3 Amendments of Nirj DEVA related to 2008/2050(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Views as totally unacceptable the discrepancy between the frequent pledges of increased financial assistance and the considerably lower sums that are actually disbursed; stresses that, for the sake of the credibility of international cooperation, Member States should either meet their commitments, or refrain from making these commitments in the first place;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets that the Commission communication package on aid effectiveness1 does not mention capital flight as a risk factor for the economies of developing countries; points out that capital flight does serious damage to the development of sustainable economic systems in developing countries; calls on the Commission to include measures to prevent capital flight in its policies, as required by the Monterrey Consensus, including a frank analysis of the causes of capital flight; and furthermore draws attention to acts of irresponsibility of developing countries which are often in themselves the root causes of capital flight; and reiterates that sound economies, with minimal regulation, minimal corruption and a stable currency are among the best means of avoiding the scourge of capital flight;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Instructs the European Union to call on the UN General Assembly to augment the failing eight existing MDGs by formally adopting as a political priority a new MDG 9 “to ensure that every community, and ultimately every child, has immediate access to a personal laptop computer by 2015”; acknowledges that MDG 9 will support the original MDGs with the vital digital interconnectivity that has been missing up until now; therefore proposes the establishment of a multilateral global fund for digital education (GFDE) as part of the UN Millennium Goals programme with MDG 9 acting in partnership with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO);