19 Amendments of Mark DEMESMAEKER related to 2015/2220(INI)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C. a. whereas major powers such as Russia, China and the United States have geopolitical strategies involving Central Asia which have significant political, economic and cultural elements, such as the One Belt, One Road strategy of China, the Silk Road strategy of the United States and the strong historical and economic links with Russia;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C. b. recalling that various regional partnerships, such as the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), also include several Central Asian countries among their members and are dominated by Russia and/or China;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C. c. whereas the Central Asian republics share a common history, in that large parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and the Chinese province of Xinjiang were referred to as Turkestan until the 20th century, and their incorporation into the Tsarist Kingdom and subsequently the Soviet Union led to strong Russian influences on culture and administration, which are still evident today;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
C. d. whereas all of the Central Asian countries have sought to establish their own identity in the wake of their independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, currently reflected in efforts to place their own language, history and customs above their common history;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
C. e. whereas Central Asia contains the republics of the former Soviet Union mentioned above, but is also significantly influenced by Russia, China, Mongolia, Iran and Afghanistan;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
C. f. whereas the region is an important transit route for drugs between Afghanistan and Russia and certain local clans are involved in this lucrative trade, which allows them to exert significant political influence owing to corruption and a mingling of interests;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
C. g. whereas the Ferghana Valley, which is divided between Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is the most densely populated region of Central Asia and was frequently the scene of political, ethnic and religion conflicts in the past (Andijan 2005 and Osh 2010);
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)
Recital C h (new)
C. h. whereas the region is increasingly affected by religious fanaticism, reflected in the support for IS/Da’esh, Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Hizb-ut-Tahrir, and a large number of people have left to join IS/Da’esh in Syria and Iraq;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C i (new)
Recital C i (new)
C. i. whereas the effects of global warming on Central Asia are still largely unknown, but it is already clear that the problems of water supply in the low-lying countries will become even worse;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10. a. to cooperate with the aid and development projects of the United States in the field of environment, education and climate policy in order to improve effectiveness and to jointly reach a wider public;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10. b. to also involve Mongolia on an ad hoc basis in certain aspects of the European Strategy for Central Asia;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10. c. to cooperate more intensively on an ad hoc basis with the Central Asian republics which want to go further than the EU Strategy for Central Asia;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19. a. Calls on the countries in the region to consider the presence of international NGOs not as a threat, but as a benefit to society, and to grant them full access to prison facilities in order to improve the transparency of the enforcement of penalties, particularly in relation to cooperation with all agencies of the United Nations and the International Red Cross;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the commitment of Latvia, with the help of Poland, to lead the regional programme on education; regards investment in education as the best way to improve the socio-economic situation of the region; to pay more attention to cross-border projects for intercultural reconciliation and development in the Ferghana Valley;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -21 a (new)
Paragraph -21 a (new)
-21a. Emphasises that the expansion of the rule of law and economic progress go hand in hand and that the development of a sustainable energy sector and an improved transport infrastructure are important in order to link the Caspian energy resources to the European market, that this is a way to stimulate economic development and ensure stable growth of the GDP of the region;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22. a. Is of the opinion that the estimated 3.5 million Central Asian economic migrants working in Russia are responsible for a large proportion of the gross national product (GNP) of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25. a. Calls on the countries in the region to sign and ratify the Espoo and Aarhus Conventions of the United Nations relating to water conflicts, if they have not already done so, and to involve civil society in the implementation of these conventions;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31. a. Asks the EU to lend its support to the initiatives of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) and, under the supervision of the Centre, to focus on the water issue and initiate a dialogue between the five countries in order to deal with cross-border pollution;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31. b. Asks the Commission to consider the unfavourable consequences that access to the water resources could have on the stability and security of Central Asia, and to closely observe all developments;