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Official Journal of the European Union C 232/1 Official Journal C 232 of the European Union Volume 64 English edition Information and Notices 16 June 2021 Contents EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2019-2020 SESSION Sittings of 25 to 28 November 2019 The Minutes of this session have been published in OJ C 203, 28.5.2021. TEXTS ADOPTED I Resolutions, recommendations and opinions RESOLUTIONS European Parliament Tuesday 26 November 2019 2021/C 232/01 European Parliament resolution of 26 November 2019 on children’s rights on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (2019/2876(RSP)) . 2 Thursday 28 November 2019 2021/C 232/02 European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the situation of freedoms in Algeria (2019/2927(RSP)) . 12 2021/C 232/03 European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on Cuba, the case of José Daniel Ferrer (2019/2929(RSP)) . 17 2021/C 232/04 European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on Haiti (2019/2928(RSP)) . 21 2021/C 232/05 European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the situation in Bolivia (2019/2896(RSP)) 25 2021/C 232/06 European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency (2019/2930(RSP)) . 28 EN 2021/C 232/07 European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain (COP 25) (2019/2712(RSP)) . 30 2021/C 232/08 European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence (2019/2855(RSP)) . 48 2021/C 232/09 European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on recent actions by the Russian Federation against Lithuanian judges, prosecutors and investigators involved in investigating the tragic events of 13 January 1991 in Vilnius (2019/2938(RSP)) . 54 2021/C 232/10 European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on measures to address the impact on European agriculture of the WTO ruling on the Airbus dispute (2019/2895(RSP)) . 58 2021/C 232/11 European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the crisis of the WTO Appellate Body (2019/2918(RSP)) . 62 2021/C 232/12 European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the ongoing negotiations for a new Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (2019/2832(RSP)) . 64 II Information INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Parliament Wednesday 27 November 2019 2021/C 232/13 European Parliament decision of 27 November 2019 electing the Commission (2019/2109(INS)) . 68 III Preparatory acts European Parliament Tuesday 26 November 2019 2021/C 232/14 European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 November 2019 on the draft Council decision on conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and Ukraine amending the trade preferences for poultry meat and poultry meat preparations provided for by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (10720/2019 — C9-0105/2019 — 2019/0132(NLE)) . 70 2021/C 232/15 European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 November 2019 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax and Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty as regards defence effort within the Union framework (COM(2019)0192 — C9-0003/2019 — 2019/0096(CNS)) . 71 2021/C 232/16 European Parliament decision of 26 November 2019 on the nomination of Joëlle Elvinger as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C9-0122/2019 — 2019/0815(NLE)) . 73 2021/C 232/17 European Parliament decision of 26 November 2019 on the nomination of François-Roger Cazala as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C9-0121/2019 — 2019/0814(NLE)) . 74 2021/C 232/18 European Parliament decision of 26 November 2019 on the nomination of Alex Brenninkmeijer as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C9-0126/2019 — 2019/0813(NLE)) . 75 2021/C 232/19 European Parliament decision of 26 November 2019 on the nomination of Nikolaos Milionis as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C9-0125/2019 — 2019/0812(NLE)) . 76 2021/C 232/20 European Parliament decision of 26 November 2019 on the nomination of Klaus-Heiner Lehne as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C9-0124/2019 — 2019/0811(NLE)) . 77 Wednesday 27 November 2019 2021/C 232/21 European Parliament resolution of 27 November 2019 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece (COM(2019)0496 — C9-0144/2019 — 2019/2137(BUD)) . 78 2021/C 232/22 European Parliament resolution of 27 November 2019 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the on-going challenges of migration, refugee inflows and security threats (COM(2019)0251 — C9-0007/2019 — 2019/2026(BUD)) . 80 2021/C 232/23 European Parliament resolution of 27 November 2019 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2020 (COM(2019)0252 — C9-0008/2019 — 2019/2027(BUD)) . 83 2021/C 232/24 European Parliament legislative resolution of 27 November 2019 on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure (14283/2019 — C9-0186/2019 — 2019/2028(BUD)) . 85 Thursday 28 November 2019 2021/C 232/25 European Parliament legislative resolution of 28 November 2019 on the draft Council decision on the Conclusion of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the Allocation to the United States of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota for High Quality Beef referred to in the Revised Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Union (2014) (10681/2019 — C9-0107/2019 — 2019/0142(NLE)) . 110 2021/C 232/26 European Parliament non-legislative resolution of 28 November 2019 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the Allocation to the United States of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota for High-Quality Beef referred to in the Revised Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Union (2014) (10681/2019 — C9-0107/2019 — 2019/0142M (NLE)) . 111 Key to symbols used * Consultation procedure *** Consent procedure ***I Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading ***II Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading ***III Ordinary legislative procedure: third reading (The type of procedure depends on the legal basis proposed by the draft act.) Amendments by Parliament: New text is highlighted in bold italics. Deletions are indicated using either the ▌symbol or strikeout. Replacements are indicated by highlighting the new text in bold italics and by deleting or striking out the text that has been replaced. 16.6.2021 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 232/1 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2019-2020 SESSION Sittings of 25 to 28 November 2019 The Minutes of this session have been published in OJ C 203, 28.5.2021. TEXTS ADOPTED C 232/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 16.6.2021 Tuesday 26 November 2019 I (Resolutions, recommendations and opinions) RESOLUTIONS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT P9_TA(2019)0066 Children rights in occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child European Parliament resolution of 26 November 2019 on children’s rights on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (2019/2876(RSP)) (2021/C 232/01) The European Parliament, — having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) of 20 November 1989, — having regard to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), — having regard to Article 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR), — having regard to Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (1), — having regard to Directive (EU) 2016/800 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings (2), — having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular principle 11 thereof on childcare and support to children, — having regard to the its resolution of 3 May 2018 on the protection of migrant children (3) and the Commission communication of 12 April 2017 on the protection of children in migration (COM(2017)0211), — having regard to its resolution of 14 February 2019 on the rights of intersex people (4), — having regard to General Comment No 10 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child of 25 April 2007 on children’s rights in juvenile justice, — having regard to General Comment No 13 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child of 18 April 2011 on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence, (1) OJ L 335, 17.12.2011, p.
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