6 Amendments of Eleni THEOCHAROUS related to 2012/2143(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls upon the European Commission to elaborate and propose policies and programmes both to enhance the Union's role at a regional and global level and promote the necessary means in order to successfully accomplish its humanitarian task in terms of preventive policy;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasizes the need of shifting the manner in which we approach R2P to protect which should involve integrating it within all our schemes that relate to development cooperation, humanitarian aid and crisis management, and building upon programmes that embrace rather than exclude R2P; stresses that clear prioritisation must be made of our objectives under a strict policy of neutrality;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that in situations where R2P is applied it is of the utmost importance to maintain the distinction of mandates between military and humanitarian actors, in order to safeguard the perception of the neutrality and impartiality of all humanitarian actors and to avoid putting at risk the effective delivery of aid and medical or any other assistance, access to beneficiaries and the personal safety of field-based humanitarian personnel;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that R2P is primarily a preventive doctrine and that military intervention should be the last recourse in R2P situations; calls for R2P, whenever possible, to be carried out first and foremost through diplomatic and long-term developmental activities that focus on capacity-building in the fields of human rights, good governance, the rule of law, conflict preventionthe reduction of poverty and emphasis on education and health, conflict prevention, effective arms control and prevention of illicit arms trade, and the strengthening of early warning systems; furthermore, recalls that there are many non-military coercive alternatives, such as sanctions, accountability mechanisms and mediation;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Bearing in mind that human security is the precondition of development, stresses that our commitment to R2P to protect should take place within our commitments to achieving the MDGs and any post-2015 Framework; this includes using all the tools that we have at our disposal that aim at strengthening democratic institutions, poverty reduction and sustainable development;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. stresses that R2P approach must be included to our actions in post-conflict operations whereby we must ensure the responsibility is upheld even in times following conflict and peace-building;