8 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2015/2275(INI)
Amendment 6 #
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); strongly recalls that the EU budget cannot be used to directly finance military or defence operations (Article 41(2) TEU); underlines the importance of EU support for AU peacekeeping operations approved by the UN;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NotesExpresses grave concern over the possible lack of transparency in EU PSOs; stresses that full investigations should be carried out if grievances arise; recalls the need tohat the improvement of current EU funding for PSOs should not be to the detriment of other funds, in particular the one devoted to the development of these countries; underlines that African security should, in the future, be monitored by the AU, supported by the international community; and with the supervision of the EU Parliament, in respect with the EU funds employed;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a comprehensive plan to reinforce sustainable development policies in peacekeeping operations in order to ensure long-term development; recalls the need to provide tools to achieve clear steps towards democracy and democratic values such as the rule of law and freedom of speech, along with a sustainable economy and stable society; underlines the need for a comprehensive plan regarding conflict areas and their surroundings with a view to preventing the emergence of new conflicts; calls, in this regard, for an early warning system;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that quite often "peacekeeping" operations are just devoted to an unstable maintenance of a surface of security; urges a deep rethinking of the concept, structure and even name of these operations; reaffirms and strongly underlines the need to have operations really conceived to deal with the deep root of war, instability and underdevelopment in a given region and with a high level of resiliency;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the need of a coherent and comprehensive approach for peace, stability and development; and strongly underlines the need to deal with development issues in a long-term perspective, taking into consideration the root causes of the problem; but strongly condemns the attempt to use funds devoted to development in order to act in different - even if related - field, as security and peace;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Remember the utmost importance of disarmament - with particular attention to non-military fighters and irregular troops - in order to reach stability and development goals;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that political, humanitarian and development policy efforts should be used initially, supported only by civilian peacekeeping operations, and should be transformed into military operations only when necessary; demands thatmilitary operations should be considered a last resort; recalls that, in any case, military peacekeeping shouldoperations must be supported by humanitarian and development policy both during operations, to aid peaceful resolution of the conflict, and afterwards, so as to make the settlement sustainable.and that human rights, and the rule law should be always a constitutive part of the troops training;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes with the deepest concern and deplores the relevant amount of cases of women sexual exploitation, encouraged prostitution, children prostitution and children trafficking, often spreading during and immediately after peacekeeping operations; calls on all the relevant authorities - in particular when EU is engaged in these operations - to urgently take any efforts to stop these violations, to protect victims, to bring the perpetrators to justice and to put human rights at the core centre of any initiative conducted in the framework of the said operations.