11 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2009/2217(INI)
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Believes, therefore, that a new EU strategy for Afghanistan will have to take as its starting point two premises: an acknowledgement of the continuing deterioration in security and socio- economic indicators in Afghanistan despite almost a decade of international involvement and investment; and the need to further encourage a profoundthe shift in the mindset of the international community, which has all too often in the past shaped plans and decisions with scant regard for Afghan involvementso that in future its plans and decisions are shaped in close cooperation with the Afghans. The conferences in London and Kabul were an important step in this direction;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
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13. Notes, too, that the cost of waging war for one week would provide 6 000 schools, enough toa large number of schools, which would ensure a future without illiteracy for allthe children in Afghanistaof Afghanistan; is aware that functioning schools also presuppose a stable security situation;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
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20 a. Points out that where direct allocations are made, it must be ensured that the Afghan authorities have sufficient capacity to administer the funds. The fight against corruption is closely connected with this;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
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21. Recognises the potential forat local corruption exists but believes that this will be outweighed by the expanded administrative capacity and strengthened legitimacy the Afghan State will gain by being responsible for implementing aid and by ensuring that aid effectiveness indicators and effective monitoring mechanisms, agreed upon by both donors and the Afghan Government, are in place;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
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26. Is equally appalled by the fact that,Calls for it to be verified whether – since US and NATO military logistics follow similar lines, – European taxpayers could end up funding the Taliban through the very entities that are supposed to combat them;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
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30. Fears that these errors have fuelled the resurgence of the Taliban in over half the country, exacerbating the deterioration in security in the entire region;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
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33. Firmly believes that the EU’s three main prerequisites for the peace process must be an Afghan commitment to banishing Al Qaeda from the country, the elimination of poppy cultivation, and the will to establish respect for fundamental human rights and the Afghan Constitution;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
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35. Recognises that the Taliban are not one single uniform entity: there are at least 33 top leaders, 820 mid-level/junior leaders, and 25 000 - 36 000 ‘foot soldiers’ distributed among 220 communities, some fighting for ideological, others for monetary, reasons; in the light of this fact, the issue of who will represent the Taliban in the negotiations being sought must be clarified;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
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40. Calls on the EU to support the peace process unreservedly, allowing the Karzai Government full autonthe greatest possible freedomy in its choice of dialogue partners, but insisting that the Afghan Constitution and respect for fundamental human rights form the overall legal and political framework for the peace process;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
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41. Cannot stress strongly enough the need for a much more active EU role in for a much more active EU role in the reconstruction and development the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan, as no lasting peace of Afghanistan, as no lasting peace is possible without significant is possible in the country itself and poverty reduction and sustainable in the whole region without development; significant poverty reduction and sustainable development;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 64
64. Regrets the paucity ofEmphasises the importance of the efforts to phase out opium cultivation in Afghanistan through the provision of viable alternative livelihood, which have had little success so far, and calls in this connection for the provision of other possibilities for land management and other viable alternative livelihoods in rural areas.This will have a stabilising effect on the spot in smaller administrative areas;