Activities of Davor Ivo STIER related to 2015/2275(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Peace Support Operations - EU engagement with the UN and the African Union (A8-0158/2016 - Geoffrey Van Orden) HR
Amendments (16)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recognizes that 1.5 billion people live in fragile and conflict affected regions worldwide and fragile states and that ungoverned spaces are spreading, leaving many in poverty, lawlessness, thriving corruption and violence;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Stresses the need for coordinated external actions that make use of diplomatic, security and development tools to restore confidence and tackle challenges of wars, internal conflicts, insecurity, fragility and transition;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the aim of clarifying EU engagement boundaries on Peace Support Operations (PSOs) with the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU); recalls that the EU budget cannot be used to directly finance military or defence operations (Article 41(2) TEU) but does not explicitly exclude peacekeeping operations with development objectives; furthermore, recalls that Articles 209 and 212 TFEU do not explicitly exclude the financing of capacity-building in the security sector; underlines the importance of EU support for AU peacekeeping operations approved by the UN;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognizes that the European Development Fund (EDF) and the African Peace Facility (APF) as instruments outside the EU budget are currently particularly relevant in the current efforts to comprehensively address security-development nexus; considers, in this regards, that the EDF regulation should be reviewed in order to allow programming design that includes increased peace, security and justice expenditures that have developmental motivation, as to allow the continuation and increase in financing for instruments such as the APF as well as to achieve SDG 16 on peace and justice;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas 1.5 billion people live in fragile and conflict affected regions worldwide and fragile states and ungoverned spaces are spreading leaving many in poverty, lawlessness, thriving corruption and violence;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the EU to lead the discussions on redesigning Official Development Assistance (ODA) under the OECD framework through peacebuilding lenses;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas peace has been recognized as crucial for development in the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 on peace and justice has been introduced;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reminds that peace has been recognized as crucial for development in the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and that Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 on peace and justice has been introduced;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas Article 41(2) TEU prohibits expenditure from EU budgets on operations having military or defence implications, but does not explicitly exclude peacekeeping operations with developmental objectives; whereas Articles 209 and 212 TFEU do not explicitly exclude the financing of capacity-building in the security sector;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Q a. whereas the European Development Fund (EDF) and the African Peace Facility as instruments outside the EU budget are currently particularly relevant in the current efforts to comprehensively address security-development nexus;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q b (new)
Recital Q b (new)
Q b. whereas the European Development Fund (EDF) requires that programming is so designed that, as far as possible, it meets the criteria for Official Development Assistance (ODA) and ODA criteria mostly exclude security related expenses (only 7 percent of DAC Members' contributions to UN peacekeeping missions are ODA compliant);
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses the need for coordinated external actions that make use of diplomatic, security and development tools to restore confidence and tackle challenges of wars, internal conflicts, insecurity, fragility and transition;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the African Peace Facility provides both an entry point and a potential lever for creating a stronger partnership between the EU and the AU; considers it vital that the EU institutions and Member States should remain closely engaged if the Facility is to be fully exploited as well as that the AU demonstrates higher levels of efficiency and transparency in using the funds; acknowledges that there are other funding mechanisms in use, but believes that given the Facility’s singular focus on Africa, as well as its clear goals, it is especially important with regard to PSOs in Africa;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. calls on the EU to lead the discussions on redesigning Official Development Assistance (ODA) under the OECD framework through peacebuilding lenses;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Considers that the EDF regulation should be reviewed in order to allow programming design that includes peace, security and justice expenditures that have developmental motivation, as to allow the continuation and increase in financing for instruments such as the APF as well as to achieve SDG 16 on peace and justice;