13 Amendments of Cécile Kashetu KYENGE related to 2015/0302M(NLE)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that Afghanistan is one of the world’s largest recipients of development aid and that EU institutions committed EUR 3.6 billion in aid to the country between 2002 and 2016; regrets the fact that, despite international assistance,at the proportion of Afghans living in poverty has risen from 38 % (2012) to 55 % (2017) and highlights that the country has registered slow growth since 2014 with the draw- down of international security forces, accompanying reductions in international grants as well as a worsening security situation;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls the EU commitment to support poverty reduction by focusing its efforts in areas in which it adds most value and by respecting the principles of aid efficiency and effectiveness, in line with “Policy Coherence for Development” (PCD);
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that this recent reversal in development progress is largely due to the intensification of long-lasting violence and conflict, and that internal displacement, the arrival of returnees from the surrounding region and climatic factors, such as drought, have all led to a deterioration of the humanitarian situation; urges therefore the EU and its Member States to enhance all their efforts to address key humanitarian challenges and human needs and to pay particular attention to vulnerable people, including people located in hard to reach areas;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that an estimated 10 million people have limited or no access to essential health services; emphasizes in this regard the need to remain committed to supporting the government to strengthen basic health provisions, with a focus on ensuring health care to vulnerable people including women, girls and children, as well as addressing disability and mental health care;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores the spate of attacks and killings in the run-up to the October 2018 parliamentary elections, which claimed the lives of many civilians and ten of the candidates standing for election;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points out that drought, which has beset Afghanistan for years, has led to the forced displacement of more than 250 000 people from northern and western parts of the country; maintains in addition that the EU’s commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and in particular to eradicating poverty, bringing about zero hunger, and managing water, should also find expression in development aid and that Afghanistan is a key partner in achieving those goals;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes that rural economies and agriculture constitute the current main source of employment generation and calls on the EU to scale up its interventions in this area in order to improve food and nutrition security, rural livelihoods and employment, including the sustainable management of natural resources; underlines that particular attention should be given to the impact of natural hazards and climate change on small subsistence farmers;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. SRecalls that 8.7 million people have chronic needs which require longer- term systemic actions; stresses the need to comprehensively address humanitarian, development and security challenges and to better operationalise the nexuses between them; insists that pacifying the country and normalising the functioning of the state and its institutions are indispensable prerequisites for development in Afghanistan;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the Afghan national return management strategy, but points to the need for continuous monitoring for the purpose of implementing safe routes for the reintegration of Afghan citizens, especially children, who must be guaranteed access to primary and secondary education.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Emphasizes the importance of ensuring that civil society organisations (CSOs) will continue to play an essential role in exercising social control necessary to verify the good provision of public services;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the EU to further promote equality between women and men and women’s empowerment though its development efforts, bearing in mind that changing societal attitudes towards women's socio-economic role calls for accompanying measures in awareness raising, education and reform of the regulatory framework;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Regrets the lack of parliamentary oversight and democratic control on the conclusion of the Joint Way Forward informal readmission agreement between the EU and Afghanistan and stresses the importance of conducting continuous dialogue with the relevant actors in order to find a sustainable solution on the issue of Afghan refugees in its regional dimension; emphasizes that the EU development assistance to Afghanistan should not be seen through the prism of purely migration and border management purposes and considers that development aid should address effectively the root causes of migration, in line with its primary objective of poverty eradication;