6 Amendments of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2011/2185(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the special relevance assigned to human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the Communication on Increasing the Impact of EU Development Policy: an Agenda for Change12, and stresses that democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, good governance, peace and security are prerequisites for development, for the reduction of poverty and achievement of the MDGs;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks for women’s rights to be taken better into account in all external action policies and financial instruments with a view to increasing gender mainstreaming through geographic and thematic programmes and to better coordination among the instruments; considers that equality between men and women and the protection of women’s human rights should be fully enshrined in all relevant areas of the EU’s external action policy and all actions and programmes falling within it;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. calls for an increase in financing for the implementation of European support mechanisms for democracy and human rights, since this is a concrete expression of the intentions of the European Union to attract support for democracy and human rights in all areas of external policy;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that the right to development is a key element in scrutinising policy coherence for development; and calls for the drafting of a common development policy taking into account integration and stable growth, and a system for the evaluation and transfer of results.
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to set up a European Observatory on Violence against Women;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64