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2007/2520(RSP) Resolution on Guinea

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 135

Events

2007/03/21
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2007/02/15
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2007/02/15
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2007/02/15
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Details

The European Parliament adopted by 75 votes to 0, with 1 abstention, a resolution on Guinea.

The text adopted in plenary had been tabled as a joint resolution by the EPP-ED, PES, ALDE, UEN, Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL groups.

The Parliament is gravely concerned by President Lansana Conté's declaration of a state of emergency on 13 February 2007 following the general strike launched by Guinea's trade unions and civil society concerning economic and social claims and the violent repression by security forces of a peaceful demonstration held on 17 January 2007 in Conakry. It is also concerned by the recent violence during which security forces clashed with protestors asking President Conté, who took power in a 1984 coup d'état, to appoint an independent Prime Minister and hand over all his presidential powers.

MEPs strongly condemn the disproportionate and excessive use of force by the Guinean security forces during the recent demonstrations in various parts of the country and call for the establishment of an independent international commission of inquiry, overseen by the United Nations, to investigate the recent killings as well as past human rights abuses, and to identify those responsible and bring them to justice in order to put an end to this impunity.

The resolution calls for individual and trade union freedoms to be respected and restored and for the authoritarian abuses which have marked President Conté's regime for 23 years to cease, as well as for negotiations to be opened with civil society organisations and trade unions with a view to a negotiated settlement of claims. Recalling the importance of appointing a consensus Prime Minister, the Parliament calls on the Guinean authorities to put an immediate stop to the killings and calls for a democratic transition towards a system corresponding to the aspirations of the Guinean people.

The Commission is called upon to envisage the political dialogue provided for in Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement, whilst stepping up its humanitarian assistance to victims.

Documents
2007/02/15
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2007/02/13
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2007/02/13
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Documents
2007/02/13
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2007/02/13
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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2007/02/13
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2007/02/13
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2007/02/13
   Joint motion for resolution
Documents

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Activities

Votes

RC - B6-0049/2007 - Guinée - résolution #

2007/02/15 Outcome: +: 75, 0: 1
PL FR DE GB RO SK ES IT LT CZ BG EL AT CY SE NL LU PT
Total
13
11
10
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE
38

Romania PPE-DE

2

Italy PPE-DE

2

Lithuania PPE-DE

1
3

Bulgaria PPE-DE

For (1)

1

Cyprus PPE-DE

1

Luxembourg PPE-DE

For (1)

1
icon: PSE PSE
15

Poland PSE

For (1)

1

France PSE

2

Germany PSE

2

Lithuania PSE

2

Bulgaria PSE

2

Austria PSE

2

Portugal PSE

For (1)

1
icon: UEN UEN
7
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
6

France Verts/ALE

2

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Spain Verts/ALE

1

Austria Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: ALDE ALDE
5

France ALDE

1

Romania ALDE

For (1)

1

Italy ALDE

For (1)

1

Cyprus ALDE

For (1)

1

Sweden ALDE

For (1)

1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
2

Germany GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

For (1)

1
icon: IND/DEM IND/DEM
1

Poland IND/DEM

For (1)

1
icon: ITS ITS
1

Romania ITS

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
1

Poland NI

1

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    • date: 2007-03-21T00:00:00 docs: url: /oeil/spdoc.do?i=13332&j=0&l=en title: SP(2007)1040 type: Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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    • date: 2007-02-15T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=13332&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
    • date: 2007-02-15T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20070215&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
    • date: 2007-02-15T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2007-57 title: T6-0057/2007 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 75 votes to 0, with 1 abstention, a resolution on Guinea. The text adopted in plenary had been tabled as a joint resolution by the EPP-ED, PES, ALDE, UEN, Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL groups. The Parliament is gravely concerned by President Lansana Conté's declaration of a state of emergency on 13 February 2007 following the general strike launched by Guinea's trade unions and civil society concerning economic and social claims and the violent repression by security forces of a peaceful demonstration held on 17 January 2007 in Conakry. It is also concerned by the recent violence during which security forces clashed with protestors asking President Conté, who took power in a 1984 coup d'état, to appoint an independent Prime Minister and hand over all his presidential powers. MEPs strongly condemn the disproportionate and excessive use of force by the Guinean security forces during the recent demonstrations in various parts of the country and call for the establishment of an independent international commission of inquiry, overseen by the United Nations, to investigate the recent killings as well as past human rights abuses, and to identify those responsible and bring them to justice in order to put an end to this impunity. The resolution calls for individual and trade union freedoms to be respected and restored and for the authoritarian abuses which have marked President Conté's regime for 23 years to cease, as well as for negotiations to be opened with civil society organisations and trade unions with a view to a negotiated settlement of claims. Recalling the importance of appointing a consensus Prime Minister, the Parliament calls on the Guinean authorities to put an immediate stop to the killings and calls for a democratic transition towards a system corresponding to the aspirations of the Guinean people. The Commission is called upon to envisage the political dialogue provided for in Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement, whilst stepping up its humanitarian assistance to victims.
    • date: 2007-02-15T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
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