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2018/2040(INI) Recommendation to the Council on the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Lead committee dossier: AFET/8/12534
Legal Basis RoP 0113
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | AFET | FREUND Eugen (S&D) | KOVATCHEV Andrey (EPP), TANNOCK Charles (ECR), KYUCHYUK Ilhan (ALDE), SCHOLZ Helmut (GUE/NGL), LOCHBIHLER Barbara (Verts/ALE), CASTALDO Fabio Massimo (EFD) |
Legal Basis RoP 0113
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2018/07/05
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T8-0312/2018
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The European Parliament adopted, by 390 votes to 103, with 10 abstentions, a resolution on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Members recalled that the EU and its Member States remain fully committed to multilateralism, global governance, the promotion of UN core values as an integral part of the EU’s external policy, and the three pillars of the UN system: (i) human rights, (ii) peace and security, (iii) development. The EU’s global strategy reflects the level of today’s global challenges, which require a strong and more efficient UN and a deepening of cooperation at Member State level both within the EU and the UN. Parliament has stated that the EU Member States need to make every effort to coordinate their action in the organs and bodies of the UN system and speak with one voice based on international human rights law and the core values of the EU. In this context, it recommended the following: Reform of the UN system, including reform of the Security Council to actively support the UN Secretary-General’s (UNSG) three pillar reform agenda with the aim of making the UN system truly coordinated, efficient, effective, integrated, transparent and accountable; to remind all UN Member States of their obligation to maintain their financial efforts to support all UN agencies and meet their commitments on development aid spending; to actively support the UNSG’s efforts in the implementation of the UN strategy on gender parity as an essential tool to ensure the equal representation of women in the UN system; to redouble efforts to reform the UNSC in particular, through a significant limitation or by regulating the use of the right to veto, notably in cases where there is evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity, which has been obstructing the decision-making process and through a change in the composition of its membership to better reflect today’s global order, inter alia through a permanent seat for the European Union; to call for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice; to advocate the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) within the UN system in order to increase the democratic character, the democratic accountability and the transparency of global governance. Peace and security to promote stronger commitments from Member States to peace and security both at international and internal level and call on the UN to prioritise prevention, mediation and political solutions to conflicts while addressing their root causes and drivers; to call on the UN to make peacekeeping operations more credible and transparent and create the necessary spaces to involve local actors in all phases of the humanitarian and peacebuilding effort; to advocate a broad definition of the concept of human security and strengthening the role of the principle of the responsibility to protect; to reiterate its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and its full support for actions aimed at the defeat and eradication of terrorist organisations, in particular Daesh/ISIS, which pose a clear threat to regional and international security; to combat terrorist financing, develop mechanisms to identify terrorist individuals and organisations and implement approaches to counter radicalisation; to push for stronger multilateral commitments to find sustainable political solutions to current conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa; to keep addressing the major security threats in the Sahel, Sahara, Lake Chad and Horn of Africa regions with a view to eradicating the terrorist threat caused by ISIL/Daesh and al-Qaeda affiliates and by Boko Haram or any other affiliated terrorist groups; to uphold the nuclear agreement between Iran and the Security Council Members plus Germany as an important success of international and, notably, EU diplomacy. Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament to systematically support all UN actions related to disarmament, confidence-building, non-proliferation and counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer or use of chemical weapons by a state party or non-state actor; to work towards more effective action against the diversion of, and illicit trade in, weapons and ammunition, including small arms and light weapons, in particular by developing a weapons tracking system; to establish a legal framework on drones and armed robots in line with existing international humanitarian law to prevent this technology from being misused in illegal activities by state and non-state actors; Human rights, democracy and the rule of law, development to urge all UN Member States to ratify and effectively implement all core UN human rights conventions, including the UN Convention Against Torture and the Optional Protocol thereto, the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights establishing complaint and inquiry mechanisms; to ensure that human rights reforms continue to be fully integrated within the UN’s three pillars of reform; to support mainstreaming of the human rights dimension in the work of the United Nations; to continue to advocate freedom of religion or belief; to call for greater efforts to protect the rights of religious and other minorities; to encourage all UN Member States to ensure that their citizens are able to be fully involved in political, social, and economic processes – including the freedom of religion or belief – without discrimination; to emphasise the importance of a free press and media in a healthy society, and the role of every citizen therein; to maintain a strong commitment to the abolition of the death penalty worldwide; to strengthen the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the international criminal justice system to promote accountability and end impunity; to demand that greater efforts be made to prevent irregular migration and to fight people smuggling and human trafficking, in particular by combating criminal networks through timely and effective exchange of relevant intelligence; to implement the UN's ambitious sustainable development agenda to 2030 and its 17 sustainable development goals; to step up climate diplomacy efforts by developing a comprehensive EU climate diplomacy strategy and integrating climate action into all areas of EU external action.
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T8-0312/2018
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- 2018/07/02 Debate in Parliament
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2018/06/27
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0230/2018
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The Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted the report by Eugen FREUND (S&D, AT) on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly The EU and its Member States remain fully committed to multilateralism, global governance, the promotion of UN core values as an integral part of the EU’s external policy, and the three pillars of the UN system: (i) human rights, (ii) peace and security, (iii) development. The EU’s global strategy reflects the level of today’s global challenges, which require a strong and more efficient UN and a deepening of cooperation at Member State level both within the EU and the UN. Against this background, Members recommend the following to the Council: Reform of the UN system, including reform of the Security Council to actively support the UN Secretary-General’s (UNSG) three pillar reform agenda with the aim of making the UN system truly coordinated, efficient, effective, integrated, transparent and accountable; to support reduced bureaucracy, simplified procedures and decentralised decision-making, with greater transparency and accountability on the missions and work of UN staff; to remind all UN Member States of their obligation to maintain their financial efforts to support all UN agencies and meet their commitments on development aid spending; to actively support the UNSG’s efforts in the implementation of the UN strategy on gender parity as an essential tool to ensure the equal representation of women in the UN system; to redouble efforts to reform the UNSC in particular, through a significant limitation or by regulating the use of the right to veto, notably in cases where there is evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity, which has been obstructing the decision-making process and through a change in the composition of its membership to better reflect today’s global order, inter alia through a permanent seat for the European Union; to call for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice; to advocate the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) within the UN system in order to increase the democratic character, the democratic accountability and the transparency of global governance. Peace and security to promote stronger commitments from Member States to peace and security both at international and internal level; to call on the UN to make peacekeeping operations more credible and transparent by establishing and reinforcing effective mechanisms to prevent possible abuses by UN personnel and to hold them accountable; to reiterate its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and its full support for actions aimed at the defeat and eradication of terrorist organisations, in particular Daesh/ISIS, which pose a clear threat to regional and international security; to keep addressing the major security threats in the Sahel, Sahara, Lake Chad and Horn of Africa regions with a view to eradicating the terrorist threat caused by ISIL/Daesh and al-Qaeda affiliates and by Boko Haram or any other affiliated terrorist groups; to uphold the nuclear agreement between Iran and the Security Council Members plus Germany as an important success of international and, notably, EU diplomacy. Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament to systematically support all UN actions related to disarmament, confidence-building, non-proliferation and counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer or use of chemical weapons by a state party or non-state actor; to work towards more effective action against the diversion of, and illicit trade in, weapons and ammunition, including small arms and light weapons, in particular by developing a weapons tracking system; to establish a legal framework on drones and armed robots in line with existing international humanitarian law to prevent this technology from being misused in illegal activities by state and non-state actors; Human rights, democracy and the rule of law to urge all UN Member States to ratify and effectively implement all core UN human rights conventions, including the UN Convention Against Torture and the Optional Protocol thereto, the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights establishing complaint and inquiry mechanisms, and to comply with the reporting obligations under these instruments and the commitment to cooperate in good faith with UN human rights mechanisms; to ensure that human rights reforms continue to be fully integrated within the UN’s three pillars of reform; to support mainstreaming of the human rights dimension in the work of the United Nations; to continue to advocate freedom of religion or belief; to call for greater efforts to protect the rights of religious and other minorities; to encourage all UN Member States to ensure that their citizens are able to be fully involved in political, social, and economic processes – including the freedom of religion or belief – without discrimination; to emphasise the importance of a free press and media in a healthy society, and the role of every citizen therein; to demand that greater efforts be made to prevent irregular migration and to fight people smuggling and human trafficking, in particular by combating criminal networks through timely and effective exchange of relevant intelligence.
