BETA

Activities of Urmas PAET related to 2021/2206(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

The EU’s strategic relationship and partnership with the Horn of Africa (debate)
2022/10/04
Dossiers: 2021/2206(INI)

Amendments (23)

Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the UN estimated that Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya needed an urgent humanitarian assistance of USD 4.4 Billion for 2022 to reach 29.1 million people; whereas only 5% of those needs had been met by the international community as of April 2022; whereas according to humanitarian NGOs, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine the prices of wheat and oil have increased by 300% in a number of regions of Somalia, which is importing 90% of its wheat from Ukraine and Russia; whereas according to the UN as of March 2022 over 38% of Somalia's population was suffering from severe food insecurity;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the mission ATMIS replaced AMISOM since the 1st of April 2022 with the hand-over to the Somalian national army forces in 2024 as main objective;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the non-extension of the resolution 2608 (2021) of the UN Security Council Fighting Piracy off the Coast of Somalia limits the access of the EUNAVFOR Atalanta to the Somalian territorial waters; whereas the security situation is fragile and the Shebabs terrorist group remains active;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) encourage the UK to coordinate its efforts in the region with the ones of the EU;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) provide the countries affected by conflicts and natural disasters with prompt and adequate humanitarian assistance, in coordination with like- minded partnerallocate prompt and adequate humanitarian aid and assistance to the countries affected by the extreme drought and other natural disasters and by the Russian aggression in Ukraine, which has contributed to soaring food and fuel costs and disrupted global supply chains;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) calls on the EU and its Member States to take leadership in convening the donors community for an exceptional pledging conference for the Horn of Africa, to avoid hunger from hitting the region again;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(g b) take note of the Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch report that documents a systematical expelling of several hundred thousand Tigrayan civilians from their homes using threats, unlawful killings, sexual violence, mass arbitrary detention, pillage, forcible transfer, and the denial of humanitarian assistance amounting to crimes against humanity as well as war crimes;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(g c) call for an urgent deployment of an AU-led international peacekeeping force with a robust civilian protection mandate to Western Tigray, which is crucial to promote human rights, to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid, and to help protect at-risk communities in Tigray;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) acknowledge the positive impacts of Operation Atalanta in guaranteeing maritime security, and take note of the non-extension of its mandate within the UNSC; he achievements of the EUCAP Nestor mission and the EU MASE programme in developing national and regional capacities for maritime law enforcements;call on the Member States to show adequate commitment to the EU Training Mission in Somalia both in terms of personnel and means, in order to empower the Somali Armed Forces to guarantee security in the country;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) take note of the growingpersistent activity of the Al Shabab terrorist groups in the wholpart of the region, and providecalls for the provision of tailored and effective assistance to the affected countries in countering both the immediate effects of this expansion and the root causes of extremism and radicalisation;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) ensure that assistance channelled through the European Peace Facility abides by European fundamental values andmaintain the support provided via the European Peace Facility, especially to EUNAVFOR Atalanta and to EUTM Somalia to helps in building a transparent,n accountable, robust and reliable security sector;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) ensure the funding of the civilian component of ATMIS;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(m a) urge Eritrean authorities to release Swedish-Eritrean writer and journalist David Isaak, detained since 2001, and all other prisoners of conscience; calls for his family to be at least given the right to know whether he is dead or alive;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(m a) require the conclusion of the electoral process in Somalia to remain a priority and adopt a firm position if the crisis persists;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m b (new)
(m b) call for an independent international commission of inquiry on the alleged crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing perpetrated in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray province since November 2020 by Amhara security forces, local authorities and militias against the Tigrayan population;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m c (new)
(m c) call for an UN- led international investigation on the alleged crimes against Eritrean refugees perpetrated in the Hitsats and Shimelba refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region by Eritrean forces and Tigrayan militias;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(p a) call on the EU to provide technical support to empower the diaspora in Europe to step up business relations with the region,notably by allowing remittances to be sent through legal, transparent and trusted channels instead of resorting to the halawa system, in order to prevent the misuse of the diaspora’s funding for criminal activities;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) acknowledge that safe and efficient infrastructures are key to consistent, sustainable and fair development in the region; fully exploit the potential of new EU-sponsored initiatives aiming at enhancing regional integration and connectivity; increase consultation and coordination with African counterparts in the definition of specific projects to be developed in the global gateway framework;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(t a) take note of possible insecurities and tensions that can arise from the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) by Ethiopia and the sharing of Nile waters with Sudan and Egypt that are located downstream;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) take note of the growing, multifaceted and often opaque influence of third parties in the regionsuch as China, Russia and Turkey in the region particularly in the economic, energy, security and military spheres; and take, when possible, all the appropriate actions to counter these interferences; recognise that the increasing presence of factors that do not share the Union`s values, interests and objectives could undermine the EU’s role as a privileged partner;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) reinforce strategic communication through effective and fact-based campaigns about EU actions and EU sponsored initiatives in the region, underlining their added value for local communities, sustainable development and inclusive growth, while also countering disinformation and false narratives from third parties such as Russia;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Expresses its concern over the establishment of a Chinese naval base in Djibouti since 2017 for long-range military projection,hosting over 1,000 personnel and conducting military drills such as in Mogadishu in November 2017; is concerned over China's takeover of the strategic port of Doraleh and Djibouti's rising public foreign debt contracted through loans from China;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Expresses its deep concern over the planned establishment of a Russian naval base in Port Sudan for a 25-year- lease; believes this decision would bear negative repercussions for the peace and security of the Red Sea; is deeply disappointed by Sudan President Hemetti's statement of 23 February 2022 in Moscow, falsely claiming that Russia's aggression against Ukraine was to "protect" Russia; points at the particular responsibility of Sudanese authorities in providing secure passage to the CAR to Russia's Wagner group, in return for security guarantees to help Hemetti remain in power.
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET