Activities of Paul MURPHY related to 2010/0323(NLE)
Plenary speeches (1)
EC-Uzbekistan partnership and cooperation agreement and bilateral trade in textiles (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
INTERIM REPORT on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, amending the Agreement in order to extend the provisions of the Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles Agreement PDF (220 KB) DOC (146 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Uzbekistan inherited and kept largely unreformed a state-run agricultural system, whereas other countries in the same region, such as Kazakhstan and to a lesser extent Tajikistan, are modernising their agriculture and addressing many of the problemsich is largely run by the undemocratic state bureaucracy,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas, on the basis of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action, the EU has the moral responsibility to use its leverage, as one of the main trading partners and a major importer of cotton from Uzbekistan, to stop the use of forced child labour in this country, whereas, therefore, the protocol cannot be treated as a purely technical agreement, as long as human rights concerns, such as forced child labour, are raised precisely with regards to cotton harvest,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas fair international trade requires competition on a level playing- field and the economic factors determining the pricing of products exported to the EU should not be distorted by practices contrary to the basic principles of Human Rights and the rights of the child,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas the Uzbek government liquidated the registration of the NGO ‘Human Rights Watch’ and continuously obstructs the activities of other non- governmental organisations active in the fields of human rights, labour rights and environmental protection,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U b (new)
Recital U b (new)
Ub. whereas the Uzbek government acts in contradiction to the outcome of the European Union - Central Asia Ministerial meeting in Tashkent on April 7, 2011, in which ‘the sides recalled that the development of a strong civil society constitutes an integral part of democracy development’,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U c (new)
Recital U c (new)
Uc. whereas the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Brussels has repeatedly been invited to engage in an exchange of views with the European Parliament Committee on International Trade ‘on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, amending the Agreement in order to extend the provisions of the Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles Agreement’ but unfortunately has failed to do so,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (iv)
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (iv)
(iv) Contribute through policy dialogue and assistance programmes to market- oriented reforms of Uzbekistan’so reforms of Uzbekistan’s economy and agricultural sector that serve the interests and needs of the Uzbek population such as introducing high level labour- , social – and ecological standards in the agricultural sector and beyond;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (vi)
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (vi)
(vi) Develop an effective and binding tracing mechanism for the products being produced trough the worst forms of child labour and child labour generally;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (ix) a (new)
Paragraph 1 subparagraph (ix) a (new)
(ix) a. Calls on the Council and on High Representative Ashton to set a deadline for the end of the ongoing human rights violations which represent a breach of Article 2 of the EU-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, or otherwise suspend the Agreement in order to prevent this ‘partnership’ from turning into complicity;