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A8-0230/2018
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2018/06/20
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2018/04/19
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0230/2018
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0312/2018
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2018/2040(INI)
2018/05/02
AFET
327 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 — having regard to the Charter of the United Nations as a whole and, for what concerns freedom of thought, to its Articles 2, 16.1, and 18,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) - having regard to the resolution (A/RES/65/276) of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the participation of the European Union in the work of the United Nations, which grants the EU the right to intervene in the UN General Assembly, to present proposals and amendments orally which will be put to a vote at the request of a Member State, and to exercise the right to reply,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g a (new) (ga) to support the UNSG in his efforts to increase UN involvement in peace negotiations;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g b (new) (gb) to ensure that all UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations have a human rights mandate and adequate staff to carry out this function;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g c (new) (gc) to increase Member State support for UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g c (new) (gc) to further strengthen the oversight and accountability mechanisms regarding the United Nations peacekeeping operations;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g c (new) (gc) to call on the UN to make peacekeeping operations more credible and transparent by establishing and reinforcing effective mechanisms to prevent possible abuses by UN personnel and to hold them accountable in cases when abuses happen; to adopt a multilateral approach throughout the overall process of the missions; to enhance interaction with local communities, ensuring them protection and relief; to ensure that protection of civilians is at the core of peacekeeping mandates;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g c (new) (gc) to deepen the cooperation with the UN in the Strategic Partnership on Peacekeeping and Crisis management; to encourage the EU-UN cooperation in the Security Sector Reform (SSR); to enhance the effectiveness of peace keeping operations in the wider context of the UN reform process;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g d (new) (gd) to call on the UN to set up clearer and more efficient procedures to report concerns or evidence of abuses, fraud, corruption and misconduct related to activities carried out by UN military and civilian personnel during peacekeeping missions and to tackle these cases through specific investigations in a timely manner;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g e (new) (ge) to call on the UN to reduce the overall environmental impact of UN peacekeeping operations and allow improved cost efficiency, safety and security both for troops and for civilians of hosting countries;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g e (new) (ge) to strengthen support for local actors by empowering the most vulnerable groups to act as agents of change and create the spaces to engage them in all phases of humanitarian and peace building work;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point h (h) to stress that global and regional threats and common global concerns require a response and responsibilities taken by the whole international community
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) - having regard to the UN Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888,1889, 1960, 2106, 2122 and 2242 on Women, Peace and Security,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point h (h) to stress that global and regional threats and common global concerns require a quicker response and responsibilities taken by the whole international community, including all UNSC permanent members and integrally involving other major emerging economies and developing countries, and for those violating international law to be brought to justice accordingly;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point h (h) to stress that global and regional threats and common global concerns require
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point h a (new) (ha) to reiterate its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism; to strengthen the efficacy of international police, legal and judicial cooperation in the fight against terrorism and transnational crime; to give its full support for actions aimed at defeating and eradicating terrorist organisations, in particular ISIL/Daesh, which still pose a clear threat to regional and international security; to strengthen joint EU-UN efforts in combating root causes of extreme violence and terrorism and to promote education as a tool for preventing terrorism; to continue working with the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council to combat the financing of terrorism, taking into account the European Parliament's recommendation of 1 March 2018;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i (i) to welcome the trilateral cooperation between the African Union
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i (i) to welcome
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i (i) to welcome the trilateral cooperation between the African Union (AU), the EU and the UN as a strong signal in terms of strengthening multilateralism and global governance and providing assistance to those in need of international protection, and to call for a concerted effort towards capacity building in this regard by the EU, UN and AU;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i a (new) (ia) to continue to support the efforts to further operationalise R2P and to support the UN in continuing to play a critical role in assisting countries in the implementation of R2P; to further strengthen the role of R2P as an important principle in UN Member States' work on conflict resolution, human rights and development;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i a (new) (ia) to recall EU’s commitment to implementing the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), preventing and halting human rights violations in the context of atrocities; to continue to support efforts to further operationalise R2P and UN actions of assisting countries in the implementation of R2P in order to uphold human rights, the rule of law and international humanitarian law;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i b (new) (ib) to further strengthen the role of R2P as an important principle in UN Member States' work on conflict resolution, human rights and development; to promote a broad definition of the human security concept and the R2P principle;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) - having regard to the key principles enshrined in the Global Strategy for the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy of June 2016, particularly those pertaining to the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the inviolability of state borders which are equally respected by all participating states,
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i b (new) (ib) to continue to promote a broad definition of the human security concept and of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and to further promote a strong UN role in their implementation;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i c (new) (ic) to use all instruments at its disposal to enhance compliance by state and non-state actors' actions with international humanitarian law (IHL); to support efforts led by the International Committee of the Red Cross towards the establishment of an effective mechanism for strengthening compliance with IHL;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i d (new) (id) to insist that counter-terrorism should become a key element of the UN’s prevention agenda;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i e (new) (ie) to take, at every level, all possible measures to control recruitment and fight terrorist propaganda conducted not only through social media platforms but also through networks of radicalised hate preachers, paying special attention to preaching in mosques and Islamic centres; to support counter-radicalisation and de-radicalisation policies;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i e (new) (ie) to reiterate its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and its full support for actions aimed at the defeat and eradication of terrorist organisations, in particular ISIL/Daesh, which poses a clear threat to regional and international security;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i f (new) (if) to support the UNICRI in the implementation and operationalization of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), building on the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime; to strengthen joint EU-UN efforts in combating the root causes of terrorism, particularly in countering hybrid threats and developing research and capacity building in cyber defence; to rely on the existing initiatives setup by local partners to design, implement, and develop approaches countering radicalisation and recruitment to terrorism;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i g (new) (ig) to step up efforts to clamp down on recruitment and fight terrorist propaganda, through social media platforms but also through networks of radicalised hate preachers; to support actions strengthening resilience of communities vulnerable to radicalisation; to support counter-radicalisation and de- radicalisation policies in line with the UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism; to support an enhanced EU contribution to UN capacity building initiatives concerning the fight against foreign terrorist fighters and violent extremism;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i h (new) (ih) to support actions strengthening the resilience of communities targeted by extremist propaganda and vulnerable to radicalisation, including by addressing the economic, social, cultural, and political causes which lead to it;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i i (new) (ii) to work with the UN General Assembly to combat the financing of terrorism and to build mechanisms to designate terrorist individuals and organizations and strengthen asset- freezing mechanisms worldwide;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i i (new) (ii) to reiterate its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism and its full support for actions aimed at defeating and eradicating terrorist organisations, which pose a clear threat to regional and international security;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 b (new) - having regard to its Annual report on the implementation of CFSP of 13 December 2017,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i j (new) (ij) to push for stronger multilateral commitments to find sustainable political solutions to current conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Syria, Yemen, Israel/Palestine and Western Sahara; to continue to support UN special envoys’ work, actions and initiatives aimed at solving these conflicts; to call for continued humanitarian, financial and political assistance from the international community; to hold to account those responsible for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law and to work towards the immediate cessation of violence;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i j (new) (ij) to support efforts deployed by the UN to find a sustainable resolution to the conflict in Syria and to continue to back the EU’s role in the humanitarian field;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i k (new) (i k) to urge the international community to do whatever is in their power in order to strongly condemn those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Syrian conflict; to support the UNSG’s call for the establishment of a new impartial and independent panel to determine perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria, as the absence of such a body increases the risks of a military escalation;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i k (new) (i k) to insist that a Syrian-led political process which will lead to free and fair elections, facilitated and monitored by the United Nations and held on the basis of a new constitution, is the only way to pacify the country; to stress that a nationwide inclusive ceasefire and peaceful mutually acceptable solution to the Syrian crisis can be achieved under UN auspices and, as provided for in the 2012 Geneva Communiqué and UNSC resolution 2254 (2015), with the support of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i l (new) (i l) to support the UN peace plan initiative in Yemen and to tackle the ongoing humanitarian crisis as a matter of urgency; to call on all parties to respect the human rights and freedoms of all Yemeni citizens, and to stress the need of