Activities of Frieda BREPOELS related to 2010/2233(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on European Union relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council PDF (260 KB) DOC (137 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas all six member states are hereditary monarchies with limited political representation, particularly for women, and in the majority of cases no elected parliament,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas foreigners, particularly female domestic workers, constitute almost 40% of the total population in the GCC states and account for some 80% in the United Arab Emirates,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the GCC countries to withdraw their reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and to ratify the Optional Protocol, to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; stresses equally the importance of ratifying and implementing the UN Migrant Workers Convention and ILO Conventions 97 and 143;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the governments and the existing parliamentary assemblies to take immediate steps to ratify without limiting reservations the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as well as to cooperate with the thematic mechanisms of the UN Commission on Human Rights and invite them to visit the country, in particular the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the EU and its Member States to create synergies with the Governments of the GCC in support of an ILO Convention for Domestic Workers' Rights;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the EU to focus its cooperation programs with the countries of the GCC more on civil society organizations and support the empowerment of women and youth;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Hails the significant degree of cooperation between the EU and its Mediterranean partners on energy matters, now extended to embracewhere the primary common focus should be on energy conservation and renewable energies; considers that synergies must be encouraged here between the three geographic zones on account of their converging interests, technological expertise, sources of funding and abundant resources (sun and wind); welcomes the establishment of the EU-GCC clean energy network – clean energy having become a prime focus of interest for the GCC states;