Activities of Davor Ivo STIER related to 2013/2090(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Development and 'state building' in South Sudan (short presentation)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the efforts of the international community in the area of development and of ‘state building’ in South Sudan
Amendments (7)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B a (new)
Paragraph B a (new)
Ba. whereas 98% of the South Sudanese national budget revenue comes from oil production, making South Sudan heavily oil dependent; whereas South Sudan still depends on Port Sudan in the North for oil exports
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B b (new)
Paragraph B b (new)
Bb. whereas 67% of all citizens surveyed believe that corruption in the country has increased during the three years preceding the survey; whereas 66% of people surveyed in the past 12 months reported paying bribes when in contact with South Sudanese public institutions [1] [1] 2011 Global Corruption Barometer
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B c (new)
Paragraph B c (new)
Bc. whereas the separation of the largely Christian South Sudan from the mostly Arab Sudan has led to reported religious based conflicts, prosecutions, arrests of Christians, demolitions of Christian churches and deportation of Christian workers in Sudan; whereas Sudan implements laws that do not respect religious freedoms and human rights, including a law punishing conversion to Christianity by death sentence; whereas the estimated number of refugees from Sudan to South Sudan in June 2013 was 263.000 [1] [1] UN Refugee Agency, "CAP for South Sudan, Mid-Year Review 2013"
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the regular review of the EU's Strategic Framework for the Horn of Arica and its comprehensive approach to Sudan and South Sudan in order to ensure that policy instruments and resources are tailored to support the peace process and building democracy, including preparations for elections in 20145; notes that future mandates, including decisions to merge positions, of the EU Special Representatives in this region should be considered in the context of such a policy review and in response to political realities on the ground;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Seeks commitment from South Sudanese authorities to develop and implement a more comprehensive Anti- corruption strategy that will include concrete measures on how to prevent, detect, and combat bureaucratic and political corruption as well as embezzlement and patronage; calls for the support of the European Union and all other international partners of South Sudan to fully support the development of institutional and legal framework that will ensure more efficient corruption prevention and detection
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Urges the EU's External Action Service to engage in more extensive diplomatic efforts with the aim to improve trade relations between South Sudan and Sudan: stresses that the economy and further state building in South Sudan heavily depends on oil exports
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Expresses concern over the repeated statements of Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir on creation of a 100 per cent Islamic constitution; points out that after the separation of Sudan and South Sudan in 2011, Christians in the North face persecution and marginalization leading to a large number of refugees fleeing from Sudan to South Sudan; calls on EU institutions and organizations to assist South Sudan in resolving the refugee issue through organizational efforts as well as financial aid