2 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2019/2028(BUD)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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3. Reiterates its concerns as regards the use of development funds for non- development objectives and underlines that funding which does not fulfil ODA criteria must be sourced from other instruments than the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI); is concerned by recent allocations under the DCI (21 02 04 Cooperation with the Middle East) to develop a dialogue and cooperation with Iran; recalls that Iran is an upper middle income country and should therefore receive funding from the Partnership Instrument;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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4. Draws attention to the ongoing sectorial budget support payments to Myanmar (21 02 02 Asia); recalls the UN report stating that the killing of more than 10.000 Rohingya people and the mass exodus of more than 700.000 Rohingya people from Myanmar was a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”; considers that under such circumstances, the budget support to the government should be suspended and the money should instead be spent through other channels (such as international organisatSupports the Commission's intention to clarify the doctrine it will apply in the area of development cooperation with states that violate the principles of the European Union's and NGOs) in order to reach the poorestexternal policy;