2010/2020(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Helmut SCHOLZ, Sabine LÖSING

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital C

C. whereas ~~increasing and uncontrolled nuclear proliferation~~nuclear power poses an ever greater threat to the ~~free~~ world; whereas ~~the reinforcement of all three pillars of the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), namely non-proliferation, disarmament and cooperation on the civilian use of nuclear energy, will~~a gradual and of necessity reciprocal relinquishment of nuclear power in both the military and the civil spheres is a sine qua non, and must be central at the upcoming NPT Review Conference,

Amendment 11 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital D

D. whereas, by supporting the Millennium Declaration on development in the year 2000, the European Union undertook to halve the incidence of extreme poverty worldwide by the year 2015, while concentrating its efforts on the progress of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and whereas these are minimum and conspicuously imperfect objectives, and achieving them cannot in itself be regarded as cause for satisfaction,

Amendment 12 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital E

E. whereas a new impetus is given by the institutional innovations on the gender architecture within the UN system in order to ~~achieve a holistic and coherent approach to gender mainstreaming and~~be able to contribute successfully to strengthening women’s empowerment,

Amendment 13 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital E

E. whereas a new impetus ismust be given by the institutional innovations on the gender architecture within the UN system in order to achieve a holistic and coherent approach to gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment,

Amendment 14 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F

F. whereas negotiations on a comprehensive and legally binding international post-2012 agreement on climate change should result in a~~n agreement~~ balanced discussion of human influence on climate change in Mexico City in December 2010; whereas climate change may exacerbate the potential for conflicts over natural resources,,

Amendment 15 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F

F. whereas negotiations on a comprehensive and legally binding international post-2012 agreement on climate change should result in an agreement in Mexico City in December 2010; whereas climate change may exacerbate the potential for conflicts over natural resources; and whereas the peoples’ summit on climate justice to be held in Cochabamba on 19-22 April 2010 is an initiative that should be taken into account in these negotiations,

Amendment 16 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the most recent financial crisis and the lasting global economic downturn are the worst since the Great Depression; whereas the crisis is turning out to be more prolonged and deeper than was initially anticipated; whereas this crisis is having a disproportionate negative impact on the developing countries and in particular the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) with far- reaching ramifications in their social and human domains,

Amendment 17 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to strengthen, through enhanced dialogue with key partners, effective multilateralism in order to build a stronger UN; to foster the ~~common, coherent and consistent~~ EU approach at the UN that third parties expect, that is to say an approach that is coherent, consistent and, above all, mindful of the common interest,

Amendment 18 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) ~~to continue~~ to project itself within the UN system as an honest broker between different membership groups in order to promote common understanding and greater cohesion across the three pillars of the United Nations; to actively promote and systematically address the importance of ~~effective~~a multilateralism that is respectful of the sovereign equality of states in its bilateral dialogues;,

Amendment 19 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) to ~~continue~~seek to project itself within the UN system as an honest broker between different membership groups in order to promote common understanding and greater cohesion across the three pillars of the United Nations; to actively promote and systematically address the importance of effective multilateralism in its bilateral dialogues;,

Amendment 2 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A

A. whereas the UN system, with the legitimacy that stems from its global membership, ~~continues to~~must be central for shaping and enhancing global decision- making and facing global challenges through effective multilateralism based on international law, the principles enshrined in the UN Charter as well as the common commitment to the implementation of the goals adopted at the UN World Summit 2005,

Amendment 20 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) to continue to project itself within the UN system as an honest broker between different membership groups in order to promote common understanding and greater cohesion across the three pillars of the United Nations (peace and security, development and human rights); to actively promote and systematically address the importance of effective multilateralism in its bilateral dialogues;,

Amendment 21 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) to push for solutions that allow the Union’s empowered external role and increased responsibility to be more visible for the UN Member States, especially with regard to the allocation of adequate speaking time and the right of initiative at the UNGA; to make comprehensive use of all European external action tools to perform effective and coherent EU actions at the UN and to ensure that the EU Delegation to the United Nations in New York is adequately equipped to cope with its enhanced role, particularly in terms of staff,deleted

Amendment 22 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) to ensure that the EU speaks with a single voice in order to make its position heard, while drawing lessons from the climate conference in Copenhagen in December 2009,

