Activities of Véronique DE KEYSER related to 2013/2090(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Development and 'state building' in South Sudan (A7-0380/2013 - Véronique De Keyser) (vote)
Development and 'state building' in South Sudan (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the efforts of the international community in the area of development and of ‘state building’ in South Sudan PDF (331 KB) DOC (160 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas children are the primary victims of the insecurity and conflict affecting South Sudan; whereas sexual violence is being perpetrated against children and women, and children are being recruited by armed bands;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas suspension of oil production by the South Sudanese Government for over a year and the closure of the oil pipes hasin Sudan have deprived the country of one of its principal sources of income and plunged it into a major financial crisis leading to continuingly harsher austerity;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas there is a shortage of teachers and a crying need for people with vocational qualifications, as well as a need for education and training colleges to produce a skilled workforce;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
W. whereas the quantity of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) still buried in South Sudan since the civil war is estimated to be in the millions;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital X a (new)
Recital X a (new)
Xa. whereas the population faces major risks in terms of food insecurity, which has affected 4.1 million South Sudanese in 2013; whereas access to health services is very limited, there is a shortage of medical personnel and supplies, and there is evident humanitarian need among the people displaced by conflict; whereas the rate of mortality of under-5s is very high and the maternal mortality rate is the highest in the world;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital X b (new)
Recital X b (new)
Xb. whereas South Sudan dropped 12 places in the Reporters Without Borders 2013 World Press Freedom Index – to 124th out of 180 countries ranked;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z a (new)
Recital Z a (new)
Za. whereas South Sudan’s official language is English but it is not generally spoken, and most of the South Sudanese population is illiterate; whereas English is the predominant language in the public services and the legal system, in private- sector companies and in the country’s major media outlets; whereas South Sudan’s various ethnic groups speak, in total, more than 60 languages and dialects; whereas language is a key factor in national cohesion and an appropriate language policy is therefore important;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z b (new)
Recital Z b (new)
Zb. whereas South Sudan still keeps capital punishment in place unless amendments are introduced in the country's constitution;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underscores the urgent need to combat illiteracy and to give women – who have a key role to play in building the new country – better access to education;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Recommends the establishment, without delay, of an education system that will provide qualified people to build and maintain South Sudan’s infrastructure, including its roads, housing, water purification system, sewage treatment plants, electricity, IT and telephone networks, etc.;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Underscores the importance of developing and improving infrastructure to give people throughout the country access to drinking water and improved water supplies; recommends that plans for investment in hydropower be stepped up;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for agriculture to be developed as a matter of priority in order to establish food security and to diversify the national economy; is concerned that national food security may be jeopardised by the granting of fertile land to private, foreign groups for excessively long periods of time and by an extremely high level of exports;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Is deeply concerned that women and children of the armed conflicts in South Sudan represent the overwhelming majority of the internally displaced persons and refugees; calls for an effective human rights monitoring, including of any sexual and gender-based violence or violations and abuses committed against children; calls all warring parties to end the impunity of the perpetrators;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Urges the South Sudanese government to ensure gender equality and guarantee that women enjoy their rights and freedoms without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, religious or cultural believes, national or social origin;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Expresses surprise that the United Nations, in view of the EU contributions to its budget, does not grant the Union special status during election missions, ensuring that its observers are protected and can do their job properly (i.e. affording them secure accommodation and access to health care);
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Urges the government of South Sudan to enact any media laws to protect media freedom and safeguard the media in carrying out their reporting;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recommends the Human Rights Council to establish a meaningful follow- up mechanism on the situation of human rights in South Sudan, such as an Independent Expert;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Strongly opposes the death penalty in all circumstances, calls on South Sudan to take specific steps to move towards its abolition;