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From · Plenary report · 6 Dec 2024 A-10-2024-0030 on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council concerning the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
To · Adopted text · 19 Dec 2024 TA-10-2024-0075 Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

Adds concerns about women's sports and Syrian women's security under the new regime. #2#3#6 Softens the foreign policy commitment by dropping 'feminist' and gender-transformative language. #4 Removes the promotion of safe migration pathways, focusing only on labour migration policies. #5 The only formal change is a punctuation correction. #1

5 changes of substance, plus 1 formal. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.

The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.

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Change #2 Substance

Adds a recital stating that women's sports competitions must ensure fairness, preserve health, and prevent violence against female athletes.

J. whereas women’s sports competitions must be a celebration of sporting values; whereas all conditions must be met to ensure fairness within these competitions, to preserve the health of female athletes and to prevent physical and psychological violence against them;

Change #3 Substance

Adds a recital expressing concern about the security of women and girls in Syria due to the dominance of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an Islamist group classified as terrorist by the EU and UN.

L. whereas the rebels who brought down the regime in Syria are dominated by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) force; whereas the HTS group is an Islamist organisation classified as a terrorist organisation by the EU and the UN; whereas this situation raises serious concerns about the security of women and girls in the area;

Change #4 Substance

Removes the commitment to a 'feminist' foreign policy and the gender-transformative vision, while retaining priority for gender equality and protection of marginalized groups.

(u) commit to advancing towards a feminist foreign, security and development policy that entails a gender-transformative vision and that gives priority to gender equality, protects and promotes the human rights of traditionally marginalised groups, such as transgender people, and takes into account the voices of women and LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders and civil society;

Change #5 Substance

Drops the development of safe and regular migration pathways, focusing instead on gender-responsive labour migration policies and programmes.

(ae) develop safe and regular migration pathways, and labour migration policies and programmes that are gender-responsive, including in highly ‘feminised’ and informal sectors such as domestic and care work, and which address the gendered barriers to women’s labour force participation and skills recognition;

Change #6 Substance

Adds a call to pay particular attention to Syrian women and children, including Christian minorities, as targets of an Islamist regime.

(ak) pay particular attention to the condition of Syrian women and children, including those from Christian minorities, who are more likely to be the particular target of an Islamist regime, as already seen in several Middle Eastern countries, such as Afghanistan and Iraq;