10 Amendments of Lars ADAKTUSSON related to 2010/0310M(NLE)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. having regard to the governance challenges facing Iraq in terms of institutional and administrative capacity building and consolidating the rule of law, law enforcement and respect for human rights;, with specific focus on ethno- religious minorities,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas it is important to tackle unemployment, especially among young people, in order to prevent them from becoming radicalized and hence easy recruits for terrorist organiszations or other organized crime groups;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas more than 1.5 million Christian Iraqi citizens (Chaldeans, Syriacs, Assyrians and members of other Christian minorities) were living in Iraq in 2003, and whereas they constitute an ancient, native population group which is facing serious danger of persecution and exile; whereas hundreds of thousands of Christians havemore than a million Christians were forced to flede the violence, either leaving their country completely or being displaced within its borders; whereas Christians could disappear from Iraq within the next six to 12 months;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas Iraqi Religious Leaders, including Muslims (Shi’a and Sunni) and Christians, as well as representatives of Sabeans, Yazidis, on March 1st, 2018, adopted joint recommendations to the government of Iraq aimed at promoting coexistence and at countering religious hate speech;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EU and the Member States to maintain the humanitarian assistance they are currently providing to help and protect all Iraqis affected by the conflicts; calls on the EU and the Member States to ensure a comprehensive oversight of their provided financial assistance to ensure that the financial assistance is reaching those in need;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses its concern over the high degree of fragmentation of Iraqi society; calls on the EU, in coordination with the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Iraqi authorities, to provide full support for a reconciliation strategy to ensure respect for the diversity of Iraq and to promote inclusive and representative governance, at national and local level, which will help strengthen a common Iraqi citizenship; welcomes the recommendations by Iraqi religious leaders for the government of Iraq to establish a council of senior clerics and scholars in Iraq, to send a request to the Iraqi parliament to indorse a law that criminalize extremist religious speeches that incites hatred and violence and punish those who encourage it, to review the curricula, in which other religions can be introduced positively, and to put emphasis on national identity (citizenship) and not on sectarian identity; calls on the EU to work with the Iraqi authorities to strengthen the rights of all ethno-religious components of Iraq so that they are afforded better protection of their rights;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Continues to provide ongoing support for the broad action to combat terrorism being carried out by the Global Coalition against Daesh; calls on the EU to establish a dialogue on issues relating to the fight against terrorism with a view to reforming anti-terrorist legislation and strengthening the country’s capacity to deal with the terrorist threats; calls on the EU to work with the Iraqi authorities to combat impunity for any crimes that are aimed at minority groups, whether ethnic, religious or other, in all their forms;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the EU to encourage the Iraqi authorities to adopt a national strategy to deal with crimes committed by Daesh and to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and voluntarily accept the ICC jurisdiction from when Daesh committed mass atrocities in Iraq, to equip the ICC with the territorial jurisdiction to investigate the crimes and to prosecute Daesh fighters;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the EU to work with the Iraqi authorities to combat impunity for any crimes that are aimed at minority groups, whether ethnic, religious or other, in all their forms;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the reconstruction and stabilisation process must be accompanied by coherent economic and social development policies which benefit all Iraqis; calls on the EU to engage fully alongside the Iraqi authorities not only to address the economic and budgetary imbalances but also to promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth capable of generating jobs, particularly for young people; calls on the EU to encourage and support Iraq in providing young people, who missed out on formal education when they became forcibly displaced by Daesh, with opportunities to assess formal educational programs that will equip them with knowledge and skills to improve their chances of getting jobs;