increase its flexibility on minor issues so as to become capable of acting more rapidly and efficiently in negotiations on fundamentals;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Regrets the rather defensive attitude adopted by the EU in the UNHRC, in particular its reluctance to put forward resolutions on country situations, as these usually meet with intense resistance from otheparticular countries, as well as its deliberate choice of consensus and its tendency to avoid language that would generate opposition, which in turn results in the conformist acceptance of compromisepositions that do not reflect the EU's preferences, as in the case of the resolutions adopted on Darfur in March 2007 and on the Group of Experts on Darfur in December 2007, which resulted in the Group being disbanded despite the EU having originally pushed for it to be maintained;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 – fifth indent
Paragraph 51 – fifth indent
– reaffirm the UNHRC's specific role as a universal human rights forum and its independent complementarity vis-à-vis other UN bodies;