2 Amendments of Bernhard ZIMNIOK related to 2019/2055(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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2. Reiterates its concerns as regards the use of development funds for non- development objectives and underlines that funding which does not fulfil official development assistance criteria must be sourced from other instruments than the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI); underlines the importance of ensuring human rights standards in all cooperation under the DCI and insists that in order to successfully combat poverty in the long-term, the Union must adhave a better possibility to support the reduction of poverty in the recipient countries, the Union should concentrate support to the beneficiaries in order to adress the causes of poverty and inequalities;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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4. Welcomes the use of budget support in general to assist developing countries in their reform efforts and in achieving the SDGs, urges, however, the Commission to more clearly assess and define the development outcomes to be achieved through budget support in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient states' conductthe conduct of the beneficiary nations and civil society organisations in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy.