7.2.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 47/137 Wednesday 6 July 2022
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Takes the view that the EU should identify the UN bodies and other multilateral organisations that are key to promoting policy dialogue, convergence and policy solutions to global challenges and standard-setting; and should define clear objectives and clear priorities for dialogue with and support, including budgetary support, to such bodies and organisations; recalls, in this regard, that the EU and its Member States are already the leading financial contributors to the UN and many of its agencies and programmes, but that this commitment to and support for the UN does not always translate into a stronger impact by the EU, its Member States and like-minded partners in key UN agency positions or in multilateral fora, which is particularly worrying at a time of growing assertiveness of non-democratic regimes, such as Russia, in such fora;
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Points to the increased geopolitical importance of standards, especially in technology, and urges the EU to act strategically in order to become a standard-setting superpower in multilateral fora;
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Calls on the EU and its Member States as well as like-minded partners to further improve their coordination when it comes to establishing joint support for candidacies for leadership positions in multilateral fora; points to the need to coordinate with like-minded partners in other world regions and in the light of the importance of the principle of the equitable geographical distribution of leadership positions keep a strong focus on democratic values;
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Emphasises in this regard the key role that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)is playing as a pillar of European security and calls for the comprehensive security approach of the organisation to be further strengthened;
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Calls on the EU to work with and within the UN, regional organisations, international fora such as the G7 and G20 and ad hoc coalitions to tackle the global challenges we face now and in the future;
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Calls on the Commission and VP/HR to further develop their strategy on multilateralism, including through regularly updated guidelines on how to proceed in different fora, covering issues such as the reform of the UN system and a more central role or formal representation of the EU, and a vision for a new global order that would shape it in a way that could revitalise multilateralism; believes that the EU will need to build alliances with like-minded partners in order to develop multilateral cooperation across a wide range of fora, but that these alliances will not always involve the same actors, while the objective must always be to uphold an effective, rules-based system of global governance;
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Reiterates its positions on the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine expressed in previous resolutions;
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Condemns in the strongest possible terms the Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as the involvement of Belarus in this war, and demands that Russia immediately terminates all military activities in Ukraine and unconditionally withdraws all forces and military equipment from the entire internationally recognised territory of Ukraine; underlines that this military aggression and invasion constitute a serious violation of international law; considers the Russian invasion of Ukraine an attack not only against a sovereign country, but also against the principles and cooperation and security mechanisms in Europe and the rules-based international order, as established by the UN Charter;
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Welcomes the suspension of Russia from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC); welcomes the decisions by international organisations, including in the area of culture and sports, to suspend Russian participation; calls on EU leaders and the leaders of other states to exclude Russia from the G20 and other multilateral cooperative organisations, such as the World Trade Organization, UNESCO and others, which would be an important sign that the international community will not return to business as usual with this aggressor state;
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Underlines that the full and effective implementation of existing sanctions throughout the EU and by the EU’s international allies must be a priority now; calls on the EU to use multilateral fora to ensure the effectiveness of these sanctions;