12 Amendments of Ana GOMES related to 2010/2298(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the principle of sincere cooperation between the Union and the Member States, expressed in Article 4 (3) of the Treaty on European Union,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
– having regard to Article 21 (1) and (2) (h) of the Treaty on European Union, which call on the Union to promote multilateral solutions to common problems, in particular in the framework of the United Nations, and achieve a high degree of cooperation to promote an international system based on stronger multilateral cooperation and good global governance,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
– having regard to the European Security Strategy (ESS) entitled 'A secure Europe in a better world', adopted by the European Council on 12 December 2003, and its implementation report by the Council entitled "Providing Security in a Changing World" of 12 December 2008,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the processes of globalisation reveal alarming systemic failuroday's world faces global challenges such as inthe financial marketand economic crisis and climate change policy; whereas global threats and challenges require worldwide cooperation and collective action to tackle them as well as effective institutions and legitimate rules; recalling that if international organisations are to be legitimate and effective, they will have to reflect today's world,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Treaty of Lisbon provides the EU with a clearer and stronger voice in the world, namely with the creation of the post of a Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) and the European External Action Service (EEAS), and encourages all types of mutually beneficial EU cooperation with relevant international and regional organisations and whereas it enables the Union to organise itself in such a way as to be able to become an effective global player,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU and NATO's common objective of achieving a 'strategic partnership' should allow for effective synergies and greater maximisation of the assets of both organisations and ensure effective cooperation; whereas the EU and NATO should ensure efficient crisis management in order to identify the best possible response to a crisis, acting in a truly coordinated manner and making the most of the expertise and resources of both organisations, in line with the conclusions of the 1999 NATO Washington Summit, the 2002 Nice European Council, the EU-NATO Joint Declaration of 16 December 2002, and taking into consideration the outcome of the NATO Lisbon Summit of November 2010,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas international summit diplomacy should strengthen its potential to stimulate broader multilateral cooperation, with a view to building global security through the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the enhancement of human security,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the current dramatic demographic changes will have consequences for multilateralism, as new realities will create pressure to adapt membership, seats and voting rights in multilateral organisations accordingly; whereas the EU should demand a commitment from the emerging economies to constructive behaviour in the multilateral system, namely in the areas of sustainable development, the eradication of poverty, the fight against terrorism and international organised crime and climate change, in exchange for rebalancing the representation, which will inevitably hit EU countries the hardest; whereas the EU's participation in emerging structures for global governance and the negotiation of new rules and principles will require compromises with those countries and new actors pushing for their voices to be heard on the international scene,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the EU's mechanisms for building consensus and taking concerted action make it a role model for a rule-based global world order and therefore stresses the need to champion an international environment that will enable the EU to promote its agenda; considers essential, with regard to the EU's aspiration to be a global actor and to safeguard its position, the ability to shape multilateral cooperation or lead collective action in addressing international challenges, namely those arising from the Responsibility to Protect, the need to enhance human security as a means to achieve global security;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Union – by enhancing cooperation, improving institutions and engaging all stakeholders – should take a lead in global governance reform to make international institutions more legitimate and conducive to shared responsibility, while promoting its own interests in theprinciples, values and interests to shape this process; insists that the EU should evaluate its contribution to global governance reform and how it can take advantage of reforms to identify a stronger role for itself;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need for a comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council by building, on the basis of a first-ever negotiation text and widespread support for UNSC reform, a more cohesive position among EU Member States on the issues of legitimacy, composition, effectiveness and regional representation; reiterates the view that an EU seat in an enlarged UNSC remains a goalin order to reinforce its legitimacy, regional representation and effectiveness; stresses that such a reform process can be irreversibly launched by EU Member States if, consistently with the purposes of the Lisbon Treaty in enhancing EU foreign policy and the role of the EU in global peace, security and regulation, they demand a permanent seat for the EU in an enlarged and reformed UNSC; calls ofn the European Union; invites EU Member States on the UN Security Council to keep other EU Member States adequately informed of their positions and activities and share information about developments in the UNSC with other EU Member States; welcomes the newly established practice whereby a representative of the EU is generally invited to attend most scheduled UNSC deliberations and participate with some limited right to speak at the UNSCVP/HR to urgently take the initiative to bring Member States to develop a common position with that purpose; until such a common position is adopted, urges Member States to agree and enact, without delay, a rotation system in the UN Security Council, so as to secure an EU seat in permanence at the UN Security Council;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Urges the VP/HR to fully engage in EU-NATO relations at her level when appropriate, thus representing the EU as a whole, besides each EU Member State in NATO; recalls that the VP/HR position should improve EU-NATO cooperation;