4 Amendments of Reinhard BÜTIKOFER related to 2013/0120(NLE)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) Highly appreciates the achieved peace agreement and economic development in Aceh over the last 8 years and hopes that further progress can be made towards lifting the province and its people out of poverty;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) CRemains gravely concerned about torture and other human rights abuses against the civilian population in Papua and West Papua, where according to estimates over one hundred thousand people have been killed in the last 50 years; welcomes the recent announcement by the Papuan Governor to open Papua up for foreign journalists and NGOs for the first time in years; calls on the EU to offer assistance to the Indonesian authorities in developing a comprehensive approach to improving the situation in Papua, and not to let it continue to be a source of disturbing reports of human rights violations attributed to the security forces, as well as progress in education, healthcare and work opportunities, which are essential for Papuans, along with protection of the environment and of their cultural identity;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(ya) Expresses serious concern over the effects of the growing palm oil demands on deforestation in Indonesia being the world's biggest producer and consumer of palm oil; welcomes the moratorium on the clearing of new forest decided by the government in 2011 but urges to close the numerous loopholes which so far greatly diminish its effects;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point y b (new)
(yb) Expresses alarm over the annually recurring forest fires which are largely blamed on palm oil plantations, logging firms and farmers to clear land for planting; whereas these fires add to global warming making Indonesia on of the highest emitters of greenhouse; welcomes the promise of Indonesia's government to ratify the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze by early next year and urges the authorities the urgently take more effective preventive measures;