6 Amendments of Johan VAN HECKE related to 2008/2097(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Notes that peace and stability are beneficial for development progress; notsecurity is a precondition of development; acknowledges that the absence of hostilities that marks post- conflict situations does not automatically lead to entrenched and lasting stability;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Considers it vitally important that causes of instability only be tackled by development measures that are in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals and other social and economic measures aimed at eliminating poverty and fostering economic and social development that can createthat they be simultaneously reinforced by concerted efforts in the fields of democratisation, reconciliation, the rule of law and effective implementation of human rights that can lead to the creation of the environment required to prevent the resurgence of conflict;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes that many Africandeveloping countries have the basic natural resources required for 1 S113/08, 14 March 2008. their development; highlights the need for the proper management and redistribution of these resources; deplores the implication of various (local, regional, international and transnational) actors in the misappropriation and exploitation of these resources (e.g. diamonds in Angola and Sierra Leone and coltan in the Democratic Republic of Congo); draws attention to the need for transparency intheir development; underlines, however, the need for greater transparency and efficiency in the extractive industries in order to develop; welcomes initiatives such as the Kimberley process and the eExtractive iIndustries and welcomes initiatives such as the Kimberley processTransparency Initiative in avoiding major conflict potential;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
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4. DeplorWelcomes the fact that light arms account for 9 out of 10 deaths in armed conflicts in Africa; considefforts made within the framework of the EU strategy to combat the illicit accumulation of, and trafficking in, small arms and light weapons and their ammunition; stresses howevers that the EU policy on controlling the export of weapons should be clear, effective and harmonised on the basis of the legally binding Code of Conductmust be strengthened by making the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports legally binding;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that there should be noa military component to development aid should not be excluded and that the aid should always be in accordance with international law and in line with the United Nations; notes with interwelcomest the experiencework of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission; expresses it and calls concern at the cEurrent approach adopted by donors who do not take local views into account but work on the basis of Western models; considers that African solutions should be applied to African problemsopean Commission to further support its work.