Activities of Barbara LOCHBIHLER related to 2010/2020(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly PDF (208 KB) DOC (124 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, according to the Treaty of Lisbon, the European Union will now be represented in external relations and international fora by a single entity, the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (‘the Vice- President/High Representative’) supported by a new EU diplomatic service; whereas the Treaty of Lisbon has also brought changes to the prerogatives of the Union’s external policies such as the principle that development policy should comply with the Union’s external actiongreater integration of the different components of the Union’s external action, notably development policy and external trade,
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to continueseek to project itself within the UN system as an honest broker between different membership groups in order to promote common understanding and greater cohesion across the three pillars of the United Nations; to actively promote and systematically address the importance of effective multilateralism in its bilateral dialogues;,
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to establish, in cooperationseek more substantive cooperation and dialogue with the new US administration, a common agenda of short and long-term goals with regard to multilateral issues within the UNnd with emerging global and regional players like China, India and Brazil, with the aim of finding a common agenda and common solutions to global challenges within a multilateral framework,
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to urge the Vice-President/High Representative to build a more cohesive position among EU Member States on the reform of the UN Security Council and to advance this position at the UN; to emphasise that an EU seat in the Security Council remains a long-term goal of the European Union, provided this is achieved without detriment to the influence and weight of EU Member States within this body,
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) to work coherently, consistently and efficiently with EU Member States towards achieving a successful outcome of the 2010 NPT Review Conference; to commit to the aim of complete nuclear disarmament in line with UN Security Council resolution 1887 endorsing the goal of a nuclear- weapons-free world once the conditions are met; to deepen its dialogue with all nuclear powers to pursue a common agenda and a specific timetable aimed at progressive reducelimination of the nuclear warheads stockpile whilst improving the means for verification; to support the US administration in its declared commitment to global nuclear disarmament encouraged by President Obama’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons,
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) to strengthen cooperation and coordination with key partners in the fight against terrorism on the basis of full respect for international law and human rights, and to support the UN’s multilateral counter-terrorism efforts (including steps to reform the UN Terrorist List system in order to bring it into line with the standards of international human rights law) as well as the effective implementation of its Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy; to cooperate closely when the lives of hostages are at risk;,
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point z
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) to concentrate efforts to reinforce the global trend towards the abolition of the death penalty by seeking tohe adoption of the relevant resolution on the death penalty; to support all efforts to eradicate torture and particularly to encourage the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on Torture,