negotiated political settlement through inclusive intra-Yemeni dialogue;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i m (new) (i m) to ensure that the UN General Assembly provides, in cooperation with the EU, all instruments to ensure that a two-state solution, on the basis of the1967 borders, with Jerusalem as capital of both states, and a secure State of Israel with secure and recognised borders, and an independent, democratic, contiguous and viable State of Palestine, living side by side in peace and security, is sustainable and effective;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i n (new) (i n) to call on all Member States to support the full implementation of the Secretary General’s 30 March 2017 Report’s recommendations on UNRWA financing, given UNRWA’s severe financial crisis in 2018 which threatens both the well-being of millions of Palestinian refugees and regional stability, and to reiterate the EU’s essential support for the important work of UNRWA;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i o (new) (i o) to act upon the rulings of the European Court of Justice on the Western Sahara and to support UN efforts to secure a fair and lasting settlement of the Western Sahara conflict, on the basis of the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people and in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions; to push for the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to be provided with a human rights mandate, in line with all the other UN peacekeeping missions;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i p (new) (i p) to keep addressing the major security threats in the Sahel, Sahara, Lake Chad and Horn of Africa regions in view of eradicating the terrorist threat caused by ISIL/Daesh and al-Qaeda affiliates and by Boko Haram or any other affiliated terrorist groups;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i q (new) (i q) to reiterate its strong support for the JCPOA and its significance for regional stability; to underline the importance of making sure that the EU`s commitment to lifting sanctions is combined with reforms in Iran which should increase the transparency of its financial system, this also includes the fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism in order to guarantee that the positive effects of the JCPOA are felt in the Iranian economy;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 c (new) - having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals,
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i r (new) (i r) to uphold the nuclear agreement between Iran and the Security Council Members plus Germany as an important success of international and notably EU diplomacy and to continue putting pressure on the United States to deliver on the practical implementation;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i s (new) (i s) to continue to call for the full respect of internationally-recognised borders and the territorial integrity of Eastern European and South Caucasus countries, including Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, in light of the violations of international law in these areas; to support and reinvigorate diplomatic efforts for a peaceful settlement of these on-going and frozen conflicts; to urge the international community to implement fully the policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea; to actively increase pressure on Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, in order to resolve the conflict in Ukraine;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i s (new) (i s) to continue to call for the full respect of the sovereignty, internationally recognised borders and the territorial integrity of countries, including Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, in light of the violations of international law in these areas; to urge the international community to implement fully the policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i t (new) (i t) to continue to call for the full respect of internationally recognised borders and the territorial integrity of Ukraine and all other Eastern European countries in light of the violations of international law in these areas; to support and reinvigorate diplomatic efforts for a peaceful and sustainable settlement of these ongoing and protracted conflicts;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i u (new) (i u) to actively increase pressure on Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, in order to end its illegal annexation of occupied Crimea, role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, and interference in the territorial integrity and governance of neighbouring states and third countries;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i v (new) (i v) to support the intra-Korean talks in their efforts towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula; to call on all international actors involved to actively and positively contribute towards this goal on the basis of dialogue;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i w (new) (i w) to react to a shift in global politics where US engagement in multilateral institutions is dwindling and at the same time China is developing its own international institutions, by showing EU leadership in the UN and actively seeking support and forging alliances;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i x (new) (i x) to urge the General Assembly and the Security Council to discuss the tensions in the South China Sea with the intention to bring all concerned parties to finalise the negotiation of a code of conduct;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point i y (new) (i y) to support the work of the UN Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar and to insist on the importance of allowing access to the country by the Myanmar authorities; to call for an independent international investigation into the mass atrocities committed in Rakhine State since August 2017 in order to ensure accountability and avoid impunity; to ensure UNHCR is involved in the implementation of the 23 November 2017 arrangement between Myanmar and Bangladesh;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point j Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 c (new) - having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point j (j) to call on all Member States to continue to support and implement the eight UN Security Council resolutions2 which make up the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, and guide work to
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point j (j) to call on all Member States to continue to support and implement the eight UN Security Council resolutions2 which make up the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, and guide work to promote gender equality and strengthen women’s participation, protection and rights across the conflict cycle, from conflict prevention through post-conflict reconstruction, while adopting a victim- centred approach to reduce further harm to those women and girls directly affected by conflict; __________________ 2 1325 (2000), 1820 (2009); 1888 (2009); 1889 (2010); 1960 (2011); 2106 (2013); 2122 (2013) and 2242 (2015).
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point j a (new) (ja) to recall that women’s participation in peace processes remains one of the most unfulfilled aspects of the Women, Peace and Security agenda, despite women being the primary victims of security, political and humanitarian crises;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point j b (new) (jb) to highlight that UN Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security has not achieved its primary objective of protecting women and substantially increasing their participation in political and decision- making processes;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point j c (new) (jc) to recall that equality between women and men is a core principle of the European Union and its Member States, and fostering it is one of the Union’s principal objectives;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point j d (new) (jd) to continue to promote equality and non-discrimination between women and men, and to actively promote the support of further actions against violation of LGBTI rights;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point j e (new) (je) to engage the most vulnerable people (including children, youth, women, people with disabilities) at all levels of decision-making and all processes;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k (k) to recall that armed conflict leaves both men and women vulnerable, but puts women at a greater risk of economic and sexual exploitation, forced labour, displacement and detention and sexual violence such as rape which is used as a tactic of war and
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k (k) to recall that sexual violence such as rape is used as a tactic of war and constitutes a war crime; to ensure safe medical assistance for cases of war rape; to call for strengthened protection of minors, women and
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k (k) to recall that sexual violence such as rape is used as a tactic of war and constitutes a war crime; to ensure safe medical assistance for cases of war rape; to call for strengthened protection of women and girls in conflict situations, especially as
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) - having regard to the Statement by H.E. Ms. Joanne Adamson, Chargé d'Affaires a.i., Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, at the Security Council Open Debate on Collective Action to Improve UN Peacekeeping Operations on 28 March 2018,
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k (k) to recall that sexual violence such as rape is used as a tactic of war and constitutes a war crime; to ensure safe medical assistance for cases of war rape; to call for strengthened protection of women and girls in conflict situations, especially as regards sexual violence; to urge all UN Member States to make all necessary financial and human resources available to assist the population in conflict areas;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k (k) to recall that sexual violence such as rape is used as a tactic of war and constitutes a war crime; to ensure safe medical assistance for cases of war rape; to call for strengthened protection of women and girls in conflict situations, especially as regards sexual violence coupled with the imposition of exemplary punishment on the perpetrators of this crime;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k (k) to recall that sexual violence such as rape is used as a tactic of war and constitutes a war crime; to ensure safe medical assistance for cases of war rape; to call for strengthened protection of women and girls in conflict situations, especially as regards sexual violence, including Female Genital Mutilation, and child, early and forced marriage;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k a (new) (ka) to urgently address all aspects of the 15 May 2015 UN Evaluation Report on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by the United Nations and Related Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations without delay and to hold perpetrators to account; to investigate, prosecute and sentence any military and civilian personnel who committed acts of sexual violence without delay and with firmest resolve;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k a (new) (ka) to support and strengthen international efforts through the UN to end the use of children in armed conflict, as well as to more effectively address the impact of conflict and post-conflict situations on women and girls;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k a (new) (ka) to support and strengthen international efforts through the UN to end the use of children in armed conflicts;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k b (new) (kb) to support the role of the UN Working Group on Children in Armed Conflict in order to deepen support for the rights of young people affected by war, and to support the UN "Children Not Soldiers" campaign with a view to ending the recruitment and use of children by government armed forces and non-state actors in conflict;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k b (new) (kb) to launch the reform of relevant structures in a way to end impunity of UN and EU personnel serving in military operations and civilian missions and to establish functioning and transparent oversight and accountability mechanisms; to urgently change the fact that currently legal actions regarding alleged abuses remain purely voluntary and depended on the troop-contributing country;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k c (new) (kc) to encourage further training of UN peacekeeping personnel on the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, in order to promote expertise on sexual violence issues;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point k d (new) (kd) to call for the strengthening of child protection systems and to support concrete measures in the best interests of the child refugees and migrants, based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EU remains fully
