19 Amendments of Bernhard ZIMNIOK related to 2021/2163(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the right to self determination,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas humanitarian needs are at an all-time high, within relative numbers roughly at the same level as it has always been throughout the history , the aid-industry claims that 238 million people inare need of assistance in 2021, due largely to conflicts but also systemic factors such as climate change, natural disasters, environmental degradation, global population growth and failed governance;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas theMember State funds needed in Europe was spent to set up the so called EU Humanitarian Air Bridge, which was set up in response to the transport constraints caused by the pandemic, has greatly helped to plug critical gapalleviated some problems in the humanitarian response by facilitating the transport of aid, emergency assistance and humanitarian staff;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas growingthe claims by the aid- industry in regard to humanitarian needs have not been matched by adequate resourcesglobally, leading to a rapidly increasing funding gap insofar as the aid-industry is concerned: in 2020, less than half of the UN humanitarian appealever increasing budget needs was met, and as of August 2021, onlya staggering amount of USD 10.9 billion in funding was available for needs amountingthat according to the aid- industry amounted to USD 36.6 billion (30 % of the total)10 ; _________________ 10UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Financial Tracking Service, 2021 humanitarian aid contributions.
Amendment 31 #
E. whereas global humanitarian funding continues to rely heavily on a very limited number of donors, with the ten largest accounting for around 85 % of all fundingEU Member States having to bear the largest share for decades;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in 2020 the EU and Member States’ combined funding wasCommission induced the tax payers in the Member States to contribute with 36 % of all global humanitarian assistance – the largest share in the world; whereas the level of contributions varies within the EU, with four Member States and the Commission accounting for around 90 % of all EU humanitarian financing;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas this funding gap makes it imperative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the humanitarian system and to ensure that aid meets the needs of the populations affected, as highlighted most recently by Grand Bargain 2.0, which focuses on localisation and quality financing as key enabling prioritiescut costs in all international organizations and minimize dealings with NGOs/CSOs as well as to ensure effectiveness of the humanitarian aid delivery system;
Amendment 44 #
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas addressing humanitarian crises requireis not onlyabout more funding but alsobout decisive local will and local political efforts to reduce needs by preventing andor ending conflicts, protecting basic human rights, promoting sustainable development and reducing risks and vulnerabilities and the creation of a stabile society and for third countries to fully respect the rule of right to self determination;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesIs very concerned about the Commission communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles ands its concrete proposals to improve the provision of humanitarian aid, and calls for the swift implementation of these proposal provides proof that the communication show little understanding of aid-interventions and are focused to commit the European taxpayer to many more years of squandered tax funds; reiterates that in accordance with the European Consensus, the EU’s humanitarian aid must always be provided solely on the basis of need, must be fully in line with the humanitarian princip all volumes of funds for aid in third countries must be reduced to invest in critical aspects in the Member States such as the family, education, research, infrastructure, defence, rules of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, andlaw and welfare, and future aid- intervention planning must pay particular attention to vulnerable groups in the Member States;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern the sharp increase in the humanitarian funding gap, as major donors are reducing funding at a time of growing needs; underlines the stark differences inability of NGOs and especially international organizations to household with the funding provided and the continues and increasing contributions both at a global level and from within the EU; calls for the EU to advocate for greater international responsibility-sharing and an increase in humanitarian funding; urges the Member States to lead by example and contribute a fixed share of their gross national incomes to humanitarian aidalls from these organizations for more and yet more funding; calls for that the Commission provides a proposal with drastic cutbacks in aid-interventions from the Member States and how the Commission itself shall have no more role to play in the distribution of funds from Member States destined for aid but instead focus on European matters; calls on the Commission to report annually and extensively on the amount of humanitarian funding disbursed from within the EU and at a global levelthe funds provided by the Member States until they have relinquished their hold over this function;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is alarmed at the growing number of serious violations of international humanitarian law and calls for the establishment of an EU coordination mechanism in order to monitor violations and advocate for ensuring that international humanitarian law is respected, including by using the relevant political, development aid, trade and economic levers in the EU’s external actionsaddened and concerned by all serious violations of international humanitarian law;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly fulfil the commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit and as part of the Grand Bargain; highlights the importance of making humanitarian aid more efficient and effective by increasing multiannual and multi-country funding, reducing the administrative burden for humanitarian partners and promoting innovative solutions, among other endeavourCommission to ensure that the funds they are administrating is more efficient and effective, reducing the administrative costs while ensuring a higher level of oversight and ensuring less funding supplied to local NGOs who has a notorious track record of embezzling and squandering funds;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the particular importance of only supporting credible local actors and respecting their right to self determination and urges the Commission to develop a localisation policy outlining how to provide more and better support for local respondents to enable them to make use of all the instruments availablebe very selective in the choice of partner- organizations and in programming and implementing fully respecting local customs and cultures;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the concrete achievements of the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge and the idea of creating a European Humanitarian Response Capacity to plug the gaps in the EU’s humanitarian response; calls forReminds the Commission that the Member States and humanitarian partners tomust always be consulted on any new Commission aid-initiatives, which should build on – not duplicate – existing EU mechanisms such as the civil protection aid-mechanisms;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the announcement on the first everIs concerned about the EU Humanitarian Forum, which is to be held in January 2022; stresses that the forum should be inclusive and seek to increase the visibility of the EU’s humanitarian, as it will mainly lead to major interest groups representing international organizations (IOs) and Non Governmental Organizations/Civil Society Organizations(NGOs/CSOs) active within the aid-industry and exclusively dependant on ever increasing aid- and the work of its partners, promote a stdevelopment-funding having a disproportionate and undemocrategic dialogue on the EU’s humanitarian policy, and advance the implementation of the key actions set out in the Commission communicationimpact on EU aid- and development- policy, especially in regard to the perceived levels of funding needed by the Member States, circumventing the national parliaments of the Member States; thus, undermining the democratic system in the European nations concerned; suggests that the Commission cancels the EU Humanitarian Forum;