Activities of Harlem DÉSIR related to 2007/2184(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Towards a reform of the World Trade Organisation (A6-0104/2008, Cristiana Muscardini) (vote)
Towards a reform of the World Trade Organisation (debate)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
having regard to its resolutions of 15 December 1999 on the Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Seattle17, of 25 October 2001 on openness and democracy in international trade8, of 13 December 2001 on the WTO meeting in Qatar29, of 25 September 2003 on the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Cancun310 , of 12 May 2005 on the assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO General Council Decision of 1 August 20044511, of 1 December 2005 on preparations for the sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong512 and of 4 April 2006 on the assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong6, 1 OJ C 296, 18.10.2000, p. 121. 2 OJ C 177 E, 25.7.2002, p. 290. 3 OJ C 77 E, 26.3.2004, p. 393. 4 OJ C 92 E, 20.4.2006, p. 397. 5 OJ C 285 E, 22.11.2006, p. 126. 6 OJ C 293 E, 2.12.2006, p. 155 7 OJ C 296, 18.10.2000, p. 121 8 OJ C 112 E, 9.5.2002, p. 326. 9 OJ C 177 E, 25.7.2002, p. 290. 10 OJ C 177 E, 26.3.2004, p. 393. 11 OJ C 92 E, 20.4.2006, p. 397. 12 OJ C 285 E, 22.11.2006, p. 126. 13 OJ C 293 E, 2.12.2006, p. 155,13 , Or. fr
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
– having regard to the ministerial declarations of the WTO Ministerial Conference, adopted in Doha on 14 November 2001 and in Hong Kong on 18 December 2005,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the WTO’s 2004 World Trade Report on the role of trade unions and the lack of scope for representation of workers’ interests in the WTO,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to paragraph 56 of the Hong Kong Declaration, on the necessary steps to ensure the full involvement and assistance of key UN agencies including the ILO in WTO processes and in the current negotiations,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the WTO plays a key role among the multilateral organisations which contribute to international economic governance and must strive jointly to achieve the Millennium sustainable development goals,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, in spite of delayifficulties in the negotiations, the efforts to conclude this Round successfully are continuing and must be encouraged,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the systemicinstitutional debate in the WTO called for by the European Parliament is in no way incompatible with the continuation and possible conclusion of the Doha Round,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the proposed exercise should focus first and foremost on the very aims of the multilateral trade system, to ensure that they are consistent with the action being taken by other international organisations; considers in particular that the coordination of WTO activities with those of the ILO, UNEP, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), WHO and UNCTAD should be strengthened, in order to ensure greater consistency in the decision-making process of those organisations; takes the view that, in this regard, consideration cobserver status should be givenranted to the possibility of granting the ILO observer status and of setting up a Committee on Social AffairsILO in the same way that it has been to the IMF and proposes that a 'trade and decent employment' committee be set up at the WTO modelled on its Committee on Trade and Environment;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Requests that consideration be given within the United Nations, in liaison with the WTO, to the new relations that should be forged between multilateral organisations so as to ensure consistency in their actions and in the various international agreements and conventions, in the interests of sustainable development and poverty eradication;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Supports the requirement that an analysis of social, gender and environmental concerns, including employment, workers’ rights and related provisions, should be mandatory in future trade policy review mechanism (TPRM) examination of WTO members;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks that the WTO’s dispute settlement understanding (DSU) provides a fuller role for UN agencies concerned specifically in any particular complaint and opens dispute panel and appellate body hearings to the public developing criteria and procedures requiring acceptance of amicus curiae submissions;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Suggests that the relevance and applicability of the multilateral trade rules in force should be subject to regular revision with a view to abolishing those which appear to be obsolete or inapplicable and those which do not meet, or no longer meet, the objectives governing their adoptheir possible adaptation;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a
Paragraph 11 a
11a. Points out that equal and effective participation by all members, particularly LDCs, must be a priority for any reform of the multilateral trade system;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Wishes to see the issue of the role of the WTO Secretariat and Director-General carefully considered; queries the limits of an excessively stringent application of the principle of the management of the system by the governments of the member countries (the member-driven organisation concept); considers it necessary to strengthen the financial and human means and resources available to the WTO secretariat;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WConsiders that transparency in the drawing up and pursuing of trade policies represents a legitimate demand on the part of society, citizens and parliamentarians; welcomes the genuine progress achieved by the WTO in terms of external transparency since its establishment in 1995, and the effectiveness of its communication policy; stresses the importance for economic operators and for all the civil society segmentactors concerned to have permanent access to quality information on the multilateral trade rules and their actual application, and on any exemptions of member countries;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a
Paragraph 18 a
18a.Considers that NGOs should be able to forward analyses and written proposals to the various WTO bodies in line with procedures to be laid down for each individual body (General Council, other councils, committees, etc.);
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b
Paragraph 18 b
18b. Asks to increase transparency and accessibility through the creation of a formal consultative structure such as the trade union advisory committee (TUAC) to the OECD, as recommended by the ILO’s World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a
Paragraph 20 a
20a. Advocates that, under the dispute settlement procedure, the substantive meetings with the parties, special groups and the appeal body, given the judicial nature of the proceedings, should in future be held in public as is usual for court hearings, and that the documents concerned, in particular the communications from the parties or experts, should be publicly available, except in rare and justified cases;