5 Amendments of Luisa MORGANTINI related to 2008/2152(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas accountability, transparency and managing for results are among the main principles guiding development cooperation according to several international conventions including the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the DCI requirement1 that budget support programmes should be accompanied by support for partner countries' efforts to develop parliamentary control and audit capacities and increase 1 DCI Article 25(1)(b) transparency and public access to information; points out that work in this area should also be carried out when "budget support" is delivered by other donors or MDTFs and stresses the important role that civil society organisations can play in the monitoring of such budget support;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses extreme concern about the risks to which personnel working on development cooperation in Afghanistan are exposed, highlighted by the deaths in August 2008 of four such staff members; considers that the security of civilian aid workers is jeopardised by the blurring of the distinction between military and civilian operators due to the use of military Provincial Reconstruction Teams to carry out development actions in the provinces; calls therefore for the re-establishment of a clear distinction between military and civilian personnel;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that relations between Non-State Actors (NSAs) and the government of Afghanistan do not always run smoothly and calls for every effort to be made to improve relations; points also to the need to establish a strict definition of not-for- profit NSAs at national level, after consulting the NSAs themselves;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls the particular problemsoppression and discrimination faced by the women of Afghanistan under the Taliban regime and subsequently1the problems they are facing now, and observes that even if cultural attitudes built up at that time can only gradually be changed; calls on the Commission to take into account gender aspects in all its development actions in the country; 1 Described in Paragraph 33 more should be done by the current government to defend their rights; calls ofn the European Parliament resolution of 8 July 2008 on stabilisCommission to allocate specific human resources in its delegation tof Afghanistan: challenges for the EU and the international community. to better incorporating gender aspects into all its development actions in the country; Or. en