16 Amendments of Inese VAIDERE related to 2010/0323(NLE)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, despiteaccording to the Uzbek authorities' assertions that, the practice of employing children in cotton harvesting is now limited to teenagers only, this practice takes place on private farms and is not a state- condoned policy and moreover forced labour is illegal and repressed, the pressure to comply with the centrally planned production objectives set by the government is in contradiction to any enforcement of the legislation by local authorities in the field,
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Uzbek political regime still has important steps to accomplish in ordergovernment is in the process of taking important steps to achieve democracy,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas independent international observers have gathered enough evidence to conclude that the practividence of forced labour and in particular forced child labour ias a systematic and organised practice involving pressures on teachers and families with the participation of the police and security forces,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas only independent monitoring can bring out the facts and so far the Uzbek Government has refused access to independent monitoring missions, whereas this refusal constitutes in itself a breach of its commitments and should be reacted to accordingly in order to bring out the facts and inform on the duration of the Autumn Harvest period, the working health conditions of students, their ages and eventually risk punishments for non- obedience,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 point (i)
Paragraph 1 point (i)
(i) Remind the Uzbek authorities that human rights principles are enshrined in the text of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan and that Uzbekistan has signed and ratified most UN conventions relating to human rights, civil and political rights and rights of the child but that this formal set of legal acts is far from being implemented in what remains in practice one ofstill needs to be implemented more efficiently in a country that just started the long process of democratisation; welcome generally the mpost repressive dictatorships in the worlditive efforts of Uzbekistan in promoting universal human rights and good governance;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas, on the basis of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action, the EU has the moral responsibility to use its leverage, as one of the main trading partners and a major importer of cotton from Uzbekistan, to stop the use of forced child labour in this country, whereas, therefore, the protocol cannot be treated as a purely technical agreement, as long as human rights concerns, such as forced child labour, are raised precisely with regards to cotton harvest,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 point (ib) (new)
Paragraph 1 point (ib) (new)
(ib) Outline the importance of the relations between the Union and Uzbekistan on the basis of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and reiterate the Union's commitment to further deepen bilateral relations, which include trade, as well as all areas related to democratic principles, the rule of law, and respect for human and fundamental rights;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1point (ie) (new)
Paragraph 1point (ie) (new)
(ie) Outline the importance of international observers in particular the ILO and UNICEF to continue to monitor the development of the situation of forced labour in Uzbekistan, as well as in other countries in the region;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 point (iib) (new)
Paragraph 1 point (iib) (new)
(iib) Call on the Uzbek Government to adopt centrally planned production objectives that take into account the existing limitations of resources and that do not hinder full enforcement of the legislation on forced labour;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (vi)
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (vi)
Amendment 23 #
(iii) Consent to this Protocol should only be put to the vote by Parliament after international observers, and in particular the ILO and UNICEF have confirmed that this practice has been fully abolished in practice at national, viloyat and local level in a sustained and verifiable way and that Uzbekistan provides all elements and facilities to ensure that the situation can be vewhen the Uzbek Government has presented an action plan of concrete steps and a strong commitment to better implement legislation against forced labour and child labour that endangers their health, education and regular attendance of school; outlines in this regard the importance of close and unhindered monitoring by international observers, in particular the ILO and UNICEF, fully granted by Uzbek state authoriftieds.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (vii)
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (vii)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (viii)
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (viii)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Concludes that it will only consider the consent when the recommendations set out in paragraph 1 are duly addressed by the Commission, the Council and concretely implemented by the Uzbek Government;