3 Amendments of Angelika BEER related to 2008/2152(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Supports the European Commission's efforts to help Afghanistan and calls on the EC to work closer with the UN and the World Bank to ensure that the Commission's contribution to the Trust Funds is managed transparently and, in particular, to increase the options for coordinated audits between OLAF and the UN agencies; urges the EC to keep Parliament adequately informed;
Amendment 6 #
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 attentionwelcomes the increased focus on rural development and the fight against poverty in view of the overriding problem of opium production; underlines the need to continue to focus on police and judicial reform as key elements for rebuilding the trust of Afghan citizens in their state;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to react to the serious concerns over the weaknesses of the current international development strategy for Afghanistan, and notably to support a stronger decentralisation of the government structures, a radical shift from military raids against the so-called "Taliban" to integration of the local leadership in an encompassing development plan, and an agenda to enhance regional stabilisation and cooperation in order to avoid the spreading of the war into Pakistan;