Amendment 23 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) to ensure that the Union’s values and interests are represented in an effective and coherent way in the UN system; in this context, to strive to ensure that nominations from EU Member States for important UN posts, which have been agreed amongst EU Member Sgeneral interest of the peoples of the world tatkes~~, receive the Union’s full support; to project itself as a cohesive force that is able to deliver, especially on significant votes, in order to arrive at unified positions~~ priority over all else in the UN system,

Amendment 24 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) to ~~establish, in cooperation~~seek more substantive cooperation and dialogue with the new US administration, a ~~common agenda of short and long-term goals with regard to multilateral issues within the UN~~nd with emerging global and regional players like China, India and Brazil, with the aim of finding a common agenda and common solutions to global challenges within a multilateral framework,

Amendment 25 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) to seek a more substantive dialogue with emerging global and regional players, like China, India and Brazil, with the aim of finding common solutions to global challenges within a multilateral framework,deleted

Amendment 26 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) to establish~~, in cooperation with the new US administration,~~ a common agenda of short and long-term goals with regard to multilateral issues within the UN framework,

Amendment 27 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) to ~~establish, in cooperation~~coordinate with the ~~new~~ US administration~~, a commo~~ its own agenda of short- and long-term goals with regard to multilateral issues within the UN framework,

Amendment 28 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) to establish, ~~in cooperation with the new US administration~~with all the Member States, a common agenda of short and long-term goals with regard to multilateral issues within the UN framework,

Amendment 29 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) to seek a more substantive dialogue with ~~emerging~~all global and regional players~~, like China, India and Brazil,~~ with the aim of finding common solutions to global challenges within a multilateral framework that is respectful of the sovereign equality of states,

Amendment 3 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the European Union is committed to multilateral cooperation and the strengthening of the United Nations system; whereas, therefore, the EU should be a driving force in the efforts to reform the organisation and continue to be a firm supporter of its important role in the international system,

Amendment 30 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) to improve~~, given the EU’s new potential for internal coordination and external representation, the Union’s long- term planning specifically with~~ the Union’s long-term planning specifically with regard to social and environmental issues, and also with a view to pregpar~~d to~~ing for major upcoming UN events such as the MDG Review and the NPT Review Conference in 2010, as well as the reviews of the Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in 2011, and the Mexico climate summit,

Amendment 31 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) to take a lead in the current debate on global governance and to ensure th~~at clear bridges exist between the work of the G20 and the UN, as the~~e primacy of the UN, the only legitimate ~~body~~framework for global action;,

Amendment 32 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(ha) to contribute to immediate, collective and forceful actions by the international community in favour of those countries which are not able to cope on their own with the impact of the crisis, and on a longer term basis to strive for a comprehensive reform process to redress the democratic deficits in the Bretton Woods institutions that have significantly lost their effectiveness and public support; to exercise leadership in addressing the dysfunctional aspects of globalisation and giving it a development dimension and a human face,

Amendment 33 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(ha) to take tangible action and new initiatives in supporting the reform process of the UN system, stressing the need for a comprehensive reform of the Security Council in all its aspects,

Amendment 34 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) to urge the Vice-President/High Representative to build a more cohesive position among EU Member States on the reform of the UN Security Council and to advance this position at the UN; to emphasise that an EU seat in the Security Council remains a long-term goal of the European Union, provided this is achieved without detriment to the influence and weight of EU Member States within this body,deleted

Amendment 35 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) to urge the Vice-President/High Representative to build a more cohesive position among EU Member States on the reform of the UN Security Council and to advance this position at the UN; to emphasise that an EU seat in the Security Council remains a long-term goal of the European Union, ~~provided this is achieved without detriment to the influence and weight of EU Member States within this body,~~

Amendment 36 #

Mario MAURO

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) to urge the Vice-President/High Representative to build a more cohesive position among EU Member States on the reform of the UN Security Council and to advance this position at the UN; to emphasise that an EU seat in the Security Council remains a ~~long-term~~ goal of the European Union, ~~provided this is achieved without detriment to the influence and weight of EU Member States within this body~~in the context of an enlarged Security Council,

Amendment 37 #

Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)

