Traduction de «Comité spécial des opérations de maintien de la paix » (Français → Anglais) :

whereas the European countries and the EU itself are major contributors to the UN system, notably in providing financial support for UN programmes and projects; whereas France, Germany and the UK are the largest European contributors to the budget for UN PKOs; whereas the EU Member States are collectively the largest contributor to the UN’s peacekeeping budget, with about 37 %, and are currently contributing troops to nine peacekeeping missions; whereas, in addition, in 2014 and 2015 EU financial commitments to the AU totalled EUR 717,9 million and AU contributions amounted to just EUR 25 million; whereas European countries contribut ...[+++]e only about 5 % of UN Peacekeeping personnel, with 5 000 troops out of a total of some 92 000; whereas, however, France, for example, trains 25 000 African soldiers each year and separately deploys over 4 000 personnel in African PKOs.

Notes the 15 May 2015 UN Evaluation Report on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by the United Nations and Related Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations; considers that the AU, the UN, the EU and Member States should exercise strong vigilance concerning such criminal matters and urges the most rigorous disciplinary and judicial procedures and the utmost effort to prevent such crimes; recommends, furthermore, appropriate training and education of PKO staff and believes the appointment of fema ...[+++]le staff and gender advisors would help overcome cultural misconceptions and reduce the occurrence of sexual violence.

whereas the UN remains the main guarantor of international peace and security, and has the most comprehensive framework for multilateral cooperation in crisis management; whereas there are currently 16 UN peacekeeping operations with over 120 000 personnel deployed, more than ever before; whereas over 87 % of UN peacekeepers are deployed on eight missions in Africa; whereas the UN is constrained in the scope of its operations.

1. Notes that the EU and its Member States are major funders of the various peace and crisis management operations throughout the world while CSDP civilian and military missions and operations constitute a very small share of all funding; acknowledges the importance of CSDP interventions for achieving peace, while encouraging Member States to adopt a more pronounced stance towards conflict prevention, post-conflict reconstruction and maintenance of sustainable peace in conflict-ridden zones; regrets the ...[+++]modest nature of CSDP interventions, especially the military ones, consisting mainly of small-scale military training missions instead of substantial European contributions to peacekeeping and peace enforcement; is convinced that the EU cannot allow itself to focus exclusively on instruments for a post-crisis context or for supporting exit from crisis, but must, rather, be capable of intervention across the full spectrum of crisis management;

11. Fully subscribes to the need for developed States to engage more actively in peacekeeping operations around the world, and therefore calls for greater efforts by the EU Member States with a view to transforming armies into units suitable for deployment to peace operations, and to placing contingents on stand-by for UN purposes; states its commitment to the serious reinvigorating of both conflict prevention and post-conflict peace-building by providing peacekeepers with the right mandates, sufficient capacity and appropriate train ...[+++]ing in order to perform the assigned tasks and to avoid civil and humanitarian crises; agrees with the proposal that peacekeeping operations carried out by regional organisations should be authorised by the Security Council;

10. Fully subscribes to the necessity for developed States to engage more actively in peacekeeping operations around the world, and therefore calls for more efforts by the EU Member States with a view to transforming armies into units suitable for deployment to peace operations, and to placing contingents on stand-by for UN purposes; states its commitment to the serious reinvigorating of both conflict prevention and post-conflict peace-building by providing peacekeepers with the right mandates, sufficient capacity and appropriate tra ...[+++]ining in order to perform the assigned tasks and to avoid civil and humanitarian crisis; agrees with the proposal that peacekeeping operations carried out by regional organisations should be authorised by the Security Council;