13 Amendments of Pablo IGLESIAS related to 2014/2230(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to the Human Rights Watch's report on Afghanistan: "Today We Shall All Die - Afghanistan's Strongmen and the Legacy of Impunity" of 3 March, 2015,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
– having regard to report of Transparency International Defence and Security Programme: "Corruption: Lessons from the international mission in Afghanistan" of February 2015,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the high costs of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), which is estimated to have reached USD 6 billion in 2014, and the lack of long-term commitments by the EU, or by other members of the international community, to finance the ANSF budget; stresses that even with the planned reduction of personnel to about 230 000 in the coming years it will be impossible for the Afghan Government to provide the necessary financing; expresses its grave concern that this may lead to a dangerous situation in which a highly militarised and equipped police and army could look for alternative ways of generating income; is strongly concerned about the high number of cases of corruption and cases of torture, ill-treatment, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial and summary executions and other serious human rights abuses by governmental security forces (police, military, intelligence, militia personnel) on state, regional and local level; calls for investigation and if found responsible, for criminal prosecution regardless of function or rank;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the transformation of EUPOL Afghanistan into a support mission for an Afghan-led DDR process, i.a. with the goals of demobilising the various militias and reducing the total number of ANSF personnel as far and as fast as possible; calls on the Afghan government and the respective ministries to disband irregular armed groups and hold them accountable for abuses they have committed; calls on the EU and on NATO to support and adequately fund efforts for demining Afghanistan;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that women’'s rights are part of the security solution and that it is impossible to achieve stability in Afghanistan unless women enjoy their full rights in political, social and economic life; is deeply concerned that Afghan women continue to be victims of discrimination, forced marriage, domestic violence, sexual abuse and rape; stresses, therefore, the need for more female employees in all public offices; points out that progress in peace talks may not be made at the cost of any of the rights acquired by women in recent years; emphasises the need to ensure that women and civil society actors play a prominent role at all stages of any peace and reconciliation process;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Expresses grave concern over the fate of the over 680.000 IDPs and of the approximately 2.6 million Afghan refugees living under inacceptable and disastrous conditions in the neighbouring countries, esp. in Iran and Pakistan; underlines the importance to increase EU's support to Afghanistan's humanitarian needs; calls on the EU and its Member States to open their borders to all refugees of the conflict;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the stated intent of the new President Ashraf Ghani to make combating corruption one of his priorities; encourages the Afghan Government to engage in establishing an independent judiciary; encourages a thorough review process of the role and failures of the attempts to establish a functioning justice system, as well as of the role of the EUPOL mission in this context; believes that EUPOL could assist the Afghan government establishing an independent mechanism to investigate government officials and security force officers implicated in corruption and serious human right abuses;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Finds the continued restrictions on the freedom of the media inacceptable; calls on the EU to support the Afghan government in the protection of journalists against attacks by terrorist as well as extremist and criminal groups; highlights the positive contribution towards a pluralistic civil society by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC);
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Afghan authorities to commute all death sentences and to reintroduce a moratorium on executions with a view to achieving the permanent abolition of the death penalty; calls as well on the Afghan Government to stop any kind of torture and abuse, especially in prisons and to hold those responsible accountable regardless of function or rank;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is critical of the fact that a large portion of the aid provided through various funding channels does not serve the needs of the Afghan people, and that project funding is often not guided by social but by military considerations; urges the EU to use all allocated aid strictly for development, not for security purposes, and to encourage its allies to follow suit; proposes to link assistance and EU funds - in particular to the security sector - to benchmarked improvements in countering human rights abuses, impunity and corruption;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Encourages the EU and Afghanistan to conclude negotiations, following a period of interruption, on a Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development (CAPD) in the key areas such as social and economic development, human rights and freedoms, support of the civil society, rule of law and viable institutions;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EU and the international actors to free the Afghan Government from theits commitment given at the NATO Summit in Wales in September 2014 to pay a share of the USD 500 million to be allocated annually to the ANSF, which is irresponsible in light of the budget deficits, declining revenues and serious poverty that are endemic in Afghanistan; urges the Member States to meet their commitments and pay what they promised;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises the potential of Afghanistan’'s resources, which are estimated to have a value of USD 900 billion; encourages the EU to assist the government to realise this potential in a way that in the first instance benefits the Afghan people rather than safeguards the profits of multinational enterprises; calls further to support Integrity Watch Afghanistan's claim for full contract disclosure, transparency in bidding process, the provision of security and use of water by companies during the mining operation, publication of payments and revenue in line with the revised extractive industries transparency index (EITI) standards; stresses that the exploitation of resources has to be carried out in consultation and cooperation with the local communities and must not involve any armed groups or militias; calls on the international community to assist the Afghan government to set up effective oversight mechanisms including effective anti-corruption measures;