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point l Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point l (l)
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point l (l) to support and strengthen international efforts through the UN to ensure gender analysis as well as gender and human rights mainstreaming in all UN activities, notably in peacekeeping operations, humanitarian operations, post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation processes; to develop indicators and to implement monitoring tools to measure progress on the participation of women in peace and security building and to ensure accountability; to ensure that the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda is accompanied with adequate funding;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point l (l) to support and strengthen international efforts through the UN to ensure gender analysis as well as gender and human rights mainstreaming in all UN activities; to develop indicators and to implement monitoring tools to measure progress on the participation of women in peace and security building, including in peacekeeping operations, and to ensure accountability;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point l (l) to support and strengthen international efforts through the UN to ensure gender analysis as well as gender and human rights mainstreaming in all UN activities; to develop indicators and to implement monitoring tools to measure progress on the participation of women in peace and security building and to ensure accountability, as well as to provide effective engagement with communities, and to ensure improved cultures and behaviours which are also in line with the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point l a (new) (la) to support the implementation of UN Security Council's resolution 2242 on Women, Peace and Security, which makes women the central component in all efforts to address global challenges, including rising violent extremism, conflict prevention and mediation, humanitarian crises, poverty, climate change, migration, sustainable development, peace and security;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point l a (new) (la) to maintain its commitment with the UN to monitor and effectively implement the Spotlight initiative, the aim of which is to put an end to all forms of violence against women and girls;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point m (m) to provide all means to proactively support the UNSG’s priorities for conflict prevention, reduction and mediation3 , by such initiatives as the establishment of the High-
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point m (m) to provide all means to proactively support the UNSG’s priorities for conflict prevention and mediation3 , by such initiatives as the establishment of the High- Level Advisory Board on Mediation; to ensure that human rights are at the core of conflict prevention and mediation policies; __________________ 3 As set out in his first statement to the UN Security Council on 10 January 2017.
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point n (n) to strengthen the operational side of EU and UN priorities for conflict prevention and reduction, including by ensuring the availability of experienced mediators and mediation advisers, including women envoys and senior officials, and to ensure more effective coordination of the UN's political, humanitarian, security, and development tools;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EU and its Member States remain
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point n (n) to strengthen the operational side of EU and UN priorities for conflict prevention, including by ensuring the availability of experienced mediators and mediation advisers
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point n (n) to strengthen the operational side of EU and UN priorities for conflict prevention, including by ensuring the availability of experienced mediators and mediation advisers
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point n a (new) (na) to consider that at the peace table, where crucial decisions about post- conflict recovery and governance are made, women are conspicuously underrepresented despite the fact that when women have an explicit role in peace processes there is a 20% increase in the probability of an agreement lasting at least 2 years, and a 35% increase in the probability of an agreement lasting at least 15 years;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point n a (new) (na) to strongly support the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda and its objective of giving youth a greater voice in decision-making at the local, national, regional and international levels; to support in this regard the setting up of mechanisms that would enable young people to participate meaningfully in peace processes;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point o (o) to further strengthen EU-UN cooperation on devising instruments to address the recurrent problem of election- related violence, including by building on the experience of MEPs in Election Observation Missions and parliamentary pre-election dialogues with political
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point o a (new) (oa) to recall the significant contributions of the EU (external financing instruments) to the UN system, including global peace, the rule of law and human rights and the development agenda;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point o b (new) (ob) to strongly support the Secretary General's proposals to render the UN Development System more effective and to define a supportive position in view of the proposed funding compact in return for increased effectiveness, transparency and accountability;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – subheading 5 Non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point -p (new) -p to express concern at the erosion of the existing arms control and disarmament system and its legal instruments; to support all efforts to putting the arms control and disarmament agenda back on course, including by reviving the Conference on Disarmament; to promote the nuclear non-proliferation through the 2020 review process by bringing the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty in force without delay; to undertake efforts to enforcing the Chemical Weapons Convention and strengthening the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW); to ensure accountability for violations of disarmament and arms control treaties by existing mechanisms of the arms control and disarmament instruments;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point p (p) to systematically support all UN actions related to disarmament, confidence-building, non-proliferation and counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EU remains fully committed to multilateralism
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point p (p) to systematically support all UN actions related to non-proliferation and counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including the development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, transfer or use of chemical weapons by a state party or non-state actor;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point p a (new) (pa) to urgently advance nuclear disarmament both regionally and globally by following the Parliament’s resolution of 27 October 2016 which calls on all EU Member States to support the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, which adopted the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on 7 July 2017, and calls on all Member States to sign this Treaty, as Austria and Ireland have already done;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point p a (new) (pa) to support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons supported in 2017 by 122 UN Member States and to work for the signing and ratification of this Treaty by all UN Member States;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point q (q) to
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point q (q) to promote the
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point q a (new) (qa) to support UN efforts to prevent non-state actors and terrorist groups from developing, manufacturing, acquiring or transferring weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems; to insist on full compliance with the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons(NPT), the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r (r) to work towards more effective action against the diversion of, and illicit trade in, weapons and ammunition, including small arms and light weapons, in particular by developing a weapons tracking system;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r (r) to work towards more effective action against the diversion of, and illicit trade in, weapons and ammunition, including small arms and light weapons, in particular by developing a weapons tracking and registration system; to request that UN members actively take steps towards global disarmament;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r (r) to work towards more effective action against the diversion of, and illicit trade in, weapons and ammunition, including small arms and light weapons, in
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r a (new) (ra) to pay special attention to the technological progress in the field of weaponisation of robotics and, in particular, on armed robots and drones and their conformity with international law; to establish a legal framework on drones and armed robots in line with the existing international humanitarian law to prevent this technology from being misused in illegal activities by state and non-state actors;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to the UN Human Rights Conventions and the optional protocols thereto,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r a (new) (ra) to strongly condemn the widespread human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law; to call for greater protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in every dimension of their expression, including in the context of new technologies;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r a (new) (ra) to promote the start of effective negotiations on the prohibition of drones and armed robots in order to stop the on- going development of lethal autonomous weapons;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r a (new) (ra) to promote a UN-based legal framework which strictly stipulates that the use of armed drones has to respect international humanitarian and human rights law;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r b (new) (rb) to work towards an international ban of weapon systems that lack human control over the use of force as requested by the Parliament on various occasions and, in preparation of relevant meetings at UN level, to urgently develop and adopt a common position on autonomous weapon systems and to speak at relevant fora with one voice and act accordingly;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r b (new) (rb) to encourage all UN Member States to sign and ratify the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti- Personnel Mines and on their Destruction;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r c (new) (rc) to reaffirm the commitment to the objectives of the Chemical Weapons Convention, to encourage all UN Member States to ratify or accede to it; to strengthen the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and its work by ensuring it has appropriate financial resources and staff to fulfil its objectives; to ensure that in the cases were the use of chemical weapons is reported, perpetrators are brought to justice;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r e (new) (re) in light of their confirmed use in Syria during Operation Inherent Resolve, to dissuade coalition partners from any further use of depleted uranium munitions in either Syria or Iraq and to develop an EU common position that better reflects the Parliament’s repeated calls for a precautionary global moratorium and the developing global consensus on the potential civilian health risks, complex post-conflict radioactive waste management burden and financial costs associated with the use of such weapons;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point r f (new) (rf) with reference to UN Environment Assembly resolution UNEP/EA.3/Res.1, and UN Human Rights Council resolution 34/20, to work towards the clarification and development of post- conflict obligations for the clearance and management of contamination from the use of depleted uranium weapons, and the assistance of communities affected by their use;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s (s) to recall that human rights are indivisible, interdependent and interrelated; to call on the EU and the UN
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas EU’s Global Strategy reflects the level of today’s global challenges, which require a strong and more efficient UN and a deepening of cooperation at Member State level both within the EU and the UN;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s (s) to recall that human rights are indivisible, interdependent and interrelated; to call on the EU and the UN to con
