2011/2120(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

- having regard to the 28 September 2010 Declaration by the ACP Parliamentary Assembly on the peaceful co-existence of religions and the importance given to the phenomenon of homosexuality in the ACP-EU partnership,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the JPA to maintain its pressure on EU Member States to take urgent steps to meet their 0.7% GNI commitments in order to achieve the MDGs, as well as their specifi pledges to Africa and LDCs, and recommends fully transparent, multiannual, binding measures, including legislation;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the parliaments and governments of the ACP countries to take steps to tackle climate change that take account of the need to maintain growth, eradicate poverty and guarantee fair access to resources; calls in this respect on the Commission, in conjunction with the ACP governments and the JPA, to verify that the European Water Fund, established to provide the very poor in the ACP countries with a water supply and basis sanitation facilities, is being properly used and proving beneficial;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Urges the JPA, the European Commission, and the ACP parliaments and governments to uphold the full right to land and to take measures restricting the phenomenon of land hoarding that could lead to severe environmental damage, the migration of local smallholders and workers, exploitation of resources and the loss of means of subsistence and food security;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the necessity of upholding the media’s freedom and its independence, these being vital elements in ensuring pluralism and the involvement of democratic opposition groups and minorities in political life;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the European Union and the ACP countries to encourage citizens, and particularly women, to participate on issues such as gender violence or human trafficking, since the involvement of society is vital if progress is to be made in resolving these problems; acknowledges the problem-solving and conflict- resolution skills of women, and urges the Commission and the JPA to include more women in task forces and working groups dealing with issues such as family life, child care, education, etc.;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Asks the European Commission to update the JPA on the state of play of the ratification of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement, as revised in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Deplores strongly the fact that virtually no mention was made during the JPA in Kinshasa of the increase in acts of mass sexual violence and of general impunity, particularly in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission and the JPA to promote equitable and sustainable development which incorporates the social dimension, supporting new forms of enterprises (i.e cooperatives);

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Reasserts that the principle of non- discrimination including, inter alia, on the basis of sexual orientation, will not be compromised in the ACP-EU partnership;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Asks the European Commission to provide the members of the JPA with information on the Community financing granted to host countries in the form of budgetary support; stressed that some States benefiting from budgetary support have a controversial political system and that Members of the European Parliament should be informed of the Commission’s assessment of the eligibility criteria for budgetary support and of the monitoring thereof;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)

- having regard to the 6 December 2010 statement made in response to the abovementioned ACP Declaration by EU Members of the ACP-EU JPA from the EPP, S&D, ALDE, Verts/ALE and GUE/NGL Groups of the European Parliament,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Considers the abovementioned JPA resolution on the situation in North Africa and the Middle East to be a significant example of this enhanced dialogue;~~deleted

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers the ~~abovementioned JPA resolution on the situation in North Africa and the Middle East~~exchanges of views with local authorities on the situation in the country, which took place for the first time in Kinshasa, to be a significant example of this enhanced dialogue;

Amendment 22 #

Patrice TIROLIEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Emphasises once again the significance of the abovementioned Declaration by the JPA on the EU-Latin America bananas agreement, given the major impact this agreement will have henceforth on the competitiveness of ACP and EU banana producers; calls in this regard on the European Parliament and the Council to do all that is in their power to find an agreement which enables compensation for ACP banana producers, provided for in the regulation establishing the banana accompanying measures to be released; asks the JPA Bureau, therefore, and the Committee on Economic Affairs, Finance and Trade to continue to monitor closely developments on this matter;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the JPA to continue to monitor the situation in Haiti ~~and~~, Madagascar and South Sudan;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the JPA to continue to monitor the situation in Haiti and Madagascar; draws attention to the need to cooperate closely with the new Haitian authorities and to support them as they structure their institutions, move towards a fully operational democracy and throughout the whole of the reconstruction process;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the JPA to continue to monitor the situation in Haiti and Madagascar and to send an observation mission to monitor the level and effectiveness of humanitarian aid to the populations struck by famine in the Horn of Africa;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the JPA to continue to organise its own election observation missions on the same basis as the successful mission to Burundi, inasmuch as they reflect the JPA’s dual legitimacy, while ensuring the independence of ~~the JPA~~its electoral missions and close coordination with other regional observation bodies;

Amendment 27 #

Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Stresses the importance of the on-site visits organised during the JPA, which complement the part-session discussion; regrets that the visits arranged in Kinshasa lacked relevance;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the ACP - EU JPA is the biggest parliamentary body between North and South countries,

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the situation in Haiti ~~continued to be a cause for concern~~is still very serious 20 months after the earthquake that devastated the island, and welcoming the conclusions of the JPA mission to the country and the resolution adopted in Tenerife,

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the upheavals in North Africa and the Middle East were a cause for great concern as regards the impact on the security of both EU and ACP states, and welcoming the resolution adopted on the matter in Kinshasa,deleted

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

Amendment 7 #

Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the fact that in 2010 the JPA continued to provide a framework for an open, democratic and in-depth dialogue between the European Union and the ACP countries on the Cotonou Partnership Agreement, including the EPAs, and also the Regional Strategy Papers for the six ACP regions;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the need to pay more attention to the outcomes of the work of the ACP - EU JPA, and to ensure coherence between its resolutions and the EP ones. Asks for more participation and involvement of MEPs, in its meetings and activities;

Amendment 9 #