Activities of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2023/2000(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on how to build an innovative humanitarian aid strategy: spotlight on current and forgotten crises
Amendments (19)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas humanitarian crises are becoming more protracted and complex, and are causing global spillover effects; whereas increasing numbers of conflicts, climate change, growing food insecurity, the energy crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have created more economic vulnerability and displacement, resulting in even greater needs;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the European Union, the EU Member States and the United States of America account for the vast majority of the global funding for humanitarian aid; whereas there is clear need to involve potential donors with adequate funding capacity;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that closing the funding gap is a global responsibility; reiterates, therefore, the need to achieve a more balanced funding structure and expand the humanitarian resource base by promoting the greater involvement of non- traditional, emerging and potential donor countries with major economic potential and by mobilising private funding, in full respect of humanitarian principles;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) to include a substantial increase in humanitarian aid to match the new humanitarian landscape; is concerned that the funds earmarked for external crises under the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) were already exhausted in the first quarter of 2023; suggests splitting the SEAR into two separate parts, reflecting the internal and external dimensions, and equipping each part with adequate funding; underlines that any increase in the SEAR should be complementary to the much needed increase in the humanitarian aid (HUMA) budgetary line;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide more quality funding through unearmarked, softly earmarked and multiannual funding that is tailored to local contexts, needs-based and people-centred; encourages the Commission and the Member States to apply the target recommended by The Grand Bargain of increasing their multi- year funding by 30% over their own baseline, as well as providing at least 30% of their funding as flexible or softly earmarked highlights the need to harmonise and simplify donors’ contracting procedures;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to achieve the a global aggregated target set by The Grand Bargain of sending at least 25% of humanitarian funding directly to local responder organizations to improve outcomes for affected people and reduce transaction costs;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. SUnderlines that climate change effects are dramatically increasing humanitarian needs in developing countries; stresses the need to localise climate preparedness, adaptation and response, build the capacities of local actors and ensure the climate resilience of the most vulnerable groups;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls that developed countries committed to a collective goal of mobilizing 100 billion dollars per year for climate action in developing countries at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the UNFCCC in Copenhagen in 2009, and that this commitment was renewed at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm-el-Sheikh in 2022; calls on the EU to contribute its fair share to this goal and to leverage all its diplomatic means to encourage all developed countries to do the same.
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of building human resilience by supporting access to education and health services; emphasises the need to meaningfully involve the affected people and local communities in implementing early warning systems, conducting needs assessments and determining and monitoring the humanitarian response;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to better address the needs of vulnerable groups in humanitarian responses, including minorities, children, women, the elderly, and particularly persons with disabilities; underlines the challenges that vulnerable groups and minorities face when accessing humanitarian assistance due to marginalization, active targeting on the ground or weak socio-economic position; calls on the Commission to assess the effective access of minorities and vulnerable groups to humanitarian assistance and to ensure that EU's humanitarian policy leaves no one behind; encourages the use of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s disability marker to track the progress made in humanitarian action; calls on the Commission to update the EU guidelines on children and armed conflict and ensure their implementation;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the number of forcibly displaced persons worldwide is at a record high; calls for the EU and the global community to support refugees, internally displaced people and their host communities and to work for durable solutions, in particular in forgotten crises; recognizes that durable solutions for refugees and internally displaced people must ensure long-term safety and security, access to employment and adequate living standards, access to essential public services, and access to effective remedies and justice;
Amendment 136 #
15. Calls for the EU and the Member States to take positive action on gender mainstreaming in humanitarian action, given that women and girls are the most likely victims of conflicts and natural disasters; underlines the need to accelerate the implementation of the EU Gender Action Plan; deplores the increase in gender-based violence in humanitarian settings and stresses the need to prevent it; recalls that, in accordance with the “Do No Harm” principle, humanitarian actors in all sectors have a responsibility to design and implement their programming in a way that minimizes gender-based violence risks;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Insists on the need to reinforce the centrality of international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles in the EU’s external action; invites the Commission to develop a humanitarian diplomacy strategy together with the Member States, ensuring more systematic and coordinated approach to humanitarian diplomacy and that this strategy advocates compliance with international humanitarian law and respect for humanitarian principles;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly condemns war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law; calls for all perpetrators to be held accountable and for victims to receive reparations; deplores the rise in attacks on humanitarian personnel worldwide and insists on the need to increase protection and security measures for humanitarian workers and preserve humanitarian space; condemns discriminatory policies, such as the ban on female humanitarian workers in Afghanistan;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that the enforcement of international humanitarian law necessitates that the procedural criminal laws of all EU Member States enable the universal prosecution of violations without any constraints; calls upon all EU Member States that impose restrictions on the universal prosecution of such violations to implement the required legislative reforms to this end;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2664 (2016) introducing a humanitarian exemption in UN sanction regimes; calls for the EU and the Member States to further align with the global standard set by UN Security Council Resolution 2664 (2016) and to adopt standing humanitarian exemptions in its autonomous sanction regimes in order to facilitate humanitarian activities in contexts affected by armed conflict, as required by international humanitarian law;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of supporting local actors and boosting the participation of affected communities in addressing humanitarian needs in line with the Grand Bargain commitment to making principled humanitarian action as local as possible; invites the Commission and the Member States to further develop their localisation strategies in close collaboration with humanitarian partners, to guarantee that greater support is provided for the leadership, delivery and capacity of local responders, and to ensure an adequate sharing of risks;