40 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2015/2104(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the future of the European Union is linked with global peace, security and development; whereas the challenges EU faces need global solutions and global issues need European action;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the principles and goals of the European Union's external policy are enshrined in Article 21 in the Treaty of the European Union, and are closely interlinked with those of the United Nations; whereas Article 21 TEU expressly calls for the respect of the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Union has a unique potential to mobilise resources across the full range of diplomatic, security, defence, economic, development and humanitarian instruments - in full compliance with the provisions of the UN charter - and that using these instruments in a comprehensive approach gives it a unique flexibility to effectively address the most challenging security goals;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, according to the TEU safeguards its values, fundamental interests, security, independence and integrity and acts for preserving peace, preventing conflicts and strengthening international security, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter and the Helsinki Final Act of 1975, and with the aims of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe adopted in 1990Preamble, the EU has adopted a Common Security and Foreign Policy (CFSP), including a Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), with the aim to reinforce the European identity and its independence in order to promote peace, security and progress in Europe and in the world; whereas the EU is part of the collective UN security system, also as one of the regional arrangements foreseen under Chapter VIII of the Charter;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU actively participates to global peace and security with the different instruments available within the CFSP, and notably through the CSDP missions and operations deployed under UN mandate throughout the world;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU fosters the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of developing countries with the primary aims of eradicating poverty and promoting long-term peace and stability, and provides humanitarian assistance to populations, countries and regions confronted with all types of crises, whether natural or manmade disasters;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU strengthens the foundation of social sustainability and good governance by consolidating, supporting and promoting democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the principles of international law;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the main emphasis of the EU's external policy has been on bilateral relations, on cooperation and partnerships with countries and, groups of countries and other regional and international organisations all over the world; whereas special attention has been paid over the last decades to the geopolitical goals and concerns in its immediate Eastern and Southern neighbourhoods;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the European Union is the worlda leading power in fourdifferent interrelated policy areas: trade, development, humanitarian relief, environment and human rights;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the EU carries the biggest financial burden in international development cooperation, since more than half of Official Development Assistance worldwide is provided by the EU and its Member States; whereas EU development policies have high quality by promoting effectively poverty reductionpromotes poverty reduction, peace and security, and economic, social and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the EU is the mosta dedicated defender and promoter of human rights, cultural values, democracy and the rule of law, whose provisions are included in all its bilateral partnerships and have a central position in its multilateral policy;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the United Nations system is the first and foremostmain global forum for improving global governance and foras such represents the best forum in which promoting the EU's values and interests;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas the United Nations System covers all areas of cooperation, with the Security Council at its core for peace building, peace keeping and the prevention ofresponsible for the maintenance of international peace and security threats, assisted in these regards by subsidiary and advisory bodies;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas the work of the UN is administered and coordinated by its Secretariat, chaired by the UN Secretary General; whereas the Secretariat is composed of different Offices and Departments, among them the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), the Department of Field Support (DFS), the Department of Political Affairs (DPA), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the offices of the UN Special Advisers, Representatives and Envoys;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading (new)
Subheading (new)
The EU within the United Nation System
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Recalls that the EU and its Member States share the values and principles of the UN Charter as stated in Article 21(1) TEU and have a crucial role in promoting those principles as well as the goals of the United Nations, through its external action; Considers that the EU needs global partners to successfully achieve its foreign policy goals, notably in the field of peace and security, terrorism, organised crimes, regional conflicts, state failures and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Considers the security environment of the EU to be increasingly unstable and volatile due to the great number of long- standing and newly emerging security challenges; regards the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the conflicts in Syria and Iraq and the rise of the ISIS terrorist organisation, the Libyan crisis and the terrorist threat in Africa (in particular in the Sahel, Libya and the Horn of Africa) as serious global threats requiring global responses; Considers that the EU cannot deal with those threats on its own but needs the support of international partners;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Welcomes the fact that the EU and its Member States take an active part and contribute to in the work of the UN System in different ways and formats, which should be more visible;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Welcomes in particular the fact that the EU is one of the main contributors to peace and security, through the use of a wide range of instruments enshrined in a comprehensive approach; Recalls that Chapter VIII of the UN Charter clearly encourages regional organizations to contribute to the maintenance of peace and security; Strongly believes that the strength of the EU relies on its ability to respond to a crisis with a wide range of tools and instruments - short and long- term, humanitarian and development, security and political;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Welcomes EU's different missions and operations launched under UNSC mandate (EUTM Mali, EUFOR CAR, EUTM Somalia...); Welcomes EU Member States' major financial participation (approximately 37%) to UN peacekeeping operations;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 f (new)
