Activities of Cristian Dan PREDA related to 2012/2036(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly PDF (208 KB) DOC (123 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Amendments (18)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the remarks by the President of the European Council following his meeting with the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) on 16 April 2012,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU needs to strengthen its cohesion in order to remain a key player in an increasingly multipolar world in need of global concerted action; whereas EU Member States are obliged by the treaties to coordinate their action in international organisations and at international conferences;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to coordinate to the fullest extent possible and to put across unified positions and to strengthen the coherence and visibility of the EU as a global actor at the UN; to meet the expectations of UN members regarding the ability of the EU to act and deliver in a timely fashion on substance;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) to reach a common interpretation without delay of the UNGA resolution on the participation of the European Union in the work of the United Nations;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) to present a report to the European Parliament on the implementation of the UNGA resolution on the participation of the European Union in the work of the United Nations;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to develop a long-term strategy targeting UN membership in order to better explain the specific nature of the EU; to pursue a stronger public diplomacy on UN affairs and to communicate the EU's global role to the European public in a more effective fashionand to pursue a stronger public diplomacy on UN affairs;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to work with EU Member States and the EU Delegation to the UN towards improving the coordination in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the defence of the positions and interests of the EU in the UNSC by the Member States which are members of that body; to reinforce the EU's impact on UNSC decisions and to raise the profile of the EU at the UN on crucial UNSC matters;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) to ensure strong EU representation throughout all UN institutions and specialized agencies;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to help revitalise the UNGA and to increase its efficiency, inter alia by supporting the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group, by facilitating more in- depth and result-oriented thematic debates on topical, important issues, and through closer engagement of the UNGA with other stakeholders, including civil society and other international and regional organisations; to stress the need for further streamlining the agendas of the UNGA and its main committees; to underline that revitalization can only be ensured when the UNGA takes relevant and appropriate action on issues of common concern to the international community;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to promote the collaboration of different actors in the peace-building architecture, notably between the UN Secretariat, the UNSC, the UNGA, and the UN member states involved in peace-building missions; to pursue efforts to ensure that EU Member States contribute to UN peace missions with special capacities, such as transport and logistics, and training; to consider the option of launching a military operation under CSDP including the possible deployment of a battlegroup to precede a UN peace mission if requested by the UN, while paying special attention to the protection of all the members of peace keeping missions, as well as eventual battlegroups; to support the development of conflict management capacity at national and subnational levels;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) to acknowledge the importance of the political and institutional progress in the implementation of the R2P concept and to assist states in fulfilling their responsibilities towards protecting their populations, within the UN system;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) to provide adequate resources for mediation in a timely manner and to further develop mediation capacities both at EEAS headquarters and in EU delegationsioritize and develop the implementation of this tool and to further develop mediation capacities within the EEAS, based on the Concept of Strengthening EU Mediation and Dialogue Capacities;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) to cooperate closely with the UN and other actors in mediation; to strive for synergies in mediation activities with the UN Department for Political Affairs (DPA); to advance partnerships and cooperation of international, regional and subregional organisations with the UN, with each other and with civil society; to improve information-sharing, cooperation and coordination in order to ensure the coherence and complementarity of the efforts of actors involved in specific mediation; to encourage the contributions of civil society actors active in mediation, and to help strengthen local infrastructures for peace and establish domestic capacities for dialogue and constructive negotiation;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) to strengthen international efforts aimed at ensuring that all human rights are considered universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated; to help strengthen national capacities to deliverpromote national implementation onf international human rights obligations;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) to help ensure local ownership of the democratic process and the development of a culture of democracy and the rule of law; to expand democracy support beyond the election process in order to sustain it in the long term and be able to deliver tangible results to citizens; to ensure the inclusion to a greater extent of parliaments and political parties in programmes supporting democracy, to emphasize the importance of the independence of NGOs that can function freely for the development of a strong civic culture;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac
Paragraph 1 – point ac
(ac) to better integrate democracy support into European external action; to enable EU delegations to support democratic governance by financial means and human resourcesthrough its different financial instruments and using the resources of the EU delegations whenever possible; to work with partners globally and locally to enhance the rule of law, foster independent media and build and strengthen democratic institutions that can deliver;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ad
Paragraph 1 – point ad
(ad) to contribute to enhancing policy coherence infor development and to improving the effectiveness of development aid, since these remain key issues for achieving the MDGs;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ad a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ad a (new)
(ad a) to work towards the definition of the ambitious post-2015 MDGs Agenda taking into account the progress made but also remaining challenges as many poverty-reduction targets will not have been met;