(ia) to promote stronger participation by transnational parliaments in UN activities with the aim of establishing a UN Parliamentary Assembly as a means of strengthening the democratic nature of the United Nations, its programmes and its agencies and to support initiatives by civil society and parliaments to this end,

Amendment 38 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) to step up efforts to democratise and revitalise the UN General Assembly in concerted action with ~~key partners by translating suggestions from the Ad Hoc Working Groups and recommendations by UN officials such as the President of the 64th UNGA into concrete steps~~civil society in order to be able in the long term to enhance the Assembly’s role, authority, performance and efficiency, ~~as well as to increase the transparency of its work,~~

Amendment 39 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) to contribute to implementing ~~the~~ a genuinew gender architecture as well as relevant institutional innovations with a view to creating a more coherent composite entity as soon as possible that works towards promoting gender equality and the protection and empowerment of women, including in conflict and post- crisis situations; to make it its mission to set an example in this field and to ensure equality within the European Union, including within the Commission,

Amendment 4 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the current structure of the UN Security Council does not reflect the realities and needs of the 21st century as emerging powers such as Japan, India or Brazil and entire continents such as Africa or the Arab world are not represented in the UN Security Council; whereas the UN Secretary General regards reform of the Security Council as part of the ongoing efforts to make this indispensable organ more broadly representative and efficient,

Amendment 40 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) to fully support the efforts of the UN Secretary General to better define the notion of the principle of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), ~~to successfully implement R2P within the UN system and to stress its importance in preventing conflicts,~~

Amendment 41 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) to ~~fully support the efforts of~~ask the UN Secretary General to ~~better~~ redefine the notion of the principle of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), ~~to successfully implement R2P with~~placing the ~~UN system and to stress its importance in preventing conflicts~~emphasis on the co-responsibility of sovereign states for preventing conflict and avoiding all interference,

Amendment 42 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)

(la) to support the initiative of the EU Member States to adopt a UN resolution on sea-dumped chemical weapons and the threat they present to ecology, health, security and the economy, as well as on the need to strengthen international and regional cooperation on this issue and to exchange information, experience and technologies on a voluntary basis,

Amendment 43 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point m

(m) to contribute to enhancing UN peacekeeping capacities in order to diminish the risk of overstretching and to promote the incorporation of the peacebuilding concept into peacemaking action; to take a lead in finding a new horizon for UN peacekeeping by emphasising civilian-military synergies and by improving coordination between various regional partners, in particular between the EU and the African Unioninsist that the UN continue to be strictly the only framework for peacekeeping initiatives and to condemn any so-called peacekeeping initiative taken without the agreement or against the advice of the UN,

Amendment 44 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) to improve, within the framework of the EU-UN partnership, joint deployments in UN-mandated peace missions; to encourage the respective UN bodies to further strengthen international and regional peacemaking partnerships, especially in order to ensure the best possible use of limited resources,deleted

Amendment 45 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point o

(o) to strive for a ~~coherent EU position and actions with regard to th~~n appropriate review of the PBC in 2011; to support efforts to expand the role of the PBC in facilitating and ensuring the sustainability of peace agreements and to strengthen its advisory role vis-à-vis the Security Council,

Amendment 46 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – before point p – title

Nuclear disarmament and non- proliferation, conventional disarmament and arms control, fight against terrorism

Amendment 47 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point -p (new)

(-p) to continue to foster EU-UN cooperation in the area of post-crisis recovery and to aim at comprehensive approaches to sustaining peace, preventing conflicts and addressing a wide range of political, economic, social and environmental conditions that contribute to the escalation of conflicts in societies,

Amendment 48 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) to work coherently, consistently and efficiently with EU Member States towards achieving a successful outcome of the 2010 NPT Review Conference; to commit to the aim of ~~complete~~gradual nuclear disarmament in line with UN Security Council resolution 1887 endorsing the goal of a nuclear- weapons-free world once the conditions are met; to deepen its dialogue with all nuclear powers to pursue a common agenda aimed at progressive reduction of the nuclear warheads stockpile whilst improving the means for verification; to support the US administration in its declared commitment to global nuclear disarmament encouraged by President Obama’s vision ofbased on strict reciprocity between all states at all stages, with the aim of achieving in the long term a world without nuclear weapons,

