Safeguarding democracy, rights and the environment in international trade

Amendment No. 2 | Doc. 15739 | 25 April 2023

Signatories:

Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Pavlo BAKUNETS, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Normunds DZINTARS, Latvia, EC/DA ; Mr Erkin GADIRLI, Azerbaijan, EC/DA ; Ms Maria JUFEREVA-SKURATOVSKI, Estonia, ALDE ; Ms Iryna KONSTANKEVYCH, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Oleksandr MEREZHKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Olena MOSHENETS, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Bob van PAREREN, Netherlands, EC/DA ; Mr Markus WIECHEL, Sweden, EC/DA

Origin

2023 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 9.4, insert the following paragraphs:

"- develop legal mechanisms to confiscate frozen Russian assets and transfer them to Ukraine;

- refrain from engaging in trade with States that commit acts of aggression against other States, in order to ensure that international trade is conducted in accordance with international law;"

Explanatory note

International trade should be inalienable with the norms of international law. The democratic world should send a clear message that aggressive behaviour will not be tolerated and that trade is a privilege that comes with responsibilities towards our partners and a duty to uphold the rule of law.