REPORT on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024

Tabled by Tomasz Froelich

Added: 23a. Notes that the UN has not succeeded to the extent hoped for in promoting international cooperation and maintaining international security and global peace, because most UN member states refuse to engage in international cooperation; notes that in 2022 the EU Member States contributed around EUR 14.1 billion to the UN system, while the EU alone contributes around EUR 3 billion each year; notes that the EU and its Member States jointly account for the single largest contribution; notes that the UN member states are increasingly calling into question the added value of UN peacekeeping operations; is concerned about the politicisation of UN human rights mechanisms and committees such as the UN Human Rights Committee, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; calls, therefore, for a fundamental debate on the way taxes paid by EU citizens are spent by the UN and on whether the EU should continue to fund the UN to this extent;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE769.723v01-00