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14 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 1998/0031R(NLE)

Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Turkmenistan has concluded international agreements (ICCPR, ICESCR, ILO Conventions);
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other non- governmental organisations are highlighting the ongoing alarming human rights situation;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas numerous reports by the World Health Organization and MSF point to the still precarious state of the health system;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) A clear division between the executive, legislative and judiciary branches and measures to facilitate and secure the genuine participation of the population in state decision-making processes, including a consultation with international experts such as the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, onin order regularly to assess the compliance of the Constitution of Turkmenistan with theseinternationally agreed democratic principles;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) An end to enforced disappearances, torture, forced confessions and/or incrimination of third parties, acknowledgment by the country’s authorities of the existence of political prisoners and access to the country for international organisations and independent monitors;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) Ensuring untrammelled and free access to various sources of information and, in particular, allowing people to access alternative sources of information, including international means of communication, and to keep telecommunications devices, such as private satellite dishes or internet connections;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
(va) Ensuring freedom of the press, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point ii
(ii) Continued implementation of reforms at all levels in accordance with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and in all areas of the administration;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point iii a (new)
(iiia) full implementation of the law prohibiting child labour,
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point i
(i) ensuring that the European Parliament is properly informed about the implementation of the human rights and democratisation provisions of the PCA, including access to the relevant information on the development of the situations regarding human rights, democracy and the rule of law and that it is briefed upon request ahead of and following meetings of the Cooperation Council in a timely manner, subject to applicable confidentiality rules;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point ii
(ii) closer interaction with Parliament and civil societys, representatives of civil society and the relevant national NGOs in preparation for the annual Human Rights Dialogues, and debriefings;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point iii
(iii) consultation with the European Parliament when preparing updates of the EU Human Rights Country Strategy for Turkmenistan;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council and the VP/HR to proceed with setting up a fully- fledged EU Delegation in Ashgabat, as announced by the VP/HR’s predecessor, and thus diplomatically and legally upgrade the existing EU Liaison Office run from the EU Delegation to Turkey, which is also accredited to Turkmenistan; emphasises that the new Delegation should develop a mutually beneficial cooperation strategy tailored to Turkmenistan’s development conditions and requirements, should monitor the situation in the country, including human rights violations and individual cases of concern, should enable diplomacythe still alarming situation regarding human rights violations, should enable diplomatic action on the ground, and should enter into a dialogue with the various political, social and economic players onf the ground, and should improvpartner country; furthermore, measures should be taken to ensure the management of and oversightcontrols ofn projects funded by the EU external financing instruments;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #
5. Concludes that it will consider giving its consent once it deems that the recommendations set out in paragraphs 1 and 3 have been duly addressed by the Commission, the Council, the VP/HR and the state authorities and competent institutions of Turkmenistan;
2018/12/12
Committee: AFET