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41 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2009/2217(INI)

Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 bis (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) report of August 2010 on ‘Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict’,
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
– having regard to the work of the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and, in particular, its October 2009 report on ‘Addiction, Crime and Insurgency – the transnational threat of Afghanistan opium’ and its World Drug Report 2010,
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the international community has implicitly recognised that nine years of war and international involvement have not succeeded in eliminating the Taliban insurgency and bringing peace and stability to the country,
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas an impasse has been reached in Afghanistan: a coalition of occupying powers in place but unable to defeat the Talibanit is difficult to see an obvious end in sight, with an international coalition unable to defeat the Taliban through military means only, and an insurgency movement unable to prevail against these military forces; and whereas there is no obvious end in sight,
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the overall security condisituations haves deteriorated over the last 2 years, along with the popular consensus the coalition's presence enjoyed at one stage; whereas this general assessment of the security conditions must be mitigated, given that most big cities and the majority of provinces are not facing any major violence,
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas extremist groups have failed to obstruct the election process and numerous Afghans went to vote for their members of parliament on 18 September 2010, showing their courage and commitment to democracy-building in their country,
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas, with regard to the EU aid contribution to Afghanistan, Carl Bildt, in his capacity as Council President, stated before Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs in December 2009 that ‘We have no idea what the Union as a collectivity is doing in Afghanistan... We are spending more than a billion euros a year..., virtually uncoordinated’,deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas, with regard to the EU aid contribution to Afghanistan, Carl Bildt, in his capacity as Council President, stated before Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs in December 2009 that "We have no idea what the Union as a collectivity is doing in Afghanistan... We are spending more than a billion euros a year..., virtually uncoordinated",deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas between 2002 and 2009 a sum of over USD 40 billion in international aid was channelled towards Afghanistan but whereas, according to UNICEF estimates, 59% of Afghanistan’s children under the age of five do not get enough to eat, and five million children are unable to attend school,deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes, therefore, that a new EU strategy for Afghanistan will have to take as its starting point two premises: an acknowledgement of the continuing deterioration in securcontinuation of the international community’s and socio- economic indicators in Afghanistan despite almost a decade of internthe Afghan Government’s ongoing efforts to improve the security and socio-economic situational involvement and investment Afghanistan; and the need to encourage a profound shift in the mindset of the international community, which has all too often in the past shaped plans and decisions with scant regard for Afghan involvevolvement of Afghans in their country’s reconstruction and development;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Commends, in this regard, the progress accomplished in the elections held on 18 September 2010, such as the good technical preparation of the polls by the independent electoral commission, the increased role of the Afghan authorities, decreased violence and a higher participation rate (estimated at 40%) compared to last year's presidential election, as well as a higher number of candidates than in previous legislative elections;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly bBelieves that women's rights are part of the security solution – it is impossible to achieve stability in Afghanistan without women enjoying their full rights in political, social and economic life; calls on the Afghan authorities to include women in every stage of the peace talks and reconciliation/reintegration efforts;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises that real progress has been achieved on women’s rights, as evidenced by the adoption of the Constitution in January 2004 and the increase since 2001 in the proportion of women among Members of the Afghan Parliament (27.7% in 2010) and at university (21% in 2010);
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that, despite the huge injections of foreign aid, more Afghans are dying through poverty than as a direct result of the armed conflict, and that, shockingly, since 2002 infant mortality has risen, and life expectancy at birth and encouraging progress is evident in the fields of health (where, in particular, infant mortality fell by 26% between 2005 and 2010 and the proportion of the Afghan population with access to basic health care increased from 8% in 2002 to 85% in 2010) and access to education (with a sixfold increase in the levels of literacy have declined markedly; since 2004, the population living below the poverty threshold has increased by 130%enrolment at school since 2001 and the renovation or construction of 4 480 schools since 2002);
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that these disappointing indicators are not compensated for by the limited progress made in infrastructuprogress has also been achieved in relation to infrastructure and public access to services (specifically, more than 13 000 km of roads have been repaired since 2001, electricity production has tripled since 2002, and the proportion of the population who are, telecommunications and basic education usually cited as achievements by donors and the Afghan Government; phone subscribers has risen from 0.1% in 2000 to 30% in 2010) as well as economic development (in particular, household income has risen by 53% as against 2008- 2009, while GDP grew by 22.5% between 2009 and 2010;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Equally, dDraws attention to the huge cost of the war prosecuted in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2009, estimated at over USD 300 billion and equivalent to more than 20 times Afghanistan’s GDP, and which, with the additional military ‘surge’ foreseen, is set to rise to over USD 50 billion per year;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the cost of eliminating poverty in Afghanistan is equivalent to the cost of five days of warfare;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the cost of eliminating poverty in Afghanistan is equivalent to the cost of five days of warfare;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Notes, too, that the cost of waging war for one