Translation of "vice-présidente directrice " (French → English) :

Ms. Nancy Riche (Executive Vice-President, Canadian Labour Congress): Thank you very much.

Vice-President/High Representative Federica Mogherini, Commissioner Mimica and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director for UN Women, will deliver and sign aStatement to recommit to the strategic partnership between the UN Women and EU established in 2012.

6. Recalls its invitation, in previous resolutions, to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to propose practical arrangements and guidelines for ensuring an effective response in the event that a Member State invokes the mutual defence clause, as well as an analysis of the role of the EU institutions should that clause be invoked; regrets, however, that no analysis and no guidelines were available when the mutual defence clause was activated for the first time ...[+++], leading to the current situation requiring ad hoc measures, ad hoc management and ad hoc cooperation;

M. whereas the former VP/HR pledged to issue EU-wide guidelines on the correct labelling of imported products originating beyond Israel’s pre-1967 borders, by July 2013; whereas, in April 2015, a clear majority of EU Member States expressed in a letter their exasperation at the repeated deferral of such guidelines being issued by the VP/HR and urged the latter to take action; whereas three EU Member States – the UK, Denmark and Belgium – have issued their own voluntary national guidelines;

3. Endorses in particular the reiterated position of the Council regarding the applicability of international humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and calls in this respect on the HR/VP to ensure that Israel’s obligations under international human rights and humanitarian laws as an Occupying Power are mainstreamed in all ENP instruments, including in the Country Human Rights Strategy, so as to ensure full implementation of the EU guidelines on the promotion and respect for IHL;

17. Reiterates its position that, in accordance with Article 218(6) of the TFEU, the opinion/consent of the European Parliament is required for all international agreements, including those related mainly to CFSP, with the sole exception of those related exclusively to CFSP: in accordance with Article 218(10) of the TFEU, full information must be provided to Parliament at the initial, negotiating and final stages of the procedure leading to the conclusion of international agreements; expects the VP/HR to provide all relevant information about the negotiations throughout the procedure, including negotiating directives and draft negotiati ...[+++]ng texts, and recalls that in the declaration on political accountability the VP/HR committed herself to applying the provisions of the Framework Agreement on international agreements with regard to confidential CFSP documents; calls for the establishment of an efficient modus operandi that combines respect for Parliament's prerogatives with the necessary degree of confidentiality; believes that a comprehensive agreement involving all the institutions and covering all EU bodies is required in order to regulate access to confidential documents by Members of Parliament;