10/06/2021 (Agence Europe) – MEPs made a recommendation to the EU Council on Thursday 10 June to continue its strong support for “effective multilateralism for efficient and transparent multilateral organisations, and for the UN in particular as an indispensable forum for multilateral solutions for global challenges”. In María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos’ marathon report on the 75th and 76th sessions of the UN General Assembly (adopted by 477 votes in favour, 89 against and 127 abstentions), the European Parliament called for the EU Council to support all activities aimed at keeping human rights issues high on the UN agenda. MEPs also called on the EU Council to continue its efforts to enable the EU and its Member States to speak from a position of unity at the UN and in other multilateral fora. See the report: https://bit.ly/3pLslLZ (CG)