Activities of Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK related to 2017/2041(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council concerning the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly PDF (311 KB) DOC (63 KB)
Amendments (29)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU should play a proactive part in building a United Nations that can contribute effectively to global solutions, peace and security, human rights, democracy and a rule-of-law-based international order; whereas EU Member States need to make every effort to coordinate their action in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system in accordance with the mandate contained in Article 34(1) TEU, while respecting the rights of Member States to act unilaterally when it is in their national interest to do so;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU and its Member States remain collectively the single largest financial contributor to the UN system, providing almost 50% of all contributions to the UN, with the EU Member States contributing around 40% of the UN’s regular budget; whereas EU contributions to the UN should be more visible;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU’s security environment is increasingly unstable and volatile owing to a large number of longstanding or newly emerging challenges, including violent conflicts, terrorism, organised crime, propaganda and cyber warfare, unprecedented waves of migration and climate change, which are impossible to address at national level and require regional and global responses;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph a
Paragraph a
(a) to continue to call for the full respect of sovereignty, internationally recognised borders and the territorial integrity of Eastern European and South Caucasus countries, including Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, in light of the violations of international law in these conflict affected areas; to support and reinvigorate diplomatic efforts for a peaceful settlement of these ongoing and frozen conflictsconflicts in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, and to ensure security and human rights protection on the ground; to urge the international community to implement fully the policy of non- recognition with regard tof the illegal annexation of Crimea and condemnation of its aggression in Eastern Ukraine, as well as to Georgia's occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia; to actively increase pressure on Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, in order to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, and to end the occupation of Georgia's regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph b
Paragraph b
(b) to push for stronger multilateral commitments to find sustainable political solutions to current conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Syria, Yemen and LibyaIsrael and Palestine, Yemen and Libya, and to reinvigorate diplomatic efforts to resolve frozen conflicts around the world; to continue to support UN special envoys’ work, actions and initiatives aimed at solving these conflicts; to call for continued humanitarian, financial and political assistance from the international community in order to address the humanitarian situation and to work towards the immediate cessation of violence; to support efforts deployed by the UN to find a sustainable resolution to the conflict in Syria and to continue to back the EU’s role in the humanitarian field and the EU’s regional initiative; to support the UN peace plan initiative in Yemen and to tackle the ongoing humanitarian crisis as a matter of urgency; to call for stronger support for the UN-backed government in Libya;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph c
Paragraph c
(c) to call for a stronger support for and empowerment of Iraqi institutions and for the need to work towards a more inclusive society and the reintegration of all the ethnic and religious minorities that have been displaced;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph d
Paragraph d
(d) to keep addressing the major security threats in the Sahel, Sahara and Lake Chad, the Great Lakes, and Horn of Africa regions with a view to eradicating the terrorist threat posed by ISIL/Daesh and al-Qaeda affiliates and by Boko Haram or any other affiliated terrorist groups;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph e
Paragraph e
(e) to work with the international community as a whole to solve humanitarian and security crises threatening the African continent, in particular in Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, the Central African Republic, Mali and Nigeria; to encourage UN Member States to step up support for increasing the role and own capacities of the African Union in mediation and crisis management, while striving for complementarities with the efforts of the UN Peace- Building Support Office;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph f – point a (new)
Paragraph f – point a (new)
(a) to emphasise the importance of investing more in conflict prevention, taking account of factors such as political or religious radicalisation, election- related violence, population displacements or climate change;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph g
Paragraph g
(g) to draw the attention of the UN members, and in particular the members of the Security Council, to the increase in tensions between some countries in the Western Balkans; to urge their leaders to show restraint in their regional policies and for the EU and the UN to remain fully involved in seeking lasting solutions to bilateral differences, including by acting as mediators when necessary; to condemn Russian actions in the Western Balkans which threaten to destabilize the fragile reform process in countries of the region, and undermine their European Union and NATO ambitions;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph h
Paragraph h
(h) to further encourage the UN’s efforts to bring about peace in Afghanistan, to support international efforts aimed at strengthening the country's economic, political and governmental structures, security capabilities, and to overcome the fragile security environment in the country;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph i
Paragraph i
(i) to strongly condemn the actions of the North Korean leadership that threaten peace and security in the Korean peninsula and beyond; to encourage China, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, to exert further pressure on the North Korean regime to de-escalate its aggressive actions which threaten regional and international security; to draw up and implement a strong response, supported by a broad and sufficiently robust international consensus, in order to deter the North Korean regime from further developing hostile nuclear capabilities and carrying out extra- territorial assassinations, attacks and kidnappings;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph j
Paragraph j
