4 Amendments of Corina CREȚU related to 2011/2185(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the special relevance assigned to human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the Communication on Increasing the Impact of EU Development Policy: an Agenda for Change1 , and stresses that democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, good governance, peace and security, security and equal access to public services such as education and healthcare, are prerequisites for development and achievement of the MDGs;.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the EU to undertake additional efforts, mainstream more effectively human rights and democracy across development cooperation andCalls on the European Commission to define joint EU political human rights agendas towards third countries and to ensure their constant integration in partnership, association agreements and action plans in order to ensure that EU development programmes contribute to the fulfilment by partner countries of their international human rights obligations; 1 2Or. en COM(2011)0637. COM(2011)0637.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly recommends that within the future development instruments a special focus be put on thematic programmes, as they especially address human rights issues in order to promote mutually reinforcing bridges between development and human rights;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU to focus its development assistance on strengthening institution- building and civil society development of recipient countries, as those elements are crucial for good governance,; calls for strengthening of the human rights clauses and conditionality in EU-supported programmes as well as for ensuring accountability and ownership of development processes;