17 Amendments of Stelios KOULOGLOU related to 2015/2051(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty establishing the Principle of Policy Coherence for Development, requiring that the objectives of development cooperation be taken into account in policies that are likely to affect developing countries;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the majority of humanitarian crisis have human-related, and not natural, courses;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas climate change will increase planet´s temperature, desertification, sea level, and consequently inequalities, conflicts and migrations and humanitarian crisis;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women and girls suffer the most of humanitarian crisis; whereas Women and girls are disproportionately exposed to risk, increased loss of livelihoods, security, and even lives, during and in the aftermath of disasters; whereas women and girls face heightened risks due to displacement and the breakdown of normal protection structures and support; whereas in humanitarian crisis the likelihood of rape, sexual exploitation and risky behaviour greatly increases the likelihood of unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and complications regarding reproductive health; whereas 80 per cent of the more than 42 million refugees and people displaced by conflict worldwide are women, children and young people;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas humanitarian aid and development are interlinked; whereas the EU confirmed already in 2004 their commitment to reach the 0.7 target by not later than 2015 (council conclusions 24 May 2005);
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Insists that without comprehensive and substantial means such a Global action will not be successful; underlines that addressing new and chronic disasters and vulnerabilities requires long term predictable investments and the compliance of the new sustainable development agenda, mainly by promoting joint risk assessment, planning and financing between humanitarian, development, civil action for peacebuilding and climate change actors;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls the importance of ensuring the Principle of Policy Coherence for Development in all EU external action by ensuring EU policies do not undermined development countries effort to achieve Sustainable Development Goals; In this regard and in order to prevent future humanitarian crisis, calls the European Commission to conduct independent ex- ante analysis on the impact Free Trade Agreements and other economic partnerships it may have in developing countries;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls the Commission to effectible ensure through a legally binding mechanism European transnationals do not mine gender equality and women empowerment, food security, social and environmental standards and human rights in developing countries;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls the EU to effectively increase climate change mitigation and adaptation policies in developing countries and to mainstream this perspective into all humanitarian action; In this regard, call on the EU to take more courageous political decisions to combat climate change;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Call the EU and Member States to boost work sex- and age-disaggregated data (SADD) and gender analysis as one of the most effective ways to promote gender equality in humanitarian efforts;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU to place protection at the heart of humanitarian action by creating a compliance system and by mainstreaming it into programming; stresses the need for the institutionalisation of the role of protection officers and for the development of strategic and integrated approaches with sufficient funds for protection activities in the first phase of emergencies; urges the EU to commit more strongly to a human rights-based approach in humanitarian action to ensure that both the needs and rights of specific vulnerable groups, especially women, youth, migrants, people living with HIV, LGBTI persons and persons with disabilities are respected;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to expand the Refugee Convention and the Kampala Convention to protect and assist displace people around the world as well as the population affected by other forms of violence, such as human trafficking, gender violence and economic violence since they may have a well-founded fear of persecution or be at risk of serious harm;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the need to adapt, under the universal framework of the Human Right Declaration and de Sustainable Development Goals, the humanitarian response system to local, national and regional requirements, and the need to empower affected populations, and women and children in particular, by building on their capacities;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes that the provision of humanitarian aid by the EU and the Member States should not be subject to restrictions imposed by other partner donors regarding necessary medical treatment, including access to safe abortion for women and girls who are victims of rape in armed conflicts, but should instead comply with international humanitarian law; Welcomes in this context the letter with reference 3757306 sent on 11 September 2015 by High Representative Mogherini to the Member of the European Parliament;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls for further efforts to increase women and girls' access to health and sexual health education, family planning, prenatal care and sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe and free abortion services, notably to address the largely unachieved MDG 5 on maternal health, including reduce infant and child mortality and avoidance of high-risk births;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that innovation should draw from multiple sources and in particular from the knowledge of affected people, civil society and local communities in the front line of response, but also from the business sector; believes that public-private partnerships can be a means to improve the response to growing humanitarian needs; notes that cash-based assistance is an example of innovation in humanitarian assistance; ; stress the importance of boosting essential public services, such as education, health, water and sanitation, in humanitarian responses; believes that public-private partnerships, in some cases and if regulated according to the Development Effectiveness Principles might be a means to complement the public response to growing humanitarian needs; notes that cash-based assistance is an example of innovation in humanitarian assistance which has proved many times a poor performance regarding the Development Effectiveness Principles 1 a; __________________ 1a http://www.eurodad.org/files/pdf/520a38c a1b330.pdf
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that, to run smoothly, humanitarian aid in emergency situations and development assistance must be linked by each other; in this regard recalls that if the EU and the member states had reached their commitment of the 0.7% target, public financing would not be a problem;