9 Amendments of Ana GOMES related to 2013/2034(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to ensure the coherence and visibility of the EU as a global actor at the UN; to strengthen the ability of the EU to act in a coordinated, swift and comprehensive manner in the global arena and to deliver in a coordinatednsistent and timely fashion;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to support a comprehensive and consensual reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC); to stress that an EU seat in an enlarged UNSC remains a central, long-term goal of the EU; to further promote transparency and better coordination of policies and positions amongst EU members of the UNSC; to adopt the view that, until such a time when an EU seat is envisageable, the current EU Member States holding a permanent seat at the UNSC must promote the Union’s views and positions as the only means to guarantee that the EU acts in a coordinated fashion at all levels and bodies of the UN;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) to promote the implementation of mandatory country-by-country disclosure of payments of transnational companies, namely in the banking and extractive sector, registered or listed on financial markets in partners' national jurisdictions; to foster a new multilateral standard of automatic exchange of information, taking into account country- specific characteristics, to address the issue of bank secrecy, international tax avoidance and evasion;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) to promote that an actual case of violence or threats of violence against civilians must be deemed to be a threat to international peace and security;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) to work with partners to ensure that the conceptfollow-up on the Parliament's proposals in its recommendation to the Council on the UN principle of the r'Responsibility to pProtect' ('R2P') and to work with partners to ensure that the concept of R2P focuses on prevention, protection and post-conflict reconstruction involving situations of concern of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes or crimes against humanity, but is never used as a pretext to advance particular or national interests, or those of international coalitions based on geostrategic or economic considerations with the aim of regime change; to assist states in building capacities to this effect; _____________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0180.
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) to call on all parties to armed conflict, state and non-state actors, to respect fully their obligations, including securing humanitarian space and ensuring access to humanitarian assistance for those in need; to continue efforts to improve the protection of civilians on the ground, which will entail applying international human rights and international humanitarian law obligations to ensure accountability of all parties in armed conflict, namely non-state actors that do not fall under the category of non-state armed groups;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) to work closely with partners towards achieving anand to lead efforts towards swift ratification and an effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty that sets the highest common standards for the regulation of the international trade in arms and the combating of illicit trafficking, thus preventing conflict, reducing human suffering and improving, corruption and contributing to international peace and security; to encourage the EU to go beyond the treaty to set up independent mechanisms to monitor all arms transfers and combat the opaqueness in the arms trade sector and demand far greater transparency, especially in relation to the use of intermediaries and economic/industrial offsets;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) to strengthen international efforts aimed at ensuring that all human rights agreed under UN conventions are considered universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated, interrelated and that international human rights law applies at all times, even when international humanitarian law is also applicable; to promote the mainstreaming of human rights in all aspects of the UN's work;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) to emphasize the importance of implementing the right to participation, the right to access information and mechanisms of public accountability as instrumental to the enforcement of human rights and core principles of democracy; to join efforts with partners in order to overcome the legal obstacles posed to the establishment of illicit enrichment as a criminal offence, as recommended by Article 20 of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption;