6 Amendments of Jens GEIER related to 2011/2014(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the final report to US Congress entitled 'Transforming Wartime Contracting' of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – introductory part
Paragraph 9 – introductory part
9. Is concerned about reports by other audit entities such as the United States Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Commission on Wartime Contracting and the Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which have identified the following weaknesses:
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1
Paragraph 9 – indent 1
– high risk for corruption and fraud in the country as evidenced by the Kabul Bank scandal in the recent past and as evidenced by the final report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting, which has estimated that 5 to 9 percent of total US aid spent in Iraq and Afghanistan were subject to fraud;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 9 – indent 4 a (new)
- high risk for waste of funds as evidenced by the final report of the Commission on Wartime Contracting, which has estimated that 10 to 20 percent of total US aid spent in Iraq and Afghanistan were wasted;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores the fact that the new draft legislation on the Control and Audit Office would still not establish full independence given that, for example, the Auditor- General and his deputy would be appointed by the executive branch instead of the legislative branch; points out that this is not compliant with the Mexico Declaration on Supreme Audit Institutions' Independence; calls on the Commission, therefore, to insist on the establishment of full financial and operational independence of the Control and Audit Office of Afghanistan in the legislation and on strengthening capacity; reminds the Commission that full independence, sufficient capacity and funding of the Control and Audit Office should be considered an essential conditions for introducing direct budget support;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes the recent decision of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), adopted at its 2011 annual sessions (6 to 17 June 2011), to grant intergovernmental donor organisations such as the institutions of the European Union similar rights to access internal audit reports as are granted to UN Member States; believes, however, that further progress is needed in order to avoid a bureaucratic burden in providing access to internal audit reports and to improve reporting on the use of EU funds by providing information about results rather than actions; urges the Commission, furthermore, to invite other UN agencies to adopt the same policy as UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS; notes with satisfaction that the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has taken a decision to follow;