8 Amendments of Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ related to 2009/2213(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Article 1
Article 1
1. Asks the European Union and the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to redirect their cooperation towards human rights protection as a solution to the crisis, including the three categories of fundamental rights: political, environmental and cultural rightsstep up cooperation in the political, economic, social and cultural fields; considers that a useful tool for overcoming the crisis could be gradual and reciprocal trade liberalisation that took the inequalities between the two regions into account; also reiterates that respect for fundamental human rights must always be present in any form of cooperation between the two;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Article 2
Article 2
2. Takes the view that the EU-LAC partnership’s objective of social cohesion will be achievable only insofar as peace and social justice are ensured, and, to this end, calls for the development of practical projects designed to strengthen the judicial system in the LAC countries, including truth and reconciliation commissionit generates a high level of development and fairness of income and wealth distribution; this objective requires concrete measures to be taken to eradicate poverty in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Article 3
Article 3
3. Calls for an acknowledgement of the Union’s ecological debt to the LAC countries, and for the EU to support the developthe EU to support the LAC countries in developing environment ofal projects such as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative launched by the Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa, provided that it does not damage the surrounding environment or infringe the rights of those living there;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Article 4
Article 4
4. Calls for the fight against climate change to become a key focus of the EU-LAC strategy; suggests developing a new economic model based onessential measures such as the conservation of forests and natural resources and on sustainable agriculture;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba and Nicaragua, among others, opposed the minimum compromise decided at the December 2009 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Article 5
Article 5
5. Calls for the recognition of food sovereignty and an end to policies involving the exploitation of natural resources for export; calls, therefore, for an end to major hydraulic engineering, mining and forestry projects, biopiracy and the appropriation of land (especially for the purpose of producing biofuels, which are not a sustainable solution to climate change)for the LAC countries;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Article 7
Article 7
7. Calls for an end to bilaReiterates the support given by the EU to regional integral agreements and multion processes and the "bloc-to-bloc" negotilateral trade agreements that focus solely on free trade, to the detriment of human rights, or have the effect of fragmention approach pursued by the EU through association agreements, as in the case of Central America; recognises, however, that countries that wish to step their relations with the EU should not be disadvantaged by internal problems ing regional blocs such as the Andean Communityintegration processes, as is the case with the Andean Community, nor by sovereign decisions by their component parts, however legitimate these may be;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Article 10
Article 10
10. Calls for all the countries concerned to sign the ILO conventions, including Convention 169, which deals with the rights of indigenous peoples and, alongside the universally recognised legitimate right to private property, recognition of the right of such peoples to collective ownership, and the introduction of joint programmes to combat discrimination against women and indigenous populations1;