Human Rights and Democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025

Tabled by Tomasz Froelich

Added: 53b. Is worried about the continuous politicisation of UN agencies, human rights mechanisms and committees; notes that the EU and its Member States collectively make the single largest contribution to the UN system; notes that in 2024, the EU provided approximately EUR 3.9 billion in voluntary contributions to the UN; calls for a fundamental debate on the way taxes, paid by citizens of the Member States, are spent by the UN and whether the EU should continue to fund the UN to this extent; calls for the EU to review its support for and participation in UN bodies, in particular those from which the President of the United States has announced the intention to withdraw;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE782.000v01-00