6 Amendments of Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM related to 2012/2253(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Commission and the EEAS to improve further the balance of responsibilities between the two institutions in the field of development and to ensure that their respective staffing needs are met; particularly calls for a clearer delineation of responsibilities between the EEAS and the Commission in terms of the implementation of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is of the opinion that the Council working parties on development cooperation, humanitarian and food aid and cooperation with ACP states would benefit from the continuation of the existing system of a rotating chairmanship held by Member State representatives, bearing in mind the important role of Member States in these fields and the distinctive nature of these external policy areas;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its plea to the High Representative / Vice-President (HR/VP) and the EEAS to make Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) their clear priority; inter alia by giving PCD a more prominent place in the EU's policy dialogue with partner country governments, parliaments, CSOs, and other stakeholders, by including PCD in a credible and operational way in strategic programming documents, by participating in the preparation of the next rolling PCD Work Programme, and by developing a PCD training programme for all new EEAS staff;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses also the importance of the EEAS training on the subject of gender- related issues; stresses that such training must raise general awareness of issues relating to gender and equality between women and men;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points to the potential tension between PCD and the concept of a 'comprehensive approach' to crisis management outside the EU; urges the EEAS and the Commission to make sure that the 'comprehensive approach' does not undermine the specific objectives and principles of development cooperation or divert scarce resources away from poverty reduction; similarly, insists that EU humanitarian aid is not a crisis management tool and reminds the EEAS of its commitment 1 to promote the fulfilment of the objectives of the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid; __________________ 1 Recital 4, Council Decision establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service (2010/427/EU), 26.07.2010.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6a (new)
Paragraph 6a (new)
6a. Encourages the EEAS to enhance its role in international negotiations covering political and external policy issues, in particular to use the tools of diplomacy available to the EEAS in order to promote the International Criminal Court (ICC) and remind third countries – with special emphasis on developing countries – of the need for them to support it and to sign or ratify its constituent act if they have not yet done so, and to include in agreements with third countries binding clauses that require them to cooperate with the ICC, or indeed to impose restrictions on persons against whom proceedings have been initiated in the ICC.