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s (s) to recall that human rights are indivisible, interdependent and interrelated; to call on the EU and the UN to condemn the disturbing global trend towards a marginalisation and denial of human rights,
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s (s) to recall that human rights are indivisible, interdependent and interrelated; to call on the EU and the UN to condemn the disturbing global trend towards a marginalisation of human rights, particularly with regard to the closing space for civil society around the world; to urge all UN Member States to ratify and effectively implement all core UN human rights conventions, including the UN Convention Against Torture and the Optional Protocol thereto, the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant of Economic Social and Cultural Rights establishing complaint and inquiry mechanisms, and to comply with the reporting obligations under these instruments and the commitment to cooperate in good faith with UN human rights mechanisms; to draw attention to the global backlash against human rights defenders and advocates of democratisation;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s a (new) (sa) to stress that this is also the structure of freedom of thought, of conscience and of religion - in fact, these are indissolubly linked with freedom of expression, assembly and association, given that the formers could not effectively be applied without the latters;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s b (new) (sb) to promote, therefore, the freedom of deist and theist as well as people that regard themselves as atheists, agnostics, humanists and free thinkers;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s c (new) (sc) to continue to advocate for freedom of religion or belief; to urge greater efforts to protect the rights of religious and other minorities; to call for greater protection of religious minorities against persecution and violence; to call for the repeal of laws criminalising blasphemy or apostasy that serve as a pretext for the persecution of religious minorities and non-believers; to support the work of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief; to actively work for a UN recognition of the genocide against religious and other minorities committed by ISIL/Daesh, and for referral to the ICC of cases of suspected crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s d (new) (sd) to encourage the United Nations Human Rights Council to supervise the respect of human rights of its own Member States, in order to avoid the mistakes of the past like conceding the membership to gross violators of human rights and adopting anti-Semitic political positions;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s e (new) (se) to continue to advocate freedom of religion or belief; to call for greater efforts to protect the rights of religious and other minorities; to call for greater protection of religious minorities against persecution and violence; to call for the repeal of laws criminalising blasphemy or apostasy, which serve as a pretext for the persecution of religious minorities and non-believers, in particular when implementing‘ sharia’ law;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s f (new) (sf) to encourage all UN Member States to ensure their citizens are able to be fully involved in political, social, and economic processes - including the freedom of religion or belief - without discrimination;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s g (new) (sg) to strongly reaffirm the importance of its core values such as democracy, constitutionalism, the rule of law and the rule of majority against actions taken in disregard for other parties;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas EU Member States need to make every effort to coordinate their action and speak with one voice in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s h (new) (sh) to promote with its own EU initiatives the start of negotiations at the UNHCR in Geneva for an international binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s i (new) (si) to calls on all national and international authorities to adopt binding instruments devoted to the effective protection of human rights as a matter of urgency and ensure that all national and international obligations stemming from international rules are fully enforced;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point s j (new) (sj) to stress that the self- determination principle does not imply the spread of nationalist, supremacist and secessionist ideas and practices; to recall the importance of territorial sovereignty as an essential element of each Member State;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t (t) to ensure that human rights reforms continue to be fully integrated within the UN’s three pillars of reform; to support mainstreaming the human rights dimension in the work of the United Nations;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t a (new) (ta) to adopt a policy to denounce, systematically and unequivocally, the killing of human rights defenders (HRDs) and any attempt to subject them to any form of violence, persecution, threat, harassment, disappearance, imprisonment or arbitrary arrest, to condemn those who commit or tolerate such atrocities, and to step up public diplomacy in open and clear support of HRDs; to call on UN Member States to adopt policies to provide protection and support for human rights defenders at risk;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t a (new) (ta) to urge all states, including EU Member States, to swiftly ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights establishing complaint and inquiry mechanism;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t a (new) (ta) to continue to encourage all UN Member States to sign and ratify the different human rights conventions and to comply with their reporting obligations under these instruments;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t a (new) (ta) to strengthen the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the international criminal justice system in order to promote accountability and to end impunity; to call on all UN Member States to join the ICC by ratifying the Rome Statute and to encourage the ratification of the Kampala amendments; to provide the ICC with strong diplomatic, political and financial support; to call on those withdrawing from the ICC to reverse their decisions;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t b (new) (tb) to support and strengthen the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a key institution for holding perpetrators to account and assisting victims in achieving justice and to encourage strong dialogue and cooperation between the ICC, the UN and its agencies and the UN Security Council; to provide the ICC with strong diplomatic, political and financial support; to urge all UN Member States to ratify the Rome Statute and the Kampala amendments;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t b (new) (tb) to strengthen the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the international criminal justice system in order to promote accountability and to end impunity; to provide the ICC with strong diplomatic, political and financial support;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas EU Member States need to make every effort to coordinate their action in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system; whereas this cooperation needs to be based on common efforts to prevent the further escalation of the ongoing conflicts and their solution, to promote effective disarmament and arms control, in particular as nuclear arsenals are concerned, to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and to contribute to a rule-based international order;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t b (new) (tb) to strengthen the role of the ICC in order to promote accountability and to end impunity; to call on all UN Member States to join the ICC by ratifying the Rome Statute and to encourage the ratification of the Kampala amendments;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t b (new) (tb) to strengthen the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the international criminal justice system in order to promote accountability and to end impunity;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t b (new) (tb) to encourage all the UN member states to ratify and apply the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t c (new) (tc) to welcome the work realized by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights in preparation for a binding UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights; to remind the UN, EU and its Member States to constructively engage in order to speed up these negotiations;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t c (new) (tc) to pledge, in line with the European anti-corruption acquis, to promote anti-corruption measures and push for them to be further integrated in United Nations programmes;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point t d (new) (td) to undertake and support initiatives to counter tax evasion, money laundering and corruption; to support the creation of a democratic, empowered and financed intergovernmental UN tax body that could ensure a voice for developing countries in tax matters; regrets in this context that the current OECD tax committee is not sufficiently inclusive;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u (u) to maintain a strong commitment to promoting an end to the death penalty
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u (u) to maintain a strong commitment to promoting an end to the death penalty worldwide; to continue to advocate for zero tolerance for the death penalty; to call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty and to further work towards its universal abolition;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u a (new) (ua) to reiterate the importance of the United Nations Human Rights Council in restoring UN reputation and the credibility of its commitment to defend human rights;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas EU Member States need to make every effort to coordinate their action in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system with a united voice based on international human rights law and the core values of the EU;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u b (new) (ub) to recall the obligation of the General Assembly, when electing the membership of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), to take into account the respect of candidates for the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and democracy; to call for the establishment of clear human rights performance-based criteria for membership of the UNHRC;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u b (new) (ub) to recall the obligation of the UN General Assembly, when electing members to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), to take into account the respect of candidates for the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and democracy; to call for the establishment of clear human rights performance-based criteria for membership of the UNHRC;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u c (new) (uc) to reiterate clearly and firmly that all human rights – and first and foremost freedom of expression – agreed under UN conventions are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and that respect for these rights must be enforced;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u d (new) (ud) to advocate and protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people, and to call for a repeal of legislation in UN Member States which criminalises people on the grounds of their sexuality or gender identity;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u c (new) (ud) to encourage the Security Council to further address and strengthen LGBTI rights;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u e (new) (ue) to request the EU and its Member States to work with partners on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, including adoption and implementation of National Action Plans (NAP); to renew its call to the EU and its Member States to be actively and constructively engaged in formulating, as soon as possible, a legally binding international instrument that regulates, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises in order to prevent, investigate, redress and provide access to remedy to human rights violations whenever these occur;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u e (new) (ue) to support the preparation of a binding UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights with the view of ensuring corporate accountability; to support the further implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights by urging all countries, including EU Member States, to develop and implement National Action Plans, obliging businesses to ensure observance of human