35 Amendments of Gay MITCHELL related to 2010/2037(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU and its Member States, as the world's largest donor, needs to play a leading role at the September MDG meeting and adopt an ambitious, united position that can drive the planet forwardwork as a driving force towards meeting the MDGs on time,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas unpredictable aid can be detrimental to recipient countries and whereas better quality aid could free uplease an extra EUR 3 billion a year for the development spendingbudgets of the EU and its Member States1, ________ 1 'Aid Effectiveness Agenda: Benefits of a European Approach', European Commission, October 2009
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas incoherencies in the European Union's policies mustshould not undermine the impact of development funding,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas remittances pumpcontribute at least USD 300 billion a year into developing countries' economies1, ________________ 1 'Migration and Remittance Trends 2009', World Bank, November 2009
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas manysome LDCs are on track to meet no MDGs whatsoever,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the recent food and fuel crises, coupled with the global economic downturn and climate change, have reversed much ofled to set-backs in the last decade's progress on poverty reduction,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas land ownership creates incentives for individuals, families and communities to take control of their own development and ensure food security at a local level,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas fmitighating climate change in the south will cost upwards of USD 100 billion a year and the economic downturn at least as much againdeveloping countries could cost around USD 100 billion a year by 20201, _________ 1 Stepping up international climate finance: A European blueprint for the Copenhagen deal, COM(2009) 475/3
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas a lack of securitpeace and security, democracy and political stability often prevents poor countries from meeting their full potential development potential,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas trade is a prerequisite for sustainable development,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas a third of all maternal deaths in Africa are due to unsafe abortionsfor the first time in decades, researchers are reporting a significant drop worldwide in the number of women dying each year from pregnancy and childbirth, to about 342,900 in 2008 from 526,300 in 1980, which signals a persistent and welcome progress towards the achievement of this MDG,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
W. whereas funding for family planning on a per-woman basis has fallen sharply away over the last decadethis significant drop is due to lower pregnancy rates in some countries; higher income, which improves nutrition and access to health care; more education for women; and the increasing availability of “skilled attendants” - people with some medical training - to help women give birth,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W a (new)
Recital W a (new)
Wa. whereas about 60,000 pregnant women died from AIDS over this period and it is becoming increasingly clear that in order to tackle the rising maternal mortality in the regions of eastern and southern Africa, urgent action is required not so much in emergency obstetrical care, but in access to antiretrovirals,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Y. whereas failing to meet our MDG promises will mean a death sentencecontinued suffering for millions of poor people and will seriously erode trust between north and south,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y a (new)
Recital Y a (new)
Ya. whereas there is a demographic deficit of 100 million women in the world due to abortions and infanticide based on cultural preferences for male children,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expects the June 2010 European Council to agree on an ambitious and united EU position ahead of September's UN MDG meeting and to lead to new, results- -oriented, additional, transparent and measurable commitments;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EU and the OECD not to broaden the definition of development aid (ODA) and not to count debt cancellation or other non-ODA financial flows as aid spending;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on all Member States actively to crack down onounteract tax havens and tax evasion, within the G20 framework, and to promote greater transparency and country-by- country reporting by multinationals;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all Member States and the international community to take action to make remittances cheaper;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on all Member States to apply an interest-free debt moratorium on debt repayments until 2015 for developing countries and to make renewed efforts to write off debts of LDCsand the international community to make renewed efforts to ease the debt burden of LDCs with a track-record of accountability, transparency and good governance;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on all Member States to commit to allotting significantly more resources to development cooperation and emergency aid under the next Financial Perspective and European Development Fund;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on all Member States to increase significantly the amount of aid provided through budget support, particularly via MDG contracts, but insistson condition that democracy, human rights, governance and other essential criteria are met and that there is more and better monitoring and audits;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EU not to pressure poor countries through its trade policy into opening up vulnerable market sectors when their level of development precludes them fromand the international community to support rule of law and non-corrupt administration, processing and diversification of production, as well as efficient infrastructure in developing countries for their increased capacity to competinge fairly on the global stage;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on all Member States and the Commission to reverse the worrying decline in funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights in developing countries and to support responsible policies on family planning, abortion, treatment of sexual diseases and provision of condoms;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for an end to abortion as a form of contraception or family planning and a recalibration of the ideas of "women's rights" and "sexual and reproductive health" to once again focus on the protection of vulnerable women, born and unborn, in the developing world;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the EU to channel at least half its aid into LDCs and to target the neediest within these c Least Developed Countries, focusing especially on women, children and people with disabilities, and to mainstream more effectively the interests of vulnerable groups in its development strategies;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the EU and partner governments to increase investment in farming and food security to levels that guarantee, the international community and developing country governments to prioritise efforts for food security and freedom from hunger for all, looking particularly at urgent hunger needs, small-scale farming and social protection programmes;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to promote land ownership as a tool for poverty reduction and the guarantee of food security by strengthening property rights and facilitating access to credit to farmers, small businesses and local communities;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Intends, when codeciding the upcoming revisionnewal of the European Investment Bank's external mandate, to seize the opportunity to turn the EIB into an effective, pro-poor lending instituensure fulfilment of its development obligations;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on all Members States and the international community to ensure the UN remains the forum of choice for addressing global governance and poverty- related issues;