3 Amendments of Diana RIBA I GINER related to 2019/2176(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the Petitions committee has received several petitions regarding Turkey, among others critical towards the 2016 EU-Turkey statement on addressing the migration crisis, and concerned with the respect of human rights and international law, particularly with regard to the Kurdish people and the incursions into Syrian territory;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the European Commission, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the EU Council and all EU Member States to table a new resolution in the UN Security Council calling for political and economic sanctions against Turkey for its acts of aggression in the eastern Mediterranean and for its non-compliance withthe resumption of the UN-led negotiations between Turkey and Cyprus; reiterates its support for a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with a single international legal personality, single sovereignty and single citizenship and with political equality between the two communities, as defined by the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, in accordance with international law and the EU acquis and on the basis of respect for the principles on which the Union is founded; calls on Turkey to begin withdrawing its troops from Cyprus, to transfer the sealed-off area of Famagusta to the UN in accordance with UN Security Council Resolutions 550 (1984) and 789 (1992) of the UN Security Council. , and to refrain from actions altering the demographic balance on the island through a policy of illegal settlements; stresses the need for the implementation of the EU acquis on the whole island.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the EU delegation in Turkey to closely monitor the use of EU funds disbursed as a result of the EU- Turkey statement; stresses that EU funds and any facilities funded by the EU cannot be used to forcefully return refugees to Syria; reiterates that any returns to Syria must be voluntary, safe and dignified, and done under the control of the UNHCR;