Translation of "mécanismes de maintien de la paix " (French → English) :

whereas Article 41(2) TEU prohibits expenditure from EU budgets on operations having military or defence implications, while not explicitly excluding EU financing of military tasks such as peacekeeping operations with development objectives; whereas the common costs are charged to the Member States under the Athena mechanism; whereas, while the primary objective of EU development policy is the reduction, and in the long term the eradication, of poverty, Articles 209 and 212 TFEU do not explicitly exclude the financing of capacity-building in the security sector; whereas the EDF and the APF, as instruments outside the EU budget, are re ...[+++]levant in addressing the security-development nexus; whereas the EDF requires that programming is designed to meet the criteria of Official Development Assistance (ODA), which mostly exclude security-related expenses; whereas the EU is working on the possibility of additional dedicated instruments in the context of its initiative on Capacity Building in Support of Security and Development (CBSD).

Gabriel Jok Riak was listed on 1 July 2015 pursuant to paragraphs 7(a), 7(f) and 8 of resolution 2206 (2015) for, “actions or policies that have the purpose or effect of expanding or extending the conflict in South Sudan or obstructing reconciliation or peace talks or processes, including breaches of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement; ”“the obstruction of the activities of international peacekeeping, diplomatic, or humanitarian missions in South Sudan, including IGAD's Monitoring and Verification Mechanism or of the delivery or distribution of, or access to, humanitarian assistance; ” and as a leader “of any entity, including any So ...[+++]uth Sudanese government, opposition, militia, or other group, that has, or whose members have, engaged in any of the activities described in paragraphs 6 and 7”.

Urges the Russian Federation to withdraw its additional troops in Abkhazia immediately; takes the view that the present peacekeeping format must be revised since the Russian troops have lost their role of neutral and impartial peacekeepers and calls for a deeper European involvement in these frozen conflicts in order to move the peace processes forward;

Welcomes the fact that work has begun in the United Nations on achieving a uniform standard of conduct for all categories of personnel involved in peacekeeping missions; notes that the Task Force Plan of Action outlines the requirement that a set of six core principles be incorporated into all codes of conduct of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, including a principle prohibiting sexual activity with persons under the age of 18, regardless of the age of majority or age of consent applying locally; welcomes the fact that this code of conduct now applies to all United Nations peacekeeping and humanitarian personnel; welcomes the creation of personal conduct units within the United Nations Missions in Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the ...[+++]Congo and Haiti to investigate allegations and to assist victims; expects full implementation of the code of conduct in all United Nations Missions, including where appropriate the enforcement of criminal sanctions against those personnel proved to have raped or sexually exploited children;

22. Welcomes the fact that the new peace keeping missions set up by the UN since 2000 include genderequality advisers and that in 2003, such a post was created within the Peace-keeping Operations Department;

The EU needs to be more active, and more present, in regional or multilateral conflict-resolution mechanisms and in peace-monitoring or peace-keeping efforts.