10 Amendments of Frank VANHECKE related to 2009/2171(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas both EU donors and developing country governments are failing to meet their spending benchmarks for health and education,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the developing world faces an urgent shortage of qualified health personnel and whereas many skilled workers, in health and other sectors, are not returning home to benefit their own communities; whereas the European blue card will result in a further brain drain from developing countries, with all the detrimental effects which it entails,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges all developing countries to foster independent parliaments, able to contribute effectively to deepening democracy by freely exercising their legislative, budgetary and scrutiny functions; at the same time, draws attention to the enormous importance of a judicial system which operates independently and is properly developed;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Believes that the EU should take account of human rights and governance criteria when drawing up trade agreements with developing countries and should not hesitate to apply sanctions when states fail to respect their governance obligations; deplores the fact that the clauses dealing with human rights and good governance (the 'essential element' clauses) have to date in many cases remained ineffective, although both now and in the past numerous manifest and persistent violations have occurred;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32