9 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2023/2052(INI)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Hezbollah has attempted to receive Iranian weapons through Syrian territory; whereas Israel has carried repeated air strikes to prevent such arms transfers, including on Damascus and Aleppo airports in October 2023 in the aftermath of the October 7 terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians by Hamas;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas several countries in the region have started to normalise their relations with the Syrian regime, which has led to Syria’s reintegration into the Arab League in May 2023; whereas the working groups of the Arab League have been suspended since September 2023 due to the fact the Syrian regime did not respect its commitments, including to limit drug trafficking, facilitate a safe return of refugees, release political prisoners and allow humanitarian aid to all areas;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas no action has been undertaken since the adoption of the European Parliament resolution of 11 March 2021 on the Syrian conflict – 10 years after the uprising to ensure that war criminal suspects cannot be given asylum in an EU Member State, especially when other EU Member States have already rejected the asylum claim;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) step up efforts to counter Russian disinformation about Syria, including disinformation in Arabic; take the necessary steps in order to ensure that online platforms substantially increase their fight against disinformation in the region, in particular through the recruitment of Arabic-speakers to moderate online content;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(la) condemn the launch of two Syrian rockets towards Israel and the Israeli- occupied Golan heights, by Syrian forces, on October 16, and the sending of an unarmed drone to the North of Israel;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point l b (new)
(lb) condemn the repeated attempts by Hezbollah to receive Iranian weapons through Syrian territory;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) stress that the fight against impunity in Syria is a moral and political imperative for Europe; welcome the judicial progress made by the Franco- German Joint Investigation Team regarding the 11 000 bodies of torture victims identified in the César report, the suspension of Syria from the International Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the progress made in Germany, France and Sweden in bringing Syrian criminals to justice; welcome the issuance of international arrest warrants against Bashar Al-Assad, his brother Maher Al-Assad and two generals, by French courts in November 2023, for crimes against humanity relating to their use of chemical weapons on civilians;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) call on Member States to establish a European fund for victims of crimes against humanityserious violations of international law in Syria, by ideveloping a legal framework allowing the transfer to families of the victims funds frozen for being linked to property unlawfully acquired by the Syrian regimentifying existing funds linked to violations of international law in Syria within their jurisdictions, such as monetary judgements, sanctions fines and penalties, forfeiture orders, funds frozen for being linked to property unlawfully acquired by the Syrian regime, and other revenue; call to develop a legal framework allowing the transfer of such funds to the families of the victims; recall that such funds must be carefully designed in full cooperation with the families of the victims;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(ua) highlight the impact of the Syrian conflict on the 438,000 Palestinian refugees estimated in the country and who depend primarily on the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for their basic needs; express concern regarding the Agency’s financial situation and call for Palestinian refugees to be better included in the EU’s humanitarian plans in Syria;