4 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2012/2026(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas there is a threefold European and wider international interest in the security situation in Horn of Africa: firstly; the threat posed by international terrorism, including the movement of people of Somali origin to and from European Countries and the funds channelled to terrorist organisations from piracy and kidnappings; secondly, the economic threat to international trade and the need to facilitate the safe passage of shipping; thirdly, to assist the UN in its objectives, for example in protecting World Food Programme vessels in the region;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the important contribution made by EUNAVFOR Operation ATALANTA to maritime security off the coast of Somalia by protecting World Food Programme chartered vessels delivering aid to Somalia and other vulnerable vessels, as well as supplies to AMISOM; Notes that NATO's current counter-piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield, succeeded two shorter counter-piracy operations dating from October 2008 to protect WFP shipping; welcomes the Council decisions of 23 March 2012 prolonging19 March 2012 and 23 March 2012 respectively prolonging NATO Ocean Shield and EUNAVFOR Atalanta to December 2014 and extending its mand; urges the Member States to target the operational bases of pirates onshore; urges the Member States to ensure that EUNAVFOR Atalanta is properly supported with adequate surveillance and patrol ships, as well as with the means for pursuing pirates on landensure that the various naval efforts are fully coordinated, and that all missions are properly supported with adequate surveillance and patrol ships, recognising that the most effective counter-piracy measures have, in fact, been the on-board vessel protection measures introduced by shipping companies;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decision by the Foreign Affairs Council of 12 December 2011 to establish a regional maritime capacity- building initiative, called EUCAP Nestor, in order to strengthen the maritime and judicial capabilities and training of coastal police forces and judges in five countries in the Horn of Africa and the western Indian Ocean; calls for close coordination with other initiatives, including the EU's MARSIC project, under the Critical Maritime Routes Programme sponsored by the Instrument for Stability; believes that only by enhancing the coastal security capabilities of the riparian countries will the EU and its pa, and encouraging adherence to the BMP4 Best Management Practices for shipping and furtnhers be able to withdraw their self-regulation of the maritime security industry, will the international community be able to reduce naval patrols fromin the area;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for close strategic coordination amongst all security-related actors, in particular EU-NAVFOR ATALANTA, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Nestor, as well as NATO (Operation AtlanticOcean Shield), the American- led taskforce CTF-151, the UN and AMISOM; believnotes that the decision by the Council of 23 March 2012 to activate, on an ad hoc basis, the EU Operations Centre should facilitate greater EU coordination in the framework of the Strategy for the Hin order to better coordinate the proliferation of multilateral effort in this area, international coordination mechanisms, such as the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) in New York, and the Shared Awareness and Deconfliction (SHADE) mechanism in Bahrain, present the most efficient fornm of Africacoordination;