(j) to increase Member State supportcoordinated external action for UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations, in particular by contributing personnel and equipment, and to enhance the EU’s role as a facilitator in this respect; to ensure better visibility for this support and contribution; to further develop procedures for the use of EU Common Security and Defence Policy in support of UN operathat make use of diplomatic, security and development tools to restore confidence and tackle the challenges of wars, internal conflicts, insecurity, fragility, and transitions;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph j – point a (new)
Paragraph j – point a (new)
(a) to encourage a policy of rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia as essential in defusing defuse regional tensions, and as a path towards conflict resolution in Yemen and elsewhere; to further encourage such actions in order to address the root causes of terrorism and extremism which are a threat to international security and regional stability;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph k
Paragraph k
(k) to continue to support the efforts to further operationalise R2Pstrengthen R2P as an important governing principle in all countries' work across the conflict spectrum, as well as on human rights and development, and to support the UN in continuing to play a critical role in assisting countries in the implementation of R2P;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph k – point a (new)
Paragraph k – point a (new)
(a) to support and strengthen international efforts through the United Nations to end the use of children in armed conflict, as well as to more effectively address the impact of conflict and post-conflict situations on women and girls;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph k – point b (new)
Paragraph k – point b (new)
(b) to encourage all UN Member States to sign and ratify the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti- Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph m
Paragraph m
(m) to support the UN in making counter-terrorism a key element of its prevention agenda in line with the EU’s engagement in preventive measures to combat terrorism and counter violent extremism; to strengthen joint EU-UN efforts in combating the root causes of terrorism, particularly in countering hybrid threats and developing research and capacity-building in cyber defence; to rely on the existing initiatives set up by local partners to devise, implement, and develop approaches to counter radicalisation and terrorist recruitment, while promoting international action to bring those responsible for violence to justice;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph n
Paragraph n
(n) to step up efforts to clamp down on recruitment and fight terrorist propaganda conducted not only through social media platforms but also through networks of radicalised hate preachers; to support actions strengthening the resilience of communities vulnerable to radicaliszation, including by addressing the economic, social, cultural, and political causes which lead to it; to support counter- radicalisation and de- radicalisation policies in line with the UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism; to support an enhanced EU contribution to UN capacity- building initiatives concerning the fight against foreign terrorist fighters and violent extremism;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph t
Paragraph t
(t) to promote greater support for the work of UNHCR in implementing its international mandate to protect refugees, including vulnerable groups such as women, children, and people with disabilities; to stress the substantial funding gap between UNHCR’s budgetary needs and funds received and to demand greater global solidarity;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph t – point a (new)
Paragraph t – point a (new)
(a) to support a human rights-based approach to disability in situations of risk and emergency in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD);
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph t – point b (new)
Paragraph t – point b (new)
(b) to advocate and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people, to call for the repeal of legislation in UN Member States which criminalises people on the grounds of sexuality or gender identity, and to promote international action to combat homophobic and transphobic hate crimes;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph t – point c (new)
Paragraph t – point c (new)
(c) to promote and respect the principles of opinion and expression, as mentioned in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to emphasise the importance of a free press in a healthy society and the role of every citizen therein;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph aa
Paragraph aa
(aa) to underline the leadingnote the role of the EU in the process that led to the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Agenda 2030) and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the General Assembly in September 2015; to take concrete steps to ensure the efficient implementation of Agenda 2030 and the 17 SDGs as important instruments for prevention and development;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph aa – point a (new)
Paragraph aa – point a (new)
(a) to encourage UN Member States to meet their commitments on development aid spending and for governments to be held to account for the implementation of the global SDGs;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ac
Paragraph ac
(ac) to underline the importance that EU Member States attach to coordinating their action in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system, while respecting the rights of Member States to act unilaterally when it is in their national interest to do so;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ad
Paragraph ad
(ad) to support actively a comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council on the basis of a broad consensus, in order to ensure the Council is able to deal more effectively with threats to international peace and security; to promote the revitalisation of the work of the General Assembly, and improved coordination and coherence of the action of all UN institutions, which should enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, legitimacy, transparency, accountability, capacity and representativeness of the system, in order to respond more quickly to global challenges;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ad – point a (new)
Paragraph ad – point a (new)
(a) to promote new permanent seats on the UN Security Council for Brazil, Germany, India and Japan, while recognising that consensus is needed before extending veto rights to new permanent UNSC members;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph ad – point b (new)
Paragraph ad – point b (new)
(b) to engage in the public and comprehensive debate with all UNGA members on the importance of respecting constitutional limits in presidential mandates worldwide;