4 Amendments of Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ related to 2008/2111(INI)
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) urges EU Member states to redouble their efforts in ensuring the successful operation of the Human Rights Council while protecting and promoting universal rights; in this respect, calls for greater accountability in the procedure for the establishment and renewal of Special Procedures and for the appointment of mandate holders, which should be based on principles of transparency and real competition,
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) stresses the importance of participation by civil society in the work of the UN Human Rights Council, and urges the EU Member States taking part in the work of the UN Human Rights Council to introduce effective ways and instruments enabling civil society to participate in the UN Human Rights Council in order to better protect human rights in the world and to contribute positively to the transparency of the institution,
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) calls on all EU Member states to remain engaged in the preparations for the 2009 Durban Review Conference and to ensure that the Conference provides the opportunity for all stakeholders to renew their determination and commitment to fight racism, racial discrimination and related intolerance and to adopt concrete benchmarks with a view to the eradication of racism, on the basis of, and fully respecting, the Durban Declaration and the Programme of Action,
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) calls on the Council to make sure that there is no recurrence of the negative events associated with the initial Durban conference; to that end, urges the Council to ensure that the 2009 Durban Review Conference takes place in Europe, possibly at the seat of the UN institutions in Bonn, Germanycalls on all EU Member States to make sure that Civil Society takes part in the 2009 Durban Review Conference in Geneva, in accordance with the UN Charter and Resolution 1996/31 of the UN Economic and Social Council of 25 July 1996,