Activities of Cristian Dan PREDA related to 2011/2030(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly PDF (238 KB) DOC (139 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas global partnerships are instrumental in achieving jointly identified global goals; whereas the EU is the world's largest provider of development aid and a major partner of the UN in its efforts across all three pillars of its work, including in crisis and post-crisis situations, and the Member States' contribution amounts to 38% of the UN's regular budget; whereas a solid and stable EU- UN partnership is fundamental to the work of the United Nations and key to the EU's role as a global actor,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to advance effective multilateralism as the overriding strategic concern of the Union and to strengthen the coherence and visibility of the EU as a global actor at the UN, inter alia by reducing the emphasis on internal EU consultations on UN issues and by moving on to promote greater outreach on a wide range of issues, so that the EU can successfully pursue its UN agenda and meet the expectations of UN members regarding its ability to act; to foster greater cohesion both within the UN system and between the positions of EU Member States and candidate and potential candidate countries, so as to maximise the potential offered by the Lisbon Treaty to strengthen the EU's impact through the coordinated and strategic use of its various and distinctive (EU and Member States) entry points,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) whilst retaining its observer status and in accordance with the UN Charter and the intergovernmental nature of the UN, to make - in order to enable the new EU representatives to speak effectively and in a timely manner on global issues, in keeping with Articles 18 and 47 TEU - the necessary arrangements so that the EU can participate effectively in the work of the UNGA, on the basis ofwithin its role as a regional integration organisation, by consulting fully and comprehensive consultationly with UN Member States; to reconfirm its commitment that the UN is at the centre of the EU's foreign policy and to reiterate the view that its effective participation in the work of the UN is not only an EU strategic priority, but also consistent with achieving the UN's goals and, as such, in the interests of its entire membership,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to fully support UN Women inand advocate an adequate budget for UN Women in order for it to be able to fulfil its role of promoting gender equality and to protect and empower women, including in conflict and post-crisis situations, working in close coordination with other parts of the UN system, and to maintain close contacts with this organization,
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) to create a broader strategic framework for the crisis-management partnership between the EU, the AU and the UN and regional and sub- regional organizations, such as the AU, the Arab League or the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and to strengthen, in particular, a triangular relationship between the AU Peace and Security Council, the UNSC and the EU Political and Security Committee, in order to help ensure coherence and mutual reinforcement of efforts in support of the AU; to enhance the predictability, sustainability and flexibility of the financing of UN-mandated peace operations undertaken by the AU; to seek solutions that make for closer EU-AU cooperation in their particular operational areas, thereby improving early-warning and conflict-prevention capacities and making for exchanges of best practices and expertise in the area of crisis management,
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to promote the implementation of the recommendations of the 2010 NPT review, in particular to seek a safer world for all and to achieve, as a long-term objective, peace and security in a world without nuclear weapons, to further enhance transparency so as to increase mutual confidence, to achieve faster genuine progress towards nuclear disarmament, to take effective nuclear disarmament measures which are consistent with the fundamental principles of transparency, verification and irreversibility, to encourage nuclear- weapons states to report regularly on the implementation of their commitments, and to review implementation,
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) to prepare for and activelycontinue to participate actively in the review of the HRC and the follow-up to that review; to address the HRC's ability to tackle urgent situations involving serious human rights violations, to improve its capacity to implement existing international norms and standards and enhance its role as an early-warning and preventive mechanism able to prioritise and address the root causes of human rights violations with the aim of preventing fresh or further escalation of human rights violations, including through its support for capacity building for national human rights institutions; to seek ways of improving the HRC's election procedures in order to address the issue of the quality of HRC membership; to develop a viable working relationship between the HRC and the Third Committee, and between the HRC and the UNHCR , and to address growing signs of divisions between Member States concerning their votes in the HRC,