Amendment 49 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) to work coherently, consistently and efficiently with EU Member States towards achieving a successful outcome of the 2010 NPT Review Conference; to commit to the aim of complete nuclear disarmament in line with UN Security Council resolution 1887 endorsing the goal of a nuclear- weapons-free world ~~once the conditions are met~~and disarmament under strict and effective international control; to deepen its dialogue with all nuclear powers to pursue a common agenda aimed at progressive reduction of the nuclear warheads stockpile whilst improving the means for verification; to support the US administration in its declared commitment to global nuclear disarmament encouraged by President Obama’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons; to urge the ratification and the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT),

Amendment 5 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the EU and its Member States are the largest contributors to the UN system providing around 40 per cent of the assessed budget of the UN, over 40 per cent of the peacekeeping costs and 12 per cent of troops, as well as over half of the core funding of the UN funds and programmes,

Amendment 50 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) to work coherently, consistently and efficiently with EU Member States towards achieving a successful outcome of the 2010 NPT Review Conference; to commit to the aim of complete nuclear disarmament in line with UN Security Council resolution 1887 endorsing the goal of a nuclear- weapons-free world ~~once the conditions are met~~; to deepen its dialogue with all nuclear powers to pursue a common agenda and a specific timetable aimed at progressive ~~reduc~~elimination of the nuclear warheads stockpile whilst improving the means for verification; to support the US administration in its declared commitment to global nuclear disarmament encouraged by President Obama’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons,

Amendment 51 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)

(pa) to welcome the different initiatives taken by some EU Member States to negotiate within NATO the withdrawal of nuclear weapons on European territory in full cooperation with Russia in order to have a proportionate withdrawal,

Amendment 52 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)

(pa) to exercise its influence in support of wider disarmament efforts and urge for more practical and effective disarmament measures; to stress the need for full implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), and the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention (APMC), underlining at the same time the need for further development of the international regime against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,

Amendment 53 #

Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON, Sabine LÖSING

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p b (new)

(pb) to underline the need for effective arms control, including small arms and ammunitions containing depleted uranium,

Amendment 54 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) to strengthen cooperation and coordination with key partners in the fight against terrorism on the basis of full respect for international law and human rights, and to support the UN’s multilateral counter-terrorism efforts ~~as well as the effective implementation of its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy~~while respecting the sovereignty of states and human rights, including those relating to personal data; to cooperate closely when ~~the~~ever lives ~~of hostages are at risk~~are at stake; to reject any attempt to use the terrorist threat for interventionist purposes with no other aim but to serve the interests of European elites;

Amendment 55 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) to strengthen cooperation and coordination with key partners ion the fight against terrorism on the basis of full respect for international law and human rights, and to support the ~~UN’s~~ multilateral counter-terrorism efforts of the UN as well as the effective implementation of its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy; to step up efforts to reach an agreement and conclude a comprehensive convention on international terrorism; to cooperate closely when the lives of hostages are at risk;,

Amendment 56 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) to strengthen cooperation and coordination with key partners in the fight against terrorism on the basis of full respect for international law and human rights, ~~and~~ to support the UN’s multilateral counter-terrorism efforts (including steps to reform the UN Terrorist List system in order to bring it into line with the standards of international human rights law) as well as the effective implementation of its Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy; to cooperate closely when the lives of hostages are at risk;,

Amendment 57 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – before point r – title

Development and climate change

Amendment 58 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) to ~~exercise leadership in strengthening the effectiveness of UN development assistance since the current fragmentation may lead to progressive~~combat resolutely any attempt at marginalisation of the UN as a primary actor in development; to insist on a more coherent UN programming and operational framework to help ~~maximise the impact of UN development assistance~~ensure that its development assistance has a real and beneficial impact in terms of the interests of all nations,

Amendment 59 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)

(ra) to insist that the crisis not be used as an excuse to avoid or delay the necessary global response to climate change and environmental degradation, and instead use the response to the crisis as an opportunity to establish the basis of a new and modern green economy; in this context the Green Economy Initiative, which was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme, should be fully supported and the related discussions on a Global Green New Deal should be encouraged,

Amendment 6 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital B

B. whereas, according to the Treaty of Lisbon, the European Union will now be represented in external relations and international fora by a single entity, the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (‘the Vice- President/High Representative’) supported by a new EU diplomatic service; whereas the Treaty of Lisbon has also brought changes to the prerogatives of the Union’s external policies such as the principle that development policy should comply with the Union’s external action,deleted

