Activities of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2009/2214(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
– having regard to the upcoming NATO's new Strategic Concept, which will be approved by Heads of State and Government at the Lisbon Summit in November 2010, and its implications vis- à-vis the security prospects in the Arctic region, particularly the military aspects of the High North,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Iceland's applicatccession to join the EU willould increase the need for the EU to take account of the Arctic region in its geopolitical perspectivestrategic opportunity for the EU to play a more active and comprehensive role in the Arctic region,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas there has been a longstanding engagement of the EU in the Arctic by way of its involvement in the Northern Dimension Policy with Russia, including its Arctic Window, in the Barents cooperation and particularly in the Barents- Euro-Arctic-Council, the implications of the strategic partnerships with Canada, the United States and Russia and its participation as an active ad hoc observer in the AC; whereas the Northern Dimension is the only financial instrument in the EU to fund the Arctic region,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the growing interest in the Arctic region of other non-Arctic actors such as China, illustrated by China's commissioning of a first icebreaker, their allocation of funding to polar research and not least the applications by China, the EU, Italy, Japan, Singapore and the Republic of Korea for status as permanent observers at the AC, indicates a different geopolitical appreciation of the Arctic on a larger scale,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that Iceland's accession to the EU would further consolidate the European presence in the Arctic Council, as well as reinforce the EU's external policies, particularly regarding the North Atlantic cooperation;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises that the effects of the melting ice are also creating e dispropportunities for economic development in the Arctic region; acknowledges the wish of the inhabitants of the Arctic to continue to pursue sustainable economic development while at the same time protecting the very sensitive nature of the Arctic ecosystems, taking into account their experience in using and developing the resources of the region in a sustainable wayionately large Arctic warming impact caused by local emissions of soot as compared to emissions originating elsewhere, largely due to its effect on highly reflective surfaces such as snow or ice;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the special position and recognises the rights of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic and points in particular to the legal and political situation of the indigenous peoples in the Arctic States; stresses the importance of cooperation between governments, local people and indigenous people;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that the economies of indigenous people rely to a high extent on sustainable use of natural resources and therefore the reduction of climate change and its effects and the right of the indigenous people to clean nature are also questions of human rights;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is of the opinion that the EU should develop further its capacities and calls on the Commission to explore and report on the establishment or continuation of EU activities in the Arctic such as a circumpolar joint multilateral research funding programme providing for easier and less bureaucratic cooperation, joint projects of the research community, and an EU Arctic Information Centre thatas a joint, networked undertaking, which is located in the Arctic and should be capable of organising permanent EU outreach to the major actors and stakeholders in the Arctic and globally, as well as of channelling information and services on the Arctic towards the European Institutions;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Takes into account the existing infrastructure located in the Polar Circle, when making decision of the EU Arctic Information Centre; asks also the Commission to map out funding possibilities for the EU Arctic Information Centre;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Requests the EU and its Member States to propose under the ongoing IMO work on a mandatory Polar Code for shipping that soot emissions and heavy fuel oil should be regulated specifically;