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The European Parliament adopted a resolution reaffirming the need to strengthen international humanitarian law as it applies to cluster munitions and speedily to adopt at international level a comprehensive ban on the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions. It stated its strong supports for the Oslo Process, which followed from the Oslo Declaration, adopted on 22 and 23 February 2007, according to which it was agreed that by 2008 a legally binding international instrument would be concluded that would prohibit the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians.
In order for any international instrument to be effective, it must as a minimum include the following provisions:
- a prohibition on the use, production, financing, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions;
- a prohibition on providing anyone with assistance in relation to the use, production, transferor stockpiling of cluster munitions ;
- an obligation to destroy stockpiles of cluster munitions within a specified period of time, which must be as short as possible ;
- an obligation to mark, fence and clear contaminated areas as soon as possible, but no later than a specified deadline, and to establish effective capacity to carry out these actions; an obligation to provide assistance with marking, fencing and other warnings, with risk education, and with clearance; users of cluster munitions should be under special obligations to provide such assistance, including provision of timely and detailed information on use;
- an obligation to provide assistance to victims through, for example, the implementation of data collection, emergency and continuing medical care, physical rehabilitation, psychological support, social inclusion, economic inclusion and/or reintegration, legal support and disability laws and policies.
Members called for an immediate moratorium on using, investing in, stockpiling, producing, transferring or exporting cluster munitions, including air-dropped cluster munitions and submunitions delivered by missiles, rockets, and artillery projectiles, until a binding international treaty has been negotiated on the banning of the production, stockpiling, export and use of these weapons. All EU Member States must adopt national measures that fully ban the use, production, export and stockpiling of cluster bombs.
Parliament called on all states which have used cluster munitions and comparable weapons that produce explosive remnants of war to accept responsibility for the clearance of these munitions and, in particular, to keep accurate records of where such munitions have been used, in order to help clearance efforts following conflict. Such records should be used to provide local populations and humanitarian aid workers with clear warnings in relation to dangerous areas. Under no circumstances should EU Member State troops make use of any type of cluster munitions until an international agreement on the regulation, restriction or banning of these weapons has been negotiated.
Parliament underlined the responsibility of a State in control of territory to provide warnings and take measures to protect the civilian population, including through education, and to provide special information on how victims of ERW can be assisted. All EU Member States which have used cluster munitions were asked provide assistance to affected populations. Members called on the Commission urgently to increase financial assistance to communities and individuals affected by unexploded cluster munitions through all available instruments. Parliament recalled that the effects of cluster munitions are highly indiscriminate, as their users do not distinguish between military personnel and civilians, and that it has been documented that 98% of their victims are civilians.
Lastly, Parliament called on the Council to adopt a common position committing all the EU Member States to push for a strong negotiating mandate within the framework of the CCW and to support the Oslo Process.
The House held a debate on Oral Questions O-0048/2007 and O-0052/2007 on an international treaty to ban cluster munitions.
The resolution winding up this debate was due to be put to the vote on 25 October 2007.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)6028
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T6-0484/2007
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0429/2007
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B6-0319/2007
- Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B6-0320/2007
- Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B6-0319/2007
- Oral question/interpellation by Parliament: B6-0320/2007
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0429/2007
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)6028
Votes
B6-0429/2007 - Traité international pour l'interdiction des sous-munitions - am. 1 #
?? | LV | CY | EE | MT | SE | AT | LU | SI | DK | IE | EL | PT | CZ | FI | LT | SK | BG | NL | IT | BE | HU | RO | GB | PL | FR | ES | DE | ||
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Total |
1
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7
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2
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3
|
3
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10
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8
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6
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4
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11
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9
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10
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13
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20
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9
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7
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10
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9
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20
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31
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20
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17
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22
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36
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33
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42
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38
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66
|
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GUE/NGL |
26
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2
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1
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1
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2