Amendment 60 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)

(ra) to stress the need for sustainable economic growth and development,

Amendment 61 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point s

(s) to reassert the principle that development aid policy ~~should~~must be designed in the framework of an equitable partnership with recipient countries and with absolute concern for social and environmental justice,

Amendment 62 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point t

(t) in preparation for the MDG Review Conference, to reconfirm its commitment to the MDG targets to be reached by 2015; to urge all partners to do the same, pointing to the fact that donors are falling short on their 2005 pledges on annual aid flows and that overall progress has been too slow for most of the goals to be met by 2015, which are in any case minimal; to call as a matter of urgency for the MDGs to be completed and, in particular, for cancellation of the Southern countries’ debt and recognition of the environmental debt of the Northern countries vis-à-vis the Southern countries to be included in them,

Amendment 63 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) to insist ~~not to use MDG funds to tackle~~ that the MDGs should be revised ambitiously and withe consequences of climate change for the poor; instead, to mobilise additional funds to reach goals where progress has been extremely limited, such as on MDG5 (maternal health); to focus attention on reaching particularly important MDGs;cern for the general interests of the world, and that additional funds should be allocated to fighting climate change; stresses in this context the usefulness of the Ecuadorian Government’s Yasuni-ITT initiative and of the international community’s common financial contribution mechanism, which is based on the UN principle of shared responsibility for environmental problems,

Amendment 64 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) to insist not to use MDG funds to tackle the consequences of the financial and climate change ~~for the poor~~crises; instead, to mobilise additional funds to reach goals where progress has been extremely limited, such as on MDG5 (maternal health); to focus attention on reaching particularly important MDGs;,

Amendment 65 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – after point u – title (new)

Climate change

Amendment 66 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)

(ua) to promote a debate in view of the forthcoming Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16) in Mexico in December 2010 and to start building consensus on the adoption of a new binding international agreement on climate change for the period post-2012,

Amendment 67 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point u b (new)

(ub) to avoid the organizational and structural mistakes of COP15 in Copenhagen which failed to deliver an international binding agreement, by suggesting specific voting rules, based on significant majorities, in order to facilitate progress in the negotiations,

Amendment 68 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)

(ua) to insist on an agenda and a roadmap for 2010-2015 aimed at reactivating the goals in order to preserve those goals on which progress has already been made as well as those that are at a standstill,

Amendment 69 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point u b (new)

(ub) to welcome the fact that Ministers renewed the EU’s commitment to allocate 0.7% of its GNI to ODA by 2015 and considered this as feasible,

Amendment 7 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital B

B. whereas, according to the Treaty of Lisbon, the European Union will now be represented in external relations and international fora by a single entity, the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (‘the Vice- President/High Representative’) supported by a new EU diplomatic service; whereas the Treaty of Lisbon has also brought changes to the prerogatives of the Union’s external policies such as the ~~principle that development policy should comply with the Union’s external action~~greater integration of the different components of the Union’s external action, notably development policy and external trade,

Amendment 70 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point v

(v) to urge the Vice-President/High Representative to spdeakl with ~~one voice on behalf of all EU Member States when addressing human rights issues, and also to call on each Member State to emphasise those unified EU positions in order to give them more weight~~human rights in an impartial fashion, and not to give way to political bias,

Amendment 71 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point v

(v) to urge the Vice-President/High Representative to speak with one voice on behalf of all EU Member States when addressing human rights issues, and also to call on each Member State to emphasise those unified EU positions in order to give them more weight, taking into account that, in accordance with Article 21 of the TEU, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms is one of the principles that shall guide the Union’s action on the international scene, and that the support of democracy and human rights is one of the objectives of its external action,

Amendment 72 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w

(w) to achieve, in early and substantive dialogue with EU Member States and the UN membership, an efficient proactive negotiation strategy as well as a common position on the review of the Human Rights Council~~; to strengthen the Third Committee, with its universal membership, as a communication channel for the human rights cases discussed by the HR~~, taking into account that the 2011 UNHRC review is split into two parts: the review of the working methods will be conducted in Geneva, while the status of the body will be debated in New York; to strengthen the Third Committee, with its universal membership, as a communication channel for the human rights cases discussed by the HRC, bearing in mind that the Third Committee, with its universal membership, could also offset the UNHRC’s shortcomings just as the UN GA does with regard to decisions by the UN SC,