rights;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u f (new) (uf) to strongly condemn the judicial harassment, detention, killings, threats and intimidation of human rights defenders around the world for doing their legitimate human rights work; to push for international efforts to provide protection and support for human rights defenders at risk, and enable them to carry out their work;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u g (new) (ug) to recognise that environmental and land human rights defenders in particular have faced increasing threats, including judicial harassment and killings around the world; to express its support for the recent legally binding Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Participation, and Justice in Environmental Matter in Latin America and the Caribbean;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u g (new) (ug) to recognise that environmental and land human rights defenders in particular have faced increasing threats, and in particular indigenous human rights defenders, including judicial harassment and killings around the world; to call on UN Member States to support a binding treaty on business and human rights;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas EU Member States need to make every effort to coordinate their action in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system, accepting their right to act unilaterally when it is in their national interest so to do;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u h (new) (uh) to underline that human rights defenders and civil society activists are central actors in sustainable development; to call on UN Member States to adopt policies to provide protection and support for human rights defenders at risk;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u i (new) (ui) to support the UN Environmental Rights Initiative, which is a recognition that violations of environmental rights have a profound impact on a wide variety of human rights, including the rights to life, self-determination, food, water, health, cultural, civil and political rights;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u i (new) (ui) to work together with all UN Member States to respect the principles of opinion and expression, as mentioned in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to emphasise the importance of a free press and media in a healthy society, and the role of every citizen therein;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u j (new) (uj) to stress the importance of media freedom, pluralism, independence and safety of journalists to counter the new challenges; to initiate a debate to find the right balance between protecting media freedom and freedom of expression and the fight against false information;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u k (new) (u k) to actively work for UN recognition of the genocide of religious and other minorities committed by ISIL/Daesh, and for referral to the ICC of cases of suspected crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u l (new) (u l) to support and strengthen international efforts through the UN to ensure gender analysis as well as gender and human rights mainstreaming in all UN activities; to call for the eradication of all violence and discrimination against women and girls, by also taking into account discrimination based on gender identity;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u m (new) (u m) to step up its efforts within the framework of the International Alliance for Torture Free Trade, co-initiated by the EU alongside regional partners; to set up an international fund to assist countries in developing and implementing legislation banning trade in goods that could be used for torture and the death penalty; to support the establishment of an international instrument to ban the trade in such goods, drawing on the experience of the EU (Council) regulation 1236/2005 on this issue;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u n (new) (u n) to ensure that women have access to family planning and the full range of public and universal sexual and reproductive health and rights, including modern contraception and safe and legal abortion; underscores the fact that universal access to health, in particular sexual and reproductive health and the associated rights, is a fundamental human right; thereby countering the Global Gag Rule which was reinstated by the United States government in early 2017;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u n (new) (u n) to support a human rights-based approach to disability in situations of risk in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD);
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u o (new) (u o) to consider that the Roma people are among the most discriminated against minorities in the world and that the discrimination is getting worse in several countries; to remind that Roma people live on all continents and thus it is a global concern; to call on the UN to install a special rapporteur on Roma issues to raise awareness and to safeguard that the UN programs will also reach Roma people;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas EU Member States need to make every effort to coordinate their action in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system following the mandate contained in article 34.1 of the TUE;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point u p (new) (u p) to call for the UN Member States, including the EU Member States, to implement the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point v (v) to fully support the UN-led efforts to negotiate two Global Compacts for Migration and on Refugees based on the September 2016
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point v (v) to fully support the UN-led efforts to negotiate two Global Compacts for Migration and on Refugees based on the September 2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants; to recall that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), contained in the UN 2030 Agenda, recognise that planned and well-managed migration policies can help achieve sustainable development and inclusive growth, as well as reduce inequality within and between states;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point v (v) to fully support the UN-led efforts to negotiate two Global Compacts for Migration and on Refugees based on the September 2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants; to encourage UN Member States to make a standalone commitment to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as a central element of the Global Compact, in line with SDG 5;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point v (v) to fully support the UN-led efforts to negotiate two Global Compacts for Migration and on Refugees based on the September 2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, in order to develop a more effective international response to the issue;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point v a (new) (va) to exercise its influence on those countries, such as the United States, which exit the negotiations on the final Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration to continue to contribute to the solution of the global migration problem;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point w (w) to push for ambitious and balanced
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point w (w) to push for ambitious and balanced provisions allowing for more effective international cooperation and more equitable and predictable global
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point w (w) to push for ambitious
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point w a (new) (wa) to support all efforts to ensure robust and sustainable assistance to developing countries that host large numbers of refugees, and to ensuring that refugees are offered durable solutions, including by becoming self-sustainable and being integrated into the communities in which they live; to recall that the implementation of the Global Compact provides a unique opportunity to strengthen the linkage between humanitarian aid and development policies;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas the international order based on cooperation, dialogue, and human rights is being put into question by several nationalist and protectionist movements around the world;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x (x) to ensure that
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x (x) to ensure that human rights are put at the core of the Global Compacts; to pay specific attention to
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x (x) to ensure that human rights are put at the core of the Global Compacts; to pay specific attention to migrants in situations of vulnerability, such as children, women at risk, victims of human trafficking or persons with disabilities; to stress the need to fully develop a renewed and horizontal gender perspective for a collective international response to refugees which addresses the specific protection needs of women, including combatting violence against women, and which enhances women's abilities and skills in the reconstruction and reconciliation; to call on the UN Member States to make a standalone commitment to promoting gender equality and empowerment of women and girls as a central element of the Global Compact, in line with SDG 5;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x (x) to ensure that human rights are put at the core of the Global Compacts; to pay specific attention to migrants in situations of vulnerability, such as children, women at risk, victims of human trafficking or persons with disabilities; stressing the importance of designing migration policy from an intersectional perspective in order to respond to their particular needs;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x (x) to ensure that human rights are put at the core of the Global Compacts; to pay specific attention to migrants in situations of vulnerability, such as children, women at risk, victims of human trafficking or persons with disabilities, and of other groups at risk, including the LGBTI community;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x (x) to ensure that human rights are put at the core of the Global Compacts; to pay specific attention to migrants in situations of vulnerability, such as children, women at risk, victims of human trafficking or persons with disabilities, and LGBTI persons;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x a (new) (xa) to demand that greater efforts be made to prevent irregular migration and to fight people smuggling and human trafficking, in particular by combating criminal networks through timely and effective exchange of relevant intelligence; to improve methods to identify and protect victims and to reinforce cooperation with third countries with a view to tracking, seizing and recovering the proceeds of criminal activities in this sector; to insist at the UN level on the importance of the ratification and full implementation of the UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime and the protocols thereto against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air and to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x a (new) (xa) to ensure that special attention is paid to women refugees and asylum seekers who are subjected to multiple forms of discrimination and are more vulnerable to sexual and gender-based violence both in their countries of origin and during their journeys to safer destinations;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x a (new) (xa) to call for a strengthening of the child protection systems and to support concrete measures in the best interests of the child refugees and migrants, based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x a (new) (xa) to address the widespread phenomenon of statelessness, which poses acute human rights challenges; to ensure that this issue is adequately addressed in the current negotiations on the Global Compact;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point x b (new) (xb) to recall that women and girls seeking asylum have specific needs and concerns which differ from men, and which require that the implementation of all asylum policies and procedures be gender sensitive and individualised;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point y Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point y (y) to continue and enhance the support, including financial support, provided to the UNHCR in implementing its international mandate to protect refugees, including from criminal gangs and individuals involved in human trafficking and people smuggling at source and in transit countries;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point y a (new) (ya) to assist Eastern Partnership countries in dealing with problems that they have been facing as a result of massive forced internal displacement from conflict areas, and to act resolutely for the protection and restoration of the rights of displaced people, including their rights to return, property rights and the right to personal security;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point y a (new) (ya) to call for a