11 Amendments of Stelios KOULOGLOU related to 2017/2009(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas on 12 May 2016, the Parliament adopted a resolution on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda calling on the Commission to come forward with a proposal for an overarching Sustainable Development Strategy, encompassing all relevant internal and external policy areas, with a detailed timeline up to 2030, a mid-term review and a specific procedure ensuring Parliament's full involvement, including a concrete implementation plan; whereas the Commission has fallen-short to deliver Parliament requests;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas, according to the UN[1], climate change presents the single biggest threat to development, and its widespread, unprecedented impacts disproportionately burden the poorest and most vulnerable and increases inequality among and within countries; whereas urgent action to combat climate change is integral to the successful implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); [1] https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2016/go al-13/
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to define a clear and detailed EU-wide Sustainable Development Goal (SGD) implementation plan with specific targets, assessable indicators,deadlines, and methodology for coordination between the EU and its Member States, underpinned by a transparent and robust monitoring, accountability and review framework with the close involvement of Parliament, on the basis of a comprehensive set of indicators covering social, economic and environmental factors;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. With the objective of supporting the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, ensuring the health and wellbeing of all, welcomes the report of the United Nations Secretary General's High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines and requests that the European Commission proposes the implementation of its recommendations in relevant policy areas;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of Official Development Assistance (ODA) as a key instrument for eradicating poverty and fighting inequalities; calls on the EU and its Member States to recommit without delay to the 0.7 % of the gross national income target and to submit a timelinen enforceable timeline proposal for gradually increasing ODA in order to reach this target; calls on the Commission to achieve OEDC DAC recommendation of reaching an average grant element in total ODA of 86% and to duly respect the internationally agreed development effectiveness principles;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to develop a binding complaint mechanism to channel the voices of those whose human rights are jeopardised by EU external policies and which will form an essential element of the EU's role in the implementation of the PCD principle and of the sustainable development goals;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to spearhead broad international cooperation in building resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change's adverse effects, developing sustainable low-carbon pathways to the future, and accelerating the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions in line with SDG 13 and the 2016 Paris Agreement's United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note of the role of the private sector in implementing the 2030 Agenda, by following the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights and in particular its responsibility for transitioning towards sustainable consumption and production patterns in Europe and globally;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the importance of fair and properly regulated trade for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and urges the EU to frame its trade policy strategy in line with the SDGs while respecting third country´s policy space to regulate and to take decisions that are suitable for their own national context, respond to the demands of their populations, and fulfil their human rights obligations and other international commitments;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to re-adjust their approach to migration with a view to developing a migration policy in line with the SDG 10 and a positive, evidence-based narrative on migrants and asylum-seekers; opposes any attempts of linking aid with border control, management of migratory flows or readmission agreements;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Notes that both the present and previous UN Special Rapporteurs on the right to food have condemned industrial agriculture as being damaging to small- scale farmers in the developing world and have instead stressed the benefits of agroecology; calls on the Commission and the Member States not to promote or fund industrial crop and livestock production in the developing world as this undermines small-scale farmers and will make it impossible to meet SDG 2 on ending hunger and achieving sustainable agriculture and food security;