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30 Amendments of Philippe MORILLON related to 2007/2208(INI)

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Takes the view that after more than 20 years of civil war Afghanistan has become a "failed state", characterised by missing or we~~Considers that any assessment of Afghanistan must take institutions at all levels and unable to satisfy the most basic needs of its citizens such as education, housing, health, nutrition; is convinced that the country has become a test case for the success or failure of international development assistance and the legitimacy of bi- and multi- lateral development cooperation; stresses the need for the international community to demonstrate its ability to end the vicious circle of violence and poverty and to give the country the prospect of sustainable peace and developmentto account the very difficult period the country has experienced in the past 30 years, during which time the Afghan population was subjected to a brutal occupation by the Soviet Union followed by a period of total anarchy and unprecedented repression on the part of the fundamentalist Taliban regime;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Draws attention to the lasting effects of the wars that have taken place in the country, the millions of victims, the disabled, refugees and displaced and the material costs resulting from the destruction of almost all the main infrastructure;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Welcomes the efforts and progress made since 2002 by the Afghan people and institutions towards establishing the rule of law and democracy and the search for stability; considers these achievements to be extremely important with regard to the structural problems of a lack of legality and respect for humanity dignity that characterised Afghanistan under the Soviet regime and the Taliban;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Considers, in particular, that the massive turnout at the country's various elections attests to the desire of the women and men of Afghanistan to help establish a country based on the principles of active and participatory democracy; stresses that these elections have provided an example in the regional context and for developing countries experiencing serious armed conflicts;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Highlights the continuing difficulties and growing threats resulting from the weakness of the institutions intended to provided for the citizens’ basic needs, such as education, housing, health and food; stresses the need for Afghanistan’s institutions to continue to fight against all forms of corruption and to put in place effective policies to improve social conditions for the population;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Stress~~Takes the urgent need for the international community to analyse what strategic and conceptual misjudgements have contributed to the current situation in Afghanistan, including an honest assessment of both the current military strategy and the strategy for civil reconstruction; concludes that a major shift of strategy is necessary as peace, security and development will only prevail if the spiral of violence is brought to an end, if the prevailing military solution is replaced by reinforced civil reconstruction efforts, and if, as a result, the confidence of the Afghan population is restored; considers in particular that "Operation Enduring Freedom" is politically counterproductive because reconciliation and consolidation of peace cannot be imposed militarily from the outside but have to be developed inside Afghanistanview that the financial commitments by the international community must be continued and strengthened in order to ensure that the country has the necessary resources to face up to the challenges, but deplores the insufficient coordination between the various sources of aid and the considerable delays in payments intended for many programmes;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Supports the efforts of NATO forces to improve security in the country and tackle local and international terrorism, and considers the presence of these forces to be essential in order to ensure the country’s future;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that ~~the~~although mainy pro~~blem facing the country is restoring security; notes that Afghanistan's security problems are more complex than just a war on terror and therefore they require more than a military solution; point~~vinces enjoy relative stability, particularly in the north and centre of Afghanistan, the main problem facing the country remains restoring security, which is an important precondition for asserting the rule of law in the face of persistent Taliban activity in certain areas outf that security is a prerequisite for the rule of law, which in turn creates an atmosphere conducive to human development, and that strengthening the rule of law can serve as an important means to advance the freedom of peoe country, the power of the warlords and criminal activity associated with drug trafficking; is concerned by the upsurge in attacks against the civilian population, Afghan institutions and NATO forces; notes that Afghanistan's security problems are more complex t~~o exercise choices and enhance their capacity to live meaningful and healthy lives~~han just a war on terror and therefore they require more than a military solution;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Draws attention to the fact that despite some achievements to date, the overall outcome of police reform efforts during the past five years has been disappointing, demonstrating the serious inadequacies of the international community when it comes to institution building; urges the international community to move away from the multitude of individual police reform projects towards a more coordinated, comprehensive and longer- term approach;deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the need to redefine the role of the provincial reconstruction teams (PRTs) ~~as a result of the wider role of the military, which is increasingly overlapping with~~by harmonising their mandates of civilian aid agencies, causing significant friction; is convinced that the goals of humanitarian organisations, which operate on the basis of neutrality, independence and impartiality, and those of the military are not compatible; strongly believes that the PRTs should concentrate on specific objectives related to security, training, emphasising their contribution to re- establishing security and leaving responsibility for development actions to civilian anid ~~working with the Afghan police and military, and supporting t~~agencies whe re~~ach of the central government into insecure areas~~ they are able to assume that responsibility;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Strongly supports the urgent need to develop and strengthen the nascent civil society in Afghanistan, which requires a lot of time and effort to develop gradually a broad awareness of the importance of human rights and democracy, and in particular gender equality and education; ~~in order to overcome the prevailing "culture of violence" the international donor community should lend financial and technical support to local projects aimed at reconciliation~~believes that the European Union must play an increasing role in supporting Afghan civil society;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. EWelcomes the work of the independent media in Afghanistan, which have re- established a core of information pluralism in the country after decades in which all expression of freedom was absent; considers freedom of the press and freedom of expression to be essential conditions for the country’s social development and for relations between Afghanistan and the European Union; expresses its concern about President Karzai's refusal to sign the new mass media draft on 15 December 2007 following its approval in the two houses of parliament; calls on the President to clarify the status of the draft media law and recalls the government's commitment in the Afghanistan Compact to develop "independent and pluralistic" media;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes Afghanistan's progress in improving women’s political representation; expresses its solidarity with all the women in the country who are struggling to defend and promote their rights; remains concerned about the huge income disparities between men and women, very low literacy rate of women, the injustices to women and girls, both in the d~~enial of~~ifficulty of accessing basic services like healthcare and education and the lack of employment opportunities as well as high levels of domestic violence and discrimination; stresses the urgent need for measures aimed at protecting the rights of women to be built into legal and political reform; calls on the Council and the Commission to lend active support to such an initiative and to earmark funds for measures which will help build the country's capacity to protect the rights of women and girls;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. CSupports the Commission’s efforts to help Afghanistan and calls on the Commission to regularly evaluate the effectiveness of ~~the Community's~~European Union financial assistance ~~for Afghanistan~~, in particular the Commission's contribution to the Trust Funds, in order to achieve greater transparency; urges the Commission to keep the European Parliament adequately informed about the results of such evaluation;

