EP09, Resolution on the Reform of the UN
Resolution on the Reform of the UN (submitted by PC Global Europe)
JEF-Europe
Recalling that the EU is by definition called upon to be a driving force in the process of UN reform as the 2003 European Security Strategy stresses the pivotal role of the UN as well as the EU’s attachment to ‘effective multilateralism’,
Noting that during the 2005 UN Summit the EU has been a successful frontrunner in the creation of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Human Rights Council and the promotion of a future United Nations Environment Organization,
Considering that the EU delivers common statements on an ever-increasing number of issues in most UN bodies and has become a highly recognisable actor for third states, it has the opportunity to act as a true bridge-builder in UN management reform,
JEF-Europe, however,
Regretfully admitting that the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document still falls short of reaching all the necessary agreements for a new structure of the UN and failed to transform it into an organisation that is fit for the new requirements of globalisation and changed world order.
Fearing that the UN as the most prominent of all international organisations not only faces a lack of transparency and control by the peoples of the world, but also needs general reform to cope with problems ranging from poverty, infectious diseases, environmental damage, civil violence, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and nuclear non-proliferation, as enumerated by the 2004 Report of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change,
JEF-Europe therefore
Proposes the establishment of a Parliamentary Assembly with genuine rights of information, participation and control and competent to adopt recommendations directed at the UN General Assembly and in doing so could act as a political catalyst for the development of international law and global cooperation,
Calls for a more effective, efficient, coherent and coordinated UN system possessing strong implementation capabilities with the necessary authority, resources and accountability structures to be able to have a common management, programming and monitoring framework in every country,
Desires that the UN continues its reform efforts, as a more inclusive participation in UN deliberations and decision-making is an indispensable part of the process of the democratisation of its organs,
Desires that the EU and its member states actively engage in UN reform by first of all paving the way for an international legal personality of the EU accompanied by a single European seat in the Security Council which could be taken up by the High Representative of the CFSP and in the long run by a true European Minister of Foreign Affairs.