strengthening of the global response to migration on how to address large movements of refugees and migrants and addressing the challenges and security concerns that arise, such as illegal migration and human trafficking;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point y a (new) (ya) to continue to stress the utmost importance of education for girls and women to create economic opportunities;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point y b (new) (yb) to reiterate its serious concern that hundreds of thousands of IDPs and refugees who fled their native lands in connection with protracted conflicts remain displaced and to reaffirm the right of all IDPs and refugees to return to their places of origin in safety and dignity;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point y b (new) (yb) to call on the UN to promote action by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to punish anyone who organises, promotes, finances or engages in the international trafficking of illegal immigrants;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point y b (new) (yb) to insist on the need to provide funding specifically for women’s participation in international decision- making processes;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU and its Member States remain collectively the single largest financial contributor to the UN; whereas UN agencies, including UNRWA, have suffered from important financial cuts; whereas the current overall level of funding to the UN system remains grossly inadequate in order to allow the organization to implement its mandate and to face the current global challenges;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point -z a (new) (-za) to implement the ambitious UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point -z b (new) (-zb) to ensure that the EU and the UN continue to play a major role in implementing the UN 2030 Agenda with a view to eradicating poverty and generating collective prosperity, addressing inequalities, creating a safer and more just world, and combatting climate change and protecting the natural environment;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point -z c (new) (-zc) to pursue its efforts of achieving policy coherence for development across all EU policies, which is crucial for achieving the SDGs, and to push also at the UN level for greater policy coherence in accordance with Goal 17;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point -z d (new) (-zd) to underline the leading role of the EU in the process that led to the adoption of the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda; to take concrete steps to ensure the efficient implementation of the UN Agenda 2030 and the Addis Ababa Agenda as important instruments for development;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point -z e (new) (-ze) to reiterate that the EU remains the world's leading donor of development assistance, providing 75.7 billion EUR and to encourage the continued growth of the EU collective aid underpinning the Member States' sustained efforts to promote peace, prosperity and sustainable development worldwide;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point -z f (new) (-zf) to take concrete steps to ensure the efficient implementation of UN Agenda 2030 and all 17 SDGs as important instruments for prevention and sustainable development; to encourage and support countries to take ownership and establish national frameworks for the achievement of the 17 SDGs; to encourage UN Member States to reorient their budgets towards the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point –z g (new) (-zg) to push UN Member States to meet their commitments on development aid spending and to call for the adoption of a solid framework of indicators and the use of statistical data to monitor progress and ensure accountability for evaluating the situation in developing countries, monitor progress and ensure accountability;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to the UN Human Rights Conventions and the optional protocols thereto,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU and its Member States remain collectively the single largest financial contributor to the UN; whereas EU contributions to the UN should be more visible;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – subheading 8 Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point z Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point z (z) to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and to
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point z z) to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement, to encourage all the UN member states to ratify it and implement it effectively, and to stress the need to implement the Paris Agreement globally to preserve our habitat for future generations;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point z (z) to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and to stress the need to implement the Paris Agreement globally by all UN Member States to preserve our habitat for future generations;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point z Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point z (z) to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and to stress the need to implement the Paris Agreement globally to preserve our habitat for future generations; to reaffirm the need for an ambitious EU climate policy and its readiness to improve the existing EU Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) for 2030 as well as the necessity of developing a long-term strategy for 2050 in a timely manner;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point z (z) to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and to stress the need
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point z a (new) (za) to reiterate that climate action is a main priority for the European Union;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point z a (new) (za) to be a pro-active partner in all UN to foster global partnerships and cooperation on climate change challenges; stresses that climate can be an entry point for diplomatic relations with partners with whom other agenda items are highly contested, thereby offering an opportunity to enhance stability and peace;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU and its Member States remain collectively the single largest financial contributor to the UN, with the primary aims of eradicating poverty, promoting long-term peace and stability, combating social inequalities, and providing humanitarian assistance to populations, countries and regions that are confronted with all types of crises, whether natural or human-made;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point z b (new) (zb) to reinforce efforts to re-engage the US in multilateral cooperation on climate change;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point aa Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point aa (aa) to
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point aa (aa) to
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point aa (aa) to insist on the need to develop a comprehensive strategy for EU climate diplomacy and to integrate climate action into all fields of EU external action, including trade, development cooperation, humanitarian aid and security and defence;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point aa (aa) to insist on the need to develop a comprehensive strategy for EU climate diplomacy and to integrate climate into all fields of EU external action, including trade, development cooperation, humanitarian aid and security and defence, taking into account that an environmentally unsustainable system produces instability;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point aa a (new) (aaa) to recall that the impacts of climate change are experienced differently by women and men; to underline that women are more vulnerable and face higher risks and burdens for various reasons, ranging from unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities and land rights, to social and cultural norms; to stress that this should be reflected accordingly; to ensure that women play a central role in finding solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate challenges, including international climate negotiations, with a view to developing gender-sensitive responses to address underlying inequalities;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point aa a (new) (aaa) to ensure that the EU remains at the forefront of the fight against climate change and cooperates further with the UN in this area; to call upon all UN Members to uphold the Paris Agreement and to ensure swift implementation of the decisions taken at the 2016 UN Climate Change Conference;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point ab Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a b Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas democracy, human rights, and the rule of law are coming under increasing threat in different regions of the world, and with civil society space shrinking in many UN Member States; whereas human rights defenders and civil society activists are facing increasing threats and risks around the world for their legitimate work;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point ab Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point ab Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point ab (ab) to
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point ab (ab) to call for the opening of a debate on
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point ab (ab) to c
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point ab (ab) to
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point ab a (new) (aba) to recall that where women have limited access to and control over production resources and restricted rights, they have fewer opportunities to shape decisions and influence policy, as has been officially recognised since the 13th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 13) held in Bali in 2007;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point ab a (new) (aba) to work closely with small island states and other countries facing the most serious consequences of climate change to ensure that their voice and their needs are taken into consideration in the different UN fora;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point ab b (new) (abb) to engage in a comprehensive public debate with all UN Member States on the importance of respecting constitutional limits on presidential mandates worldwide;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of states, the inviolability of borders and the peaceful settlement of disputes are key elements of European security order, and these principles apply to all states, both within and beyond the EU’s borders;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the global political order and the security environment are rapidly evolving and require
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the global political order and the security environment are rapidly evolving and require immediate global responses and the setting-up of adequate tools and mechanisms, in order to promote a culture of prevention within the UN system;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas the EU and its Member States were instrumental in shaping the global UN 2030 Agenda, and EU remains committed to be a front-runner in mobilizing all means of implementation and a strong follow-up, monitoring and review mechanism to ensure progress and accountability; that this is reflected in the EU external action and other policies across EU financial instruments;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas the world is facing a range of global challenges related to ongoing and emerging conflicts and their consequences, as climate change and terrorism, which need to be tackled on a global scale;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas the current structure of the UN Security Council is still anchored to an outdated political scenario and its decision-making process does not reflect adequately a changing global reality;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) E b. whereas the UN original purpose of maintaining peace has been jeopardised by continuous complex crises arising throughout the globe;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 b (new) - having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, its preamble and Article 18,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) E b. whereas peace and security, human rights and development are inseparable and mutually reinforcing;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) E b. whereas the three pillars of the UN are peace and security, development, human rights and the rule of law;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) E c. whereas the United Nations burdensome bureaucratic procedures and complex and rigid structure have sometimes hindered the proper functioning of the institution and its ability to give a rapid response to crises and global challenges;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) E c. whereas to respond successfully to global crises, threats and challenges requires an efficient multilateral system, founded on universal rules and values;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E d (new) Ed. whereas democracy, human rights, and the rule of law are coming under increasing threat in different regions of the world; whereas human rights defenders and civil society activists are facing increasing threats and risks for their legitimate work; whereas human rights defenders are facing increasing reprisals for interacting with UN bodies and mechanisms;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E d (new) Ed. whereas the promotion and protection of human rights is at the heart of multilateralism and a central pillar of the UN system; whereas the EU has a strong position that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and inter-related;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E d (new) Ed. whereas the EU is one of the most dedicated defenders and promoters of human rights, fundamental freedoms, cultural values and diversity, democracy and the rule of law;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E d (new) Ed. whereas the international community and the European Union must step up their efforts to provide protection and support for human rights defenders, and uphold international norms of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law; especially with regard to the rights of those belonging to minority groups or those in vulnerable situations including women, children, youth ethnic, racial or religious minorities, migrants, refugees and IDPs, people with disabilities, LGBTI people and indigenous people;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – subheading 1 Reform of the UN system
