Activities of Cristian Dan PREDA related to 2016/2020(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
71st session of the UN General Assembly (debate) FR
Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. IPoints ofut the conviction that the economic, social, environmental and development dimensions of the UN system must beat fundamental change is required to equip the UN to shape and drive the process of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; underlines the need to integrate the three aspects of substantially strengthened in the first instance by means of a structural and functional reforminability more effectively, both at strategic level and locally though practical cooperation between UN institutions; is of the Economic and Social Council; calls on the UN member states to consider the possibility of strengthening their role in the Economic and Social Council by developing it into a Sustainable Developmentviction that the economic, social, environmental and development dimensions of the UN system must be substantially strengthened by means of a structural and functional reform of the Economic and Social Council;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the creation of the High- Level Political Forum (HLPF) on sustainable development; is convinced that the HLPF must become the main decision- making body for all development policycompetent for ensuring the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), thus ensuring coordinated and efficient assessment of needs and adoption of the roadmaps, and decisions and binding measures needed for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development2030 Agenda; calls on a regular dialogue between the HLPF and the European Commission on the progress made, in accordance with the principles of transparency and mutual accountability;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the need to enhance the implementation of the SDGs through the adoption ofnderlines the importance of comprehensive and effective implementation of the Agenda 2030, including through a rights-based approach; urges the UN to ensure that ambitious commitments are made towards the achievement of the SDGs and to adopt a solid framework of indicators and the utilisation of statistical data to monitor progress and ensure the accountability of all; encourages all countries, both developed and developing, to take ownership and establish national frameworks, including integrated national financial frameworks, for the achievement of the 17 goals;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists on the need to strenghten policy coherence for development within the UN working structures in order to effectively integrate all dimensions of sustainable development;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Recognises that there can be no sustainable development or poverty eradication without security and that sustainable development is the condition for security, stability, social justice and democracy; considers that policy making at the international level should better reflect this link between peace, security and development; calls on the UN to systematically integrate capacity-building and good governance into their long-term development strategies;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of a universal, rule-base, open, transparent, non-discriminatory, inclusive and equitable multilateral trade system and the need to bring about the conclusion of the WTO Doha Development Round, and believes that the UN can use its unique position to ensure that the talks are a success for developing countries;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the decision on organizing a high-level meeting of the plenary of the UNGA on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants on 19 September 2016 and considers that it should focus on the root causes of migration, with emphasis on poverty eradication, social equality, realization of human rights and stability;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph b a (new)
Paragraph b a (new)
(ba) to support the on-going comprehensive efforts to strengthen United Nations peace operations and the organisation’s ability to address conflict;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph e a (new)
Paragraph e a (new)
(ea) to cooperate with the UN in strengthening the role and capacity of regional and sub-region organisations in peacekeeping, conflict prevention, civilian and military crisis management, and conflict resolution;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph e a (new)
Paragraph e a (new)
(ea) to call for additional efforts to implement the Women, Peace and Security agenda, which should be integrated in all the different dimensions of peacekeeping;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph e b (new)
Paragraph e b (new)
(eb) to promote better coordination of efforts between the UN and regional and sub-regional organisations, who play an increasingly important role in international peace and security, in order to ensure that the distribution of objectives and tasks among organisations maximises the impacts on the ground;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph p a (new)
Paragraph p a (new)
(pa) to achieve synergies at international level in providing comprehensive responses to the migrants and refugees crisis, in the context of the high-level plenary meeting of the UNGA on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants scheduled for 19 September 2016;