Traduction de «Vice-présidente aux relations professionnelles » (Français → Anglais) :

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission, Federica Mogherini said: "The European Union and Jordan are strong, like-minded partners.

L. whereas, in its conclusions of 21 August 2013, the Foreign Affairs Council tasked Vice-President / High Representative Catherine Ashton to review, in cooperation with the Commission, the issue of EU assistance to Egypt under the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and the EU-Egypt Association Agreement; whereas partnership with societies, an incentive-based approach and the principle of ‘more for more’, and eventually ‘less for less’, are cornerstones of the Union’s reviewed ENP; whereas Article 2 of the EU-Egypt Association Agreement declares that ‘relations between t ...[+++]he Parties, as well as the provisions of the Agreement itself, shall be based on respect of democratic principles and fundamental human rights as set out in the Declaration of Human Rights, which guide their internal and international policy and constitutes an essential element of this Agreement’; whereas in her statement of 11 January 2014 Vice-President / High Representative Catherine Ashton declared that ‘dignity, social justice, security, democracy, human rights, and a better economy remain the goals the EU stands by Egypt to achieve’;

33. Welcomes the significant increase in the numbers of female chairs of parliamentary committees and the number of female MEPs in the legislative term 2009-2014 but regrets the decrease of female EP vice-presidents in the second half of the term; therefore proposes measures for absolute gender balance regarding the vice-presidents’ posts

3. Stresses that the use of violence by a state against its own population must have direct consequences on its bilateral relations with the European Union; reminds the EU High Representative/Vice-President of the Commission that the EU can use numerous tools to deter from such actions, such as asset freeze or travel ban; recalls however that the populations should never be affected by such a review of bilateral relations;

40. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the Member Countries of the Maghreb and Mashreq delegations and of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the UN Human Rights Council.

44. Calls on the VP/HR, the EEAS and the Commission to strengthen the role of civil society organisations, in particular human rights organisations and women's organisations, in policy monitoring and the programming and implementation of assistance through a dedicated capacity-building facility; in that connection, highlights the need to empower women, and calls on the EEAS and the Commission systematically to analyse the gender impact of their projects and programmes and to advocate that women rights and gender equality should be taken into account in the revision of constitutions, penal codes, family law and other civil laws and in the human rights dialogues carried on with ENP partner countries; insists that the VP/HR, the EEAS and the ...[+++] Commission should not strengthen relations between third countries and EU if the countries concerned do not involve civil society organisations sufficiently in their policies; notes that civil society organisations are the EU's most faithful and powerful allies in promoting democratic values, good governance and human rights in partner countries; calls for the increased involvement of regional and local authorities and of professional organisations and the social partners in EU cooperation with its southern neighbours; calls on the Council and the Commission to further strengthen and make more effective use of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights in this regard;