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a (a) to actively support the UN Secretary-General’s (UNSG) three pillar reform agenda with the aim of making the UN system truly coordinated, efficient, effective, integrated, transparent and accountable; to support the streamlining of the peace and security structure, which needs to become more efficient, focused and operational;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 c (new) - having regard to the resolution (A/RES/60/251) adopted on 3 April 2006 by the General Assembly,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a (a) to actively support the UN Secretary-General’s (UNSG) three pillar reform agenda; to support the streamlining of the peace and security structure, which needs to become more efficient, focused, properly funded, and operational;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a (a) to actively support the UN Secretary-General’s (UNSG) three pillar reform agenda; to support the streamlining of the peace and security structure, which
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (aa) to support reduced bureaucracy, simplified procedures and decentralized decision-making, with greater transparency and accountability on missions and work of the UN staff, especially with regards to their operations on the field;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b (b) to support the UNSG’s efforts in making a substantial change in order to align the UN development system with the priorities of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and make it fit for the purpose of better supporting their implementation;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point b (b) to support the UNSG’s efforts in making a substantial change in order to align the UN development system with the priorities of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P);
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point c Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point c (c) to call on UN Member States to empower both the UNSG and Deputy SG authorities in the process of streamlining
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d (d) to
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d (d) to call on the United States as on all other UN Member States, to maintain their financial efforts while increasing effectiveness and efficiency;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d (d) to call on UN Member States to maintain their financial efforts
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 d (new) - having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights and specifically to its Article 9,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) to support the UNSG in the implementation of the UN Strategy on Gender Parity as an essential tool to ensure the equal representation of women in the UN system;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) to actively support the efforts by the Secretary General to appoint more women and those belonging to minority groups in senior management posts at the UN HQ level and to adopt gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting; also for the EU and the UN to appoint more female police officers and soldiers to missions and operations; to push for intersectional gender advisors for individual missions and operations and specific action plans which design how UNSCR 1325 and 2242 are being implemented at the level of each mission and operation;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) to ensure that all UN forces have the same minimum education and competence requirements, and that it must include a clear gender, LGBTI, and anti-racist perspective, with zero tolerance for all forms of sexual exploitation and violence and including an effective whistle-blower function within the UN to anonymously report offenses committed by UN personnel against both UN personnel and locals alike;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) to build on progress made so far in protecting whistle-blowers within the UN system, to introduce the possibility of anonymous reporting internally and for whistle-blower protection to be expanded to contractors, consultants and family members;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) to promote the establishment of an effective system of protection of UN whistle-blowers;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) to underline the importance EU Member States attach to coordination of their action in the organs and bodies of the United Nations system;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point e (e)
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point e (e) to
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point e e) to call for a
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point e (e) to call for a comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the basis of a broad consensus; to urge UN Security Council members to refrain from using their right of veto in cases where crimes against humanity are being committed; to promote the revitalisation of the work of the General Assembly and improved coordination and coherence of the actions of all UN institutions;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 e (new) - having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 18,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point e (e) to call for a comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the basis of a broad consensus in order to better reflect the new world realities; to support the long-term goal of the EU having a seat on a reformed UNSC; to promote the revitalisation of the work of the General Assembly and improved coordination and coherence of the actions of all UN institutions;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point e a (new) (ea) to work towards the possibility of France representing common EU positions in the UN Security Council, as France will be the only EU Member State with a permanent seat and right of veto in the UN Security Council after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f (f) to redouble efforts to reform the UNSC in particular, notably through a
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f f) to redouble efforts to reform the UNSC in particular,
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f (f) to redouble efforts to reform the UNSC in particular, notably though a limitation of the use of the right to veto in cases where there is evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and a change in the composition of its membership to better reflect today’s world, inter alia through a permanent seat for the European Union;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f (f) to redouble efforts to reform the UNSC in particular
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 f (new) - having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Article 10,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f (f) to redouble efforts to reform the UNSC in particular, notably through a
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f (f) to redouble efforts to reform the UNSC in particular, notably though a limitation of the use of the right to veto and a change in the composition of its membership to better reflect today’s
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (fa) to call for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice; supports efforts made by the EEAS, the EU Delegations in New York and Geneva and the Member States to improve the coordination of EU positions and to reach common EU stance when voting, in order to improve EU coherence and credibility at the UN;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (fa) to reiterate its support for the work of UN Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, including the Special Rapporteurs, and other thematic and country-specific human rights mechanisms and its call on all UN State Parties to extend open invitations to all Special Rapporteurs to visit their countries;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (fa) to reiterate its support for the work of UN Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, and the work of the Special Rapporteurs;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (fa) to support the establishment of an open and inclusive intergovernmental preparatory process under the auspices of the UN General Assembly for a UN 2020 summit, on the occasion of the UN's 75th anniversary, that considers comprehensive reform measures for a renewal and strengthening of the United Nations;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (fa) to support a comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council monitoring more seriously and effectively the abnormal impact of staff costs;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (fa) to call for a strengthened independence of the UN Secretariat’s departments from certain countries’ influence;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f b (new) (fb) to advocate the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) within the UN system in order to increase the democratic character, the democratic accountability and the transparency of global governance and to allow for better citizen participation in the activities of the UN and in particular to contribute to the successful implementation of the UN Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point f b (new) (fb) to call on the UN to focus on strengthening citizens’ trust in the UN system by bringing policy and decision making closer to the people and inspiring a transformational approach based on democratic values and on a real engagement of citizens and civil society in the UN processes and operations;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 — having regard to the Treaty on European Union (TEU), in particular
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – subheading 2 Peace
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g (g) to call on the EU, its Member States, and the UN to play complementary and reinforcing roles every time peace and security are threatened; to initiate structured political cooperation between the EU, its Member States, and the UN;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g (g) to call on the EU and the UN to play complementary and reinforcing roles every time peace and security are threatened; to initiate structured political cooperation between the EU and the UN; to push for stronger multilateral commitments to find lasting sustainable political and peaceful solutions to current conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g a (new) (ga) to call on the UN to prioritise prevention, mediation and political solutions to conflicts while addressing the root causes and drivers at the basis of the crises;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g a (new) (ga) to promote a stronger commitment from Member States to peace and security both at international and internal level;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g a (new) (ga) to continue to support UN special envoys’ work, actions and initiatives aimed at solving these conflicts;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point g a (new) (ga) to increase Member State support for UN peacekeeping and peace building operations, in particular by contributing personnel and equipment, and to enhance the EU’s facilitating role in this respect; to ensure better visibility for this support and contribution;
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