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Secretary-General of NATO, the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the United States – with support from the United Kingdom – began Operation Enduring Freedom on 7 October 2001; whereas four other EU Member States - the Czech Republic, France, Poland and Romania - are among the coalition forces participating in the operation; whereas apart from Cyprus and Malta all EU Member States contribute troops to the NATO-led ISAF mission, amounting to more than 21,500 troops; whereas the first provincial reconstruction teams (PRTs) started in late 2001 and currently there are approximately 3425 PRTs operating in the entire country,

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas there is a considerable discrepancy between the amount of money the international community is spending on the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban on the one hand and on civil reconstruction and humanitarian assistance on the other hand; whereas approximately one dollar in aid is spent for every nine dollars on combat,deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas there are no official figures on civilian deaths in Afghanistan but a study by the Afghan government suggests that more than 3,700 people were killed by fighting in Afghanistan in 2006; whereas the majority appear to be insurgents, but it is estimated that some 1,000 civilians were killed by both Taliban attacks and NATO air strikes; whereas in June 2007 a network of Afghan and international NGOs had " strongly condemned the operations and force protection measures carried out by international military forces in which disproportionate or indiscriminate use of force has resulted in civilian casualties",deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

- having regard to the “Agreement on Provisional Arrangements in Afghanistan Pending the Re-Establishment of Permanent Government Institutions” (Bonn Agreement), endorsed by the UN Security Council on 7 December 2001,deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3

- having regard to the Constitutional Loya Jirga (Council of Elders), convened in 2003, the presidential elections which took place on 9 October 2004 and the elections for the Wolesi Jirga (lower house of the National Assembly), more than a quarter of whose members are women under a quota system established in the constitution; having regard to the elections to the provincial councils on 18 September 2005,deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4

~~- having regard to the de facto conclusion, with the election of a National Assembly in December 2005, of the process launched by the Bonn Agreement,~~deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

- having regard to Afghanistan's new constitution and particularly the declaration that "any kind of discrimination and privilege between the citizens of Afghanistan are prohibited. The citizens of Afghanistan - whether man or woman - have equal rights and duties before the law",deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

- having regard to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386 (20 December 2001) authorising the deployment of a multinational force (ISAF I) in and around Kabul; having regard to the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1413, 1444, 1510, 1563, 1623, 1659, 1707, and 1776 which extend the geographical coverage and the duration of the ISAF authorisation,deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

- having regard to the first-ever UNDP Afghanistan Human Development Report ranking Afghanistan 173 out of 178 countries included in UNDP’s 2004 human development index, and highlighting, among others, that “human security” and “human development”, rather than military force and diplomacy alone, are key to resolving Afghanistan’s complex problems,deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

- having regard to the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2007 repeating the misconception that provinces with little or no poppy cultivation are "opium-free", and emphasising the link between insecurity and narcotics production,deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

~~- having regard to the presidential decree of December 2002 laying the foundation for the creation of an Afghan National Army,~~deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12

- having regard to the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programme (DDR) initiated at the Tokyo conference in February 2003 and later assisted by the Afghanistan's New Beginnings Programme (ANBP),deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14

- having regard to the conferences in Tokyo (2002) and Berlin (2004), where the EU and its Member States collectively accounted for about 30% of the $12.5 billion in grants pledged by the international community for Afghan reconstruction; having regard to the London Conference in spring 2006, where the European Community and Member States pledged a further US$ 2.4 billion for reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan over the coming years,deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17

- having regard to the visit of the delegation from the Afghan Parliament (Wolesi Jirga) to the European Parliament on 286 to 30 November 20087,

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET

Philippe MORILLON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19

~~- having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6- 0000/2008) and the opinion of the Committee on Development,~~deleted

2008/05/15
Committee: AFET