9 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2011/2019(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that, world-wide, public aid to poorer countries has increased in 2011, without however matching undertakings and needs; rejects the Commission’s proposal to reduce DCI by 70 million and calls for the EU’s commitment to may be maintained in 2012 despite the difficult budgetary situation;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. PointCalls outn that funds earmarked for development cooperation must target poverty allevie Commission to concentrate development aid on the poorest countries, including fragile states, and, within these countries, on the least favoured and most vulnerable sections of their populations; calls for all cooperation with developing countries which does not meet the OECD Development Assistance Committee's criteria to be funded through instruments other than those earmarked for development cooperation;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that theresponsibility for reducing poverty in emerging economies - India, China and Brazil - should no longer be reliant on official development assistance, given that poverty in those countries can be combated with own resources generated by high-growth economiesuntries lies primarily with their governments and that EU official development assistance to such countries should therefore gradually be diminished;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets the 33% reduction in the budget line 'European Neighbourhood and Partnership –– Financial assistance to Palestine, the peace process and UNRWA’ proposed by the Commission in the 2012 budget; points out that this is liable to jeopardise UNRWA’s payment of salaries to more than 28 000 members of the local staff (based in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan) working inter alia in the educational, social and health sectors;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. underlines that, following the international community's consensus and the EU's renewed commitments in politically and financially prioritising support of maternal and child health at the G8 and the UN summits in 2010, health funding under the DCI must be protected against any budgetary cuts; Takes the view that, owing to the efforts of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, substantial progress has been made in combating these evils; regards the amount allocated to the Global Fund for this purpose as insufficient, however;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of zinc for the treatment and prevention of diarrhoea and malnutrition in order to improve the survival, growth and brain development of young children; urges the EU and the Member States to allocate the necessary funds to provide zinc supplementation in developing countries which could save the lives of 450,000 children under the age of five every year;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that a permanent, autonomous and high-quality strategic think tank established within the Commission would be in a better position to clarify budgetary and strategic programming in development policy;