Activities of Véronique DE KEYSER related to 2012/2026(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU Strategy for the Horn of Africa
Amendments (21)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas no international military action can, of itself, establish security, stability and lasting peace if it is not accompanied by a programme for democratic development;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas access to the people remains a major problem in the Horn of Africa countries as far as dealing with the humanitarian emergency there is concerned;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the Commission is about to raise to EUR 158 million the total amount of humanitarian aid granted this year to the populations that have been victims of the drought in the Horn of Africa countries;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas, at the international Pledging Conference in Addis Ababa, the main African Union member states undertook to release almost USD 350 million for the countries affected by the drought;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that it is important to support agriculture, pastoralism and cattle breeding in the Horn of Africa countries, and welcomes the important work done by various NGOs in these spheres;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to support all programmes for access to water as a fundamental right and a common asset of humanity, and to support public and private partnerships for access to drinking water;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Urges the international community, in cooperation with the ICRC and the Red Crescent, to implement and develop in Somalia, as soon as possible, health facilities, healthcare centres and therapeutic nutrition centres for outpatients;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Asks the Commission to consider assisting and supporting all the African countries that are involved militarily in the peace-keeping effort in the Horn of Africa countries, particularly in Somalia;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the new EU SHARE programme, which aims to increase the resilience of the countries in the Horn of Africa in respect of the various threats they have to face, but stresses that this programme should be coordinated with the EU strategy for the Sahel, which has to face the same threats (terrorism, drugs, climate change, influxes of refugees and displaced persons, etc.);
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the establishment of a Local Stability Fund, which aims in particular to coordinate international aid in the newly liberated and accessible areas in the south of Somalia;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Condemns the commercial incoherence whereby Somalia exports some of the food it produces while failing to guarantee food security for its own population;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Welcomes Somalia’s observance of the timetable set by the international community for ending the transition period; welcomes the establishment of the Constituent Assembly, the drafting of the new constitution and its adoption by the newly constituted Parliament, and the election of the President; welcomes the fact that the 30% quota for female Members of Parliament has almost been met;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Is concerned by the resurgence of violence in Jonglei state in South Sudan, jeopardising the progress made on re-establishing peace and security in the region, supports the investigation requested by UNMISS and calls for those responsible for the violence to be punished;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Government of South Sudan to (i) take the necessary steps to strengthen its international and national human rights framework, including by reconfirming its obligations under international human rights treaties to which Sudan was party at the time of South Sudan's independence, while withdrawing reservations to them, and becoming party, without reservations, to other key international human rights treaties;(ii) immediately swear in members of the Investigation Committee into the Jonglei State Crisis and provide them with necessary resources to carry out an independent, full and impartial investigation;(iii) immediately impose an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty and to commute all death sentences to terms of imprisonment;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Welcomes the fact that Sudan and South Sudan have reached agreement on their common borders, albeit with many details yet to be finalised; underscores the urgent need for a definitive resolution of the Abyei situation;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Welcomes the conclusion, at the end of the period stipulated in the AU Peace and Security Council Roadmap, as enshrined in UN Security Council Resolution 2046(2012), of an agreement between Sudan and South Sudan on oil resources; hopes that this agreement will also finally resolve, at the earliest possible date, the problem of transit arrangements for oil from South Sudan;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Welcomes the memoranda of understanding concluded separately between the Sudanese Government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), with the UN, the African Union and the Arab League, with a view to allowing humanitarian aid to get through to civilians in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Is concerned about the deteriorating health situation of the estimated 170 000 Sudanese refugees, more than half of whom are children, in the four camps in Upper Nile state and the camp in Unity state, where the risks of infection, diarrhoea and malaria are sharply increasing, with malnutrition as an aggravating factor;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13f. Calls on the governments of Sudan and South Sudan to find solutions for the future of the areas still in dispute and the final status of Abyei; urges the two countries to finalise the agreements to which they are already committed;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 g (new)
Paragraph 13 g (new)
13g. Congratulates former President Mbeki’s High Level Panel, which was part-financed by the EU, on the successes it achieved, with the support of the African Union, in negotiating and mediating between Sudan and South Sudan;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 h (new)
Paragraph 13 h (new)
13h. Condemns any support provided by either Sudan or South Sudan to any armed group other than their respective regular armed forces;