EU Parliament - Reform of the United Nations

Parliament gave its full support to the proposals for reforming the United Nations as put forward by Secretary-General Kofi ANNAN. In a resolution drafted by Armin LASCHET (EPP-ED, DE), MEPs warmly welcomed the plans and, in particular, their "realistic approach", which combines "vision with concrete and practice-oriented measures for action". The EU should strive for a single EU seat on the Security Council as soon as this is legally possible. In the meantime, additional seats allocated to the region of "Europe", as proposed by Secretary-General Annan, should be taken up by EU countries as representatives of the EU.

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• EU Presidency notes - Informal meeting on UN Management Reform (6/12/2005)
• Commission Adopts Strategy for Successful 2005 UN Summit (15/6/2005)
• Speech by Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner - The UN at the Crossroads (3/6/2005)
• EU-UN Press Communiqué - EU President Barroso meets SG Annan (13/5/2005)
• EUHR Solana comments on the appointment of the UNSG's Envoys for UN reform (5/4/2005)