Paragraph -1 f (new)
-1f. Welcomes as well EU's major contribution to development and humanitarian relief around the world; Recalls that the EU and its Member States are together the world's biggest contributor to development and humanitarian aid;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 g (new)
Paragraph -1 g (new)
-1g. Recalls that the EU has become a real international actor and that accordingly it holds an "enhanced observer" status at the UN with the right to speak at the United Nations General Assembly meetings in debates among representatives of major groups and before individual states, to submit proposals and amendments, the right of reply, to raise points of order and to circulate documents;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 h (new)
Paragraph -1 h (new)
-1h. Reminds as well that within the UN, the EU is represented by a multiplicity of actors: the President of the European Council, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the European Commission and the EU delegations, as well as by its 28 member states, two of whom (France and the United Kingdom) are permanent veto- holding members of the UN Security Council (UNSC); Insists on the fact that according to the Treaty the EU Member States are obliged to coordinate their action in all international forums;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 i (new)
Paragraph -1 i (new)
-1i. Recalls that the EU does not have voting rights not the right to sit at the UN Security Council but that according to article 34 TEU, EU members of the UNSC shall keep the other Member States and the High Representative informed and defend the positions and the interests of the Union; Reminds as well that where the EU has a defined position on a UNSC agenda item, those states shall request that the High Representative be invited to present the Union's position;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the General Assembly representing the governments of all member countries must have ways and means to give directis a unique forum for multilateral discussion tof the United Nations System and coordinate all its activities; is of the opinion that in the long term the democratic governance of the UN should be strengthened by establishing a World Parliament representfull spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter and provide guidance to the United Nations System; Believes that, when there is a broad consensus amongst its Member States, the EU has an unprecedented power to influence the debates and the decisions taken withing the peopleGeneral Assembly;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considering the contribution of the EU to peace and security architecture in the world, calls on a reform of the Security Council that would ensure a permanent seat to the European Union; notes that, due to the absence of the EU from the Security Council, the burden of echoing, advocating for and defending the interests of the EU, based on a coordinated CFSP, lies on the two permanent and the rotatingBelieves that such reform should rely on a better representation of African countries as well as the allocation of a permanent seat to the G4 countries (Germany, Brazil, India and Japan); Considering the contribution of the EU to peace and security architecture in the world, Reiterates the view that an EU seat in an enlarged UNSC remains a central, long-term goal of the European membersUnion;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for more frequent meetings between the High Representative and the Security Council, allowing for a better valorisation of EU's action in the field of foreign affairs; Calls for an enhanced and systematic implementation of article 34 TEU;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the conviction that the economic and social dimension of the UN System must be substantially strengthened, and that this could be achieved through the establish; Welcomes the creation, in 2013, of the High-level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF), which role is to provide political leadership, guidance and recommendations on the three pillars (social, economic and environmental) of a Ssustainable Ddevelopment Council as; Is convinced that the HLPF must become the main decision making body for all sustainable development related matters (based on the three pillars, social, economic and environmental), ensuring coordinated and efficient assessment of the needs, and adoption of necessary roadmaps, decisions and binding measures; stresses that this is necessary to effectively implement the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the UN Summit in September;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. With a view to ensure the necessary legitimacy, efficiency and effectiveness of the decisions that this Sustainable Development Council would take, considers that its status and composition should be similar to those of the Security Council with a few permanent members, including the EU, and rotating ones; considers however that no justification whatsoever can be found to entitle a country or a regional organisation to the right to stop any decision taken by a majority or a qualified majority of the members, and therefore rejects any form of veto rightand rotating ones;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that this Council should also have a strong coordinative role in all other fields in the UN System but security; in light of the recurring human catastrophes linked to illegal migrations, and considering that sustainable development of the countries of origin could facilitate in the long run a drying up of illegal migration flows, is of the conviction that this Council should coordinate the work of all agencies related to this concern;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes in that regard the organizing into clusters of the work of the Commission elected in 2014 giving the High Representative/Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative the responsibility of coordinating the external policy of the EU; stresses that policies of global dimension must be at the core position in the work of this specific cluster;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14