9 Amendments of Inese VAIDERE related to 2010/2202(INI)
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that a consistent EU foreign policy must give absolute priority to promoting democracy, which is to be included in all agreements of cooperation and strategic partnership between the EU and third countries, given that democratic society is the basis for upholding human rights; believes that the new institutional structure of the EU, and particularly the EEAS, offers an opportunity to enhance the EU’s coherence and effectiveness in this area;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the HR/VP’s readiness to undertake a fundamental review of the effectiveness of all the EU instruments in this field, from human rights dialogues to EU guidelines, from the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) to the EU’s bilateral assistance and actions in multilateral fora, and to launch a consultation process on the development of a new human rights strategy; stresses the determination to and importance of the EP's full participation in this consultation;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that greater priority needs to be given to improving the ability of the European Union to respond rapidly to breaches of human rights by non-EU countries, by elaborating strategic programmes of action;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates its request that more and better information should be provided for the assessment of policies and that elements andspecific guidelines should be defined and proposed to improve the general approach, minimise any contradictions and adjust the policy priorities on a country-by-country basis, with a view to the adoption of human rights strategies by country as defined in the EEAS programme;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Calls, in the context of the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon, for the EU institutions to establish an interinstitutional cooperation mechanism on human rights defenders; understands that the creation of such a mechanism could be eased by the setting up of focal points and explicit guidelines for human rights defenders in all the EU institutions and organs, with such focal points working in and for development of closer cooperation with those responsible for human rights and democracy in EU missions and delegations; calls on the Commission to establish a mechanism to evaluate the effectiveness of the guidelines;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59a (new)
Paragraph 59a (new)
59a (new). Calls on the EU to develop a consistent strategy of response to incompliance or partial incompliance by third countries of clauses on human rights and democracy in agreements concluded with the EU;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66a (new)
Paragraph 66a (new)
66a (new). Recalls that to this day Russia has fulfilled only the first point of its Six- point ceasefire agreement with Georgia, that there are thousands of internally displaced people in Georgia and abuses of human rights take place daily in the occupied territories of South Abkhazia and Ossetia; calls on the EU to demonstrate a decisive and consequent engagement in promoting compliance by third countries of their agreements on human rights, including complete fulfilment of Six-point ceasefire agreement;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Calls for real participation in the on- going evaluations of the human rights dialogues and consultations; asks for full access to the outcome documents and to other relevant sources; expects, as a result of the evaluations, the development of clear indicators to measure the impact of the dialogues and explicitly defined suggestions, based on country-by-country approach, to improve these outcomes and avoid any repeated failures of EU human rights consultations;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92
Paragraph 92
92. Calls on the Commission to ensure there is coherence between the Union’s political priorities, its partnership and cooperation agreements, and the projects and programmes which it supports, particularly in connection with its bilateral programming with third countries;