2 Amendments of Paulo CASACA related to 2008/2026(BUD)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
School fruit and vegetables scheme 16. Deplores the fact that, for the second consecutive year, the Council has rejected Parliament's proposal for an amendment concerning the creation of a new line 05 02 08 12 - School fruit and vegetables scheme; welcomes, however, the political agreement of the Council on the legal base for such a programme; had expected the programme to start in time for the school year 2009/2010 and regrets, therefore, that the Council did not accept the Commission's proposal to create already a token entry ("p.m.") in the budget, which would have allowed for a flexible start of, as well as its firm commitment to start it in the 2009/2010 school year; invites the Council to take all the necessary measures to honour its commitments and enable the programme as appropriateto start during the budgetary year 2009;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Draws attention to the need to make available more funds to support the millions of Iraqis refugees and displaced people; notes that the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that more than 4 million Iraqis are currently displaced from their homes, including some 2.2 million inside Iraq and up to 2 million refugees; points out, in addition, that Iraq continues to accommodate some 41,000 refugees who are in need of protection and assistance; stresses that the UNHCR is facing a refugee situation which involves the largest urban population that it has ever been called on to attend to, and which places an unprecedented burden on the economies and social infrastructure of host countries (Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, the Gulf States and countries further afield);