Activities of Joachim ZELLER related to 2015/2275(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Peace Support Operations - EU engagement with the UN and the African Union
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the aim of clarifying EU engagement boundaries on Peace Support Operations (PSOs) with the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU); recalls that the EU budget cannot be used to directly finance military or defence operations (Article 41(2) TEU); underlines the importance of EU operational and financial support for AU peacekeeping operations approved by the UN, notably through the African Peace Facility instrument;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes concern over the possible lack of transparency in EU PSOs; stresses that full investigations should be carried out if grievances arise; recalls the need to improve current EU funding for PSOs; underlines that African security should, in the future, be monitored by the AU, supported by the international communityconsiders that the EU's existing financing instruments and regional programmes must be use in a coherent manner, with a more systematic joint programming, in order to ensure effectiveness of the EU's external action;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that African security should primarily be monitored by the AU, supported by the international community; insists on the need for African partners to take greater ownership and responsibility for the stability of the continent; in this regard, welcomes the decision of the AU, on 15 June 2015, to allocate 25% of its resources to the AU's peace support operations budget;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a comprehensive plan to reinforceBelieves that peace and security are necessary preconditions for development; calls on the Commission to create an innovating EU instrument to reinforce the link between peace, security and sustainable development policies in peacekeeping operations in order to ensure long-termgreater flexibility, as well as long-term results of development efforts; recalls the need to provide tools to achieve clear steps towards democracy and democratic values such as good governance, the rule of law and freedom of speechthe respect for fundamental rights, along with a sustainable economy and stable society; underlines the need for a comprehensive plan regarding conflict areas and their surroundings with a view to preventing the emergence of new conflicts; calls, in this regard, for an early warning system;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to see PSOs in terms of a continuum between conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post-conflict development; underlines the need for a holistic approach to peacekeeping operations by the UN, the AU and the EUconsiders that EU's external action in fragile and conflict-affected countries should focus on conflict prevention and capacity building in support of security and development, thus tackling root causes of instability;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists on a continuous political dialogue between the EU and the AU on peace and security challenges and on how to consolidate recent APF gains over the longer-term;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that political, humanitarian and development policy efforts should be used initially, supported by civilian peacekeeping operations, and should be transfsuppormted intoby military operationactors and capabilities only when necessary; demands that military peacekeeping should be supported by humanitarian and development policy both during operations, to aid peaceful resolution of the conflict, and afterwards, so as to make the settlement sustainable.