Activities of Maria Eleni KOPPA related to 2010/0323(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
EC-Uzbekistan partnership and cooperation agreement and bilateral trade in textiles (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Council has stated in its conclusions on child labour of 14 June 2010 that it is fully aware of the role and responsibilities of the Union in the struggle towards ending child labour,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas water is an important resource in the 21st century and therefore its preservation should be a priority; whereas the production of cotton in Uzbekistan has caused a severe reduction of the volume of the Aral Sea between 1990 and 2008, due to poor environmental standards and inefficient irrigation infrastructure,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 point (i)
Paragraph 1 point (i)
(i) Remind the Uzbek authorities that despite the fact that human rights principles are enshrinincluded 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 of the most repressive dictatorships in the world,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 point (ia) (new)
Paragraph 1 point (ia) (new)
(ia) Outline the importance of democratic and human rights principles in the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and recall the Union’s commitment to further and deepen bilateral relations with Uzbekistan, which include trade, democratic principles, human and fundamental rights and the rule of law;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 point (id) (new)
Paragraph 1 point (id) (new)
(id) Strongly condemn the use of forced child labour, and outline the importance of international observers in particular the ILO and UNICEF;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Article 1 point (iia) (new)
Article 1 point (iia) (new)
(iia) Urge the Uzbek President Islam Karimov to allow an ILO monitoring mission into the country to address the issue of child labour practices;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 point (iig) (new)
Paragraph 1 point (iig) (new)
(iig) Put pressure on the current regime in order to preserve natural resources and the environment;