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4
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2
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Italy GUE/NGL |
1
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2
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Germany GUE/NGLFor (6) |
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Verts/ALE |
26
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2
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2
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2
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3
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2
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Germany Verts/ALEFor (7) |
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NI |
5
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1
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1
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1
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2
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IND/DEM |
13
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2
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3
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ITS |
8
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3
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Romania ITSFor (1)Abstain (1) |
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UEN |
23
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4
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1
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3
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2
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Italy UENFor (1)Against (3) |
Poland UENFor (1)Against (8) |
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ALDE |
61
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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3
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3
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3
|
2
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Netherlands ALDEAgainst (3)Abstain (1) |
Italy ALDEFor (1)Against (6) |
Belgium ALDEAgainst (5) |
1
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Romania ALDEAgainst (5) |
United Kingdom ALDEFor (1)Against (8) |
Poland ALDE |
3
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2
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Germany ALDEFor (1)Against (2) |
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PSE |
117
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2
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1
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4
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1
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2
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Portugal PSEAgainst (8) |
2
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2
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1
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2
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3
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Netherlands PSEAgainst (6) |
3
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Belgium PSEAgainst (5) |
Hungary PSEAgainst (5) |
Romania PSEAgainst (5) |
United Kingdom PSEAgainst (7) |
Poland PSE |
France PSEAgainst (20)
Anne FERREIRA,
Benoît HAMON,
Bernadette BOURZAI,
Bernadette VERGNAUD,
Brigitte DOUAY,
Catherine GUY-QUINT,
Catherine NERIS,
Françoise CASTEX,
Guy BONO,
Harlem DÉSIR,
Henri WEBER,
Jean Louis COTTIGNY,
Marie-Arlette CARLOTTI,
Martine ROURE,
Michel ROCARD,
Pierre PRIBETICH,
Robert NAVARRO,
Roselyne LEFRANÇOIS,
Stéphane LE FOLL,
Vincent PEILLON
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Spain PSEAgainst (17)
Alejandro CERCAS,
Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO,
Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP,
Carlos CARNERO GONZÁLEZ,
Enrique BARÓN CRESPO,
Inés AYALA SENDER,
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ,
Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ,
Joan CALABUIG RULL,
Luis YÁÑEZ-BARNUEVO GARCÍA,
Manuel MEDINA ORTEGA,
Maria BADIA i CUTCHET,
María SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ,
Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ,
Rosa MIGUÉLEZ RAMOS,
Teresa RIERA MADURELL,
Vicente Miguel GARCÉS RAMÓN
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Germany PSEFor (1)Against (11) |
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PPE-DE |
188
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
|
4
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3
|
3
|
4
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Greece PPE-DEAgainst (6) |
Portugal PPE-DEFor (1)Against (2) |
Czechia PPE-DEAgainst (11)Abstain (1) |
3
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1
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Slovakia PPE-DEAgainst (7) |
4
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Netherlands PPE-DE |
Italy PPE-DEAgainst (9)Abstain (1) |
Belgium PPE-DEFor (1)Against (4) |
Hungary PPE-DEAgainst (11) |
Romania PPE-DEAgainst (7) |
United Kingdom PPE-DEAgainst (14)Abstain (1) |
Poland PPE-DEAgainst (11) |
Spain PPE-DEAgainst (17)
Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA,
Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS,
Ana MATO ADROVER,
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE,
Cristobal MONTORO ROMERO,
Daniel VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA,
Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA,
Fernando FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN,
Francisco José MILLÁN MON,
Jaime MAYOR OREJA,
José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA,
José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL,
Luis HERRERO-TEJEDOR,
Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL,
Luisa Fernanda RUDI UBEDA,
Pilar AYUSO,
Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO
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Germany PPE-DEAgainst (38)
Albert DESS,
Alexander RADWAN,
Alfred GOMOLKA,
Andreas SCHWAB,
Angelika NIEBLER,
Anja WEISGERBER,
Bernd POSSELT,
Christa KLASS,
Christoph KONRAD,
Daniel CASPARY,
Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH,
Doris PACK,
Elisabeth JEGGLE,
Elmar BROK,
Ewa KLAMT,
Gabriele STAUNER,
Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL,
Hans-Peter MAYER,
Hartmut NASSAUER,
Herbert REUL,
Ingeborg GRÄSSLE,
Jürgen SCHRÖDER,
Karl von WOGAU,
Karl-Heinz FLORENZ,
Karsten Friedrich HOPPENSTEDT,
Klaus-Heiner LEHNE,
Kurt Joachim LAUK,
Kurt LECHNER,
Lutz GOEPEL,
Manfred WEBER,
Markus FERBER,
Rainer WIELAND,
Reimer BÖGE,
Renate SOMMER,
Roland GEWALT,
Thomas MANN,
Thomas ULMER,
Werner LANGEN
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