Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly

Tabled by Rima Hassan, Anthony Smith, Emma Fourreau, Manon Aubry, Hanna Gedin, Rudi Kennes, Lynn Boylan, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Ilaria Salis, João Oliveira, Marc Botenga, Damien Carême, Leila Chaibi, Giorgos Georgiou, Irene Montero, Danilo Della Valle

Added: (ab c) call for all arms exports to Israel to be halted, in accordance with Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP1a and with the obligations arising under Articles I and III(e) of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, given that such arms are used to commit war crimes; stress that, if such transfers are not halted, there is a serious risk of complicity in war crimes and genocide; ______________ 1a Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment (OJ L 335, 13.12.2008, p. 99, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/compos/2008/944/oj).

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.214