5 Amendments of Jozo RADOŠ related to 2015/2220(INI)
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the review is rather ambitious given that the region is not a geopolitical priority for the EU and its Member States, butand concurs with the Council’s designation of the region as strategically important, with the condition that democratic transformation should lead to improved and stronger political, diplomatic and trade relations; in this context, welcomes the 56 % increase in and more specific focusing of EU development assistance to the region in period 2014- 2020 as compared with the previous period;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Deeply regrets that overall respect for democratic standards, human rights and fundamental freedoms has further deteriorated during the reporting period; regrets that the human rights situation overall remains worrying, despite limited positive developments in some countries of the region, including legislative reforms, increased efforts to prevent torture, and steps towards the eradication of the use of child labour and forced labour;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers education a crucial integrational pillar and a democratic, economic and social development enabler for all countries of Central Asia; urges the European Union, within the scope of the existing PCAs, to launch or reinforce educational programmes, as Erasmus +, that will promote a positive mobility to all EU and Central Asian students;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes with concern that in addition to increasing climate change impacts, multiple alarming environmental challenges inherited from the Soviet period persist, such as those relating to an unmonitored and ongoing nuclear contamination in the past decades, and the urgent action of cleaning up nuclear testing sites, industrial and mining activities, unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, land degradation, air pollution, desertification, and, above all, continued catastrophic water mismanagement; urges the Commission, in this respect, to step up technical assistance and provide European know-how and best practice as to how to deal with these problems;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Supports the EU’s long-term goal of transforming the nascent EU-Central Asia High Level Security Dialogue into a genuine cooperative forum aimed at cooperation in addressing common security challenges; highlights the importance and positive impact of regional cooperation programs as the Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) and the Central Asia Drug Action Programme (CADAP);