Amendment 73 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)

(xa) to continue to press for the establishment of membership criteria for election to the UNHRC, especially as a minimum requirement in the cooperation with special procedures, in line with the terms of reference of EU Member States; calls in this respect on the EU to take the leadership role by developing a set of guidelines with cross-regional partners for use during elections,

Amendment 74 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point x b (new)

(xb) to recognise the need for a more comprehensive debate in the UNHRC and to acknowledge the discussions on ways to strengthen the UNHRC without opening the Institutional Building package and by preserving the independence of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR),

Amendment 75 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point y

(y) to insistr on~~gly advocate that the UNGA continue to address country specific situations in resolutions~~ the fact that the review of the UNHRC should strengthen the Special Procedures as well as guarantee the possibility for the UNHRC to address specific human rights violations through country resolutions and country mandates; while working to avoid the use of ‘No Action Motions’,

Amendment 76 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point y

(y) to ~~strongly advocate that the UNGA continue~~encourage the UNGA to address country -specific situations in impartial resolutions while working to avoid the use of ‘No Action Motions’,

Amendment 77 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)

(ya) to exercise leadership in the promotion and protection of human rights, including the rights of members of vulnerable groups and minorities, freedom of expression and free media, freedom of religion, the rights of the child, the protection of human rights defenders and cooperation with civil society,

Amendment 78 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)

(ya) to strongly advocate the prioritization of human rights in formulating a response to the global financial slowdown, because its negative impact is disproportionately felt by the already marginalized sectors of the population in many countries where the enjoyment of human rights is severely curtailed or completely undermined,

Amendment 79 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point z

(z) to concentrate efforts to reinforce the global trend towards the abolition of ~~the~~ death penalty by seeking tohe adoption of the relevant resolution on the death penalty; to support all efforts to eradicate torture and particularly to encourage the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on Torture,

Amendment 8 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the EU will have to succeed the EC as observer to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and other UN bodies, as a party to a number of UN conventions, and, in a few exceptional cases such as the FAO, as a member,

Amendment 80 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point aa

(aa) to strive to ~~empower more wo~~give women the same responsibilities as men so they can fulfil their vital role in contributing to sustainable peace, security and reconciliation as well as to promote their participation in mediation and conflict resolution, also in view of the upcoming 10th anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325; to encourage th~~ose~~e European Union and its EU Member States ~~who have not ye~~to become more active in this respect and to produce national action plans (NAPs) to implement the resolution;

Amendment 81 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point aa a (new)

(aaa) to show its deep commitment to UNSC Resolution 1325 adopted in 2000 by taking part in the events commemorating its 10th anniversary,

Amendment 82 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a c

(ac) to promote a debate with regard to the forthcoming Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16) in Mexico in December 2010 and to start building consensus on the adoption of a new binding international agreement on climate change for the period post-2012,deleted

Amendment 83 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a c

(ac) to promote athe debate with regard to the forthcoming Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16) in Mexico in December 2010 ~~and to start building consensus on the adoption of a new~~with the aim of establishing a binding international agreement on climate change for the period post-2012; to promote in this framework the Bolivian initiative of a peoples’ summit for climate justice, which will be a key point in this debate,

Amendment 84 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a c

(ac) to promote a debate on human influence on climate change with regard to the forthcoming Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16) in Mexico in December 2010 ~~and to start building consensus on the adoption of a new binding international agreement on climate change for the period post-2012~~,

Amendment 85 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a d

(ad) to avoid the organisational and structural mistakes of COP15 in Copenhagen, which failed to deliver an international binding agreement, by suggesting specific voting rules, based on significant majorities, in order to facilitate progress in the negotiations;deleted

Amendment 86 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a d

Amendment 87 #

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a d

(ad) to avoid the organisational and structural mistakes of COP15 in Copenhagen, which failed to ~~deliver an international binding agreement, by suggesting specific voting rules, based on significant majorities~~hold a debate among the various schools of thought on human influence on climate change, in order to facilitate progress in the negotiations;

Amendment 9 #