8 Amendments of Richard HOWITT related to 2008/2152(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Supports the European Commission's efforts to help Afghanistan and calls on the EC to maintain this commitment in the future and to work closer with the UN and the World Bank to ensure that the Commission's contribution to the Trust Funds is managed transparently; urges the EC to keep Parliament adequately informed;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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3. Believes that the priorities outlined in the EC Country Strategy Paper (2007- 2013) are in line with Afghan society's needs; underlines the need to focus particular attention on policereform of the criminal justice system, including the police, detention practices and the judicial reformry, as key elements for rebuilding the trust of Afghan citizens in their state of law; calls for an equitable distribution of resources throughout the country according to assessed socio-economic need and not according to other priorities;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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5. Welcomes the efforts of the Afghan authorities to improve their management and financial mechanisms, which would lead to Afghan ownership, but believes that a more concerted effort is needed for this process to become sustainable; stresses the need for Afghanistan's institutions to continue to fight corruption and to put in place effective policies to improve social conditions for the population, education and health for the population, and for particular attention to be given to ways of including marginalised groups and women in decision-making structures;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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5a. Welcomes the Commission's intention to target governance as one of three priority sectors in the period until 2013, but calls for specific support for the promotion of human rights, including freedom of expression, and for fresh impetus to be given to transitional justice in accordance with the Afghan Government's Action Plan for peace, justice and reconciliation;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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5b. Noting the intention to transfer Commission funding for basic health care to the Afghan Ministry of Health, stresses that any increased funding directed through the Afghan Government must be accompanied by capacity-building and clear expectation criteria, including specific support to democratic governance at sub-national level;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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5c. Recognising the importance of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams and the work of the Afghan security forces, nevertheless recognises the challenge for aid effectiveness when it comes to promoting development in Afghanistan through civil-military institutions, and calls for maximum participation by Afghan non-governmental and civil society organisations, the Afghan Government and international agencies;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
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6. Recalls Parliament's initiative, under its 2008 budget, to support democracy- building with parliaments in third countries, and resolves to make use of these resources to improve the ability of the Afghan Parliament to legislate and, to monitor the executive branch. and to be fully representative of the Afghan people;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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6a. Calls for adequate funding for security costs in European Commission projects, in order to ensure both that aid workers are protected and that legitimate security management does not divert monies from project objectives and delivery;