week would provide 6 000 schools, enough to ensure a future without illiteracy for all children in Afghanistan;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Notes, too, that the cost of waging war for one week would provide 6 000 schools, enough to ensure a future without illiteracy for all children in Afghanistan;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Is appalled by the absence oflimited coordination among international donors and the lack of detailed evaluations on the impact of the international civilian and military intervention, by the lack of transparency and by the limited mechanisms for donor accountability;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recognises the potential for local corruption but believes that this will be outweighed by the strengthened legitimacyand affirms that one of the goals of the international involvement is that the Afghan State will gain by beingbe responsible for implementing aid and by ensuring that aide effectiveness indicators andof the aid; notes that this is to take place through effective monitoring mechanisms, agreed upon by both donors and the Afghan Government, are in place;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Advocates a policy of increasing procurement within Afghanistan itself wherever possible rather than importing goods or services; commends General Petraeus' new guidelines aiming at using the purchasing power of coalition forces as a tool in the fight against the insurgency; hopes this change of orientation in contracting policy will be implemented quickly;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that, as widely reported in the press and in the US House of Representatives report "Warlord, Inc.", the US military in Afghanistan has outsourced most of its logistics to private contractors, who in turn subcontract the protection of military convoys to local Afghan security providers, with disastrous consequences;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that the decision to place the US military supply chain in private hands is fuelling extortion and corruption, as warlords, local mafia bosses and ultimately Taliban commanders end up taking a significant share of the USD 2.2- 3 billion business of military logistics in Afghanistan; notes that this amount surpasses the funding going to the Taliban from their "taxation" of the narcotics industry (calculated by the UN at 15% of their war budget);deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Is equally appalled by the fact that, since US and NATO military logistics follow similar lines, European taxpayers could end up funding the Taliban through the very entities that are supposed to combat them;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Is equally appalled by the fact that, since US and NATO military logistics follow similar lines, European taxpayers could end up funding the Taliban through the very entities that are supposed to combat them;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Urges, therefore, NATO and all coalition forces in Afghanistan to return to a situation whereby they provide their own military supply chain, as soon as practicable;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Fears that these errors have fuelled the resurgence of the Taliban in over halcertain parts of the country, exacerbating the deterioration in security;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Believes, too, that this, plus the poor performance of international aid and of the Afghan government in delivering it, and the increased use of lethal force by coalition troops, has further alienated ordinary Afghans;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Emphasises that, according to the latest report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the Taliban are directly responsible for 76% of the civilian deaths and injuries in Afghanistan and that the number of civilian casualties caused by NATO and Afghan Government forces’ action was down by 29% in the first half of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009 – evidence of the increased emphasis on protecting civilians;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Believes, too, that all other that when the Afghan State has shown capacity to take responsibility for the entire country and when stability and prosperity have been consolidated, more and more issues should be left to the will and capacity of the Afghan people themselves;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Calls on the EU to support the peace process unreservedly, allowing the Karzai Government full autonomenough flexibility in its choice of dialogue partners, but insisting that the Afghan Constitution and respect for fundamental human rights form the overall legal and political framework for the peace process;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
45. Stresses, too, that these resources belong exclusively to the people of Afghanistan, and that "protection" of these assets can never be used as an excuse for the permanent presence of foreign troops on Afghan soil;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
47. Stresses that Afghanistan must be provided with a police force capable of ensuring a minimal standard of security able to permit a subsequent withdrawal of the foreign military presence fromsustainable security and the rule of law throughout the country;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
48. Draws attention to the many different police training missions present on the ground, and to the funding being invested in police training, with little to show for it; ; calls on all relevant actors to closely coordinate in order to avoid unnecessary duplication and to fulfill complementary tasks at strategic and operational levels;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
49. Believes that the vagueness of EUPOL's remit and the uncertainty of its achievements to date prevent it from acquiring the legitimacy it deserves;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
51. Believes that one of the main factors behind the ineffectivenesunsufficient results of overall training has been the practice, predominantly by the US, of relying on private contractors to train the police;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
55. Proposes that a large-scale training programme be launched and placed, in the first instance, under NATO command, and that EUPOL and national police mission staff be integrated into this new training mission, thereby eliminating duplication, waste and fragmentation;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55 a. Commends EUPOL's initiative to cooperate closely with NATO in areas where EUPOL has specific expertise, for example in the setting-up of a Staff College to train the leadership of the ANP, in starting a Female Training Centre in Bamiyan, and in developing the Afghan Police Training Teams (APTTs);
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
59. Notes, however, that the opium problem was not considered a priority by the Bush Administration, which preferred to cooperate with the warlords in the name of the war on terrorduction is still a key social, economic and security issue, and calls on the EU to consider this as a strategic priority in its policies towards Afghanistan;
2010/10/07
Committee: AFET