2015/2051(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas humanitarian crises almost invariably result in immense human suffering for the affected civilians, with particular focus on women and children, including threats and violations of international human rights and humanitarian law;

Amendment 10 #

Kinga GÁL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Encourages the global community convening in the World Humanitarian Summit to adopt a rights-based approach to humanitarian action, with the objective of finding better ways to protect civilians with special regard to vulnerable groups such as women, children, religious and ethnic minorities, identify threats and vulnerabilities, and monitor violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, thus helping strengthen the fight against impunity; expresses its conviction that upholding the universality of human rights and reinforcing shared understanding by all actors involved in humanitarian action also strengthens the core humanitarian principles of neutrality and inclusiveness;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Encourages the global community convening in the World Humanitarian Summit to adopt a people-centred and a rights-based approach to humanitarian action, with the objective of finding better ways to protect civilians, identify threats and vulnerabilities, and monitor violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, thus helping strengthen the fight against impunity; expresses its conviction that upholding the universality of human rights and reinforcing shared understanding by all actors involved in humanitarian action also strengthens the core humanitarian principles of ~~neutrality and inclusiveness;~~ humanity, impartiality, neutrality and operational independence; deplores the growing politicization of assistance witnessed in recent years and recalls that the upholding of and the continued commitment to the core humanitarian principles is critical to ensure a humanitarian space in areas of conflict and natural disasters;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Encourages the global community convening in the World Humanitarian Summit to adopt an inclusive rights-based approach to humanitarian action, with the objective of finding better ways to protect civilians, identify threats and vulnerabilities, and monitor violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, thus helping strengthen the fight against impunity; expresses its conviction that upholding the universality of human rights and reinforcing shared understanding by all actors involved in humanitarian action also strengthens the core humanitarian principles of neutrality and inclusiveness;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the UN initiative to gather intel from all over the world to find out what and how to go about saving and protecting more people from the impact of natural disasters and conflict and congratulates the organisation of 8 regional consultations that involve consultations with representatives from government, civil society, NGOs, volunteer networks, local businesses, religious networks, and also, the initiative of the online consultations;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Considering the role of the World Humanitarian Summit may play in the future of humanitarian action, it is of utmost importance that the international community uses this opportunity to reaffirm the shared value of humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence;

Amendment 15 #

Urmas PAET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on States to give full support to the International Criminal Court in identifying crimes against humanity and prosecuting those responsible, so as to prevent impunity;

Amendment 16 #

Urmas PAET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the UN Security Council to stop using the veto in the case of resolutions concerning humanitarian disasters and crimes against humanity;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Encourages the global actors to incorporate the humanitarian responses into human rights monitoring and reporting mechanisms;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Rejects any military intervention under the pretext of either humanitarian aid to crisis-hit areas or the responsibility to protect; stresses that recent interventions in Libya or Syria, and previous action such as in Iraq and Afghanistan, have served only to aggravate humanitarian crises and the desperate state of human rights in those countries;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that, especially in protracted conflicts and crises where civilians are internally and externally displaced for long periods of time, humanitarian action can play a crucial role in the empowerment of the affected populations, by providing them with a stronger voice and recognising their rights and capabilities, including creating a more active role for local actors in humanitarian action; calls on the EU to step up its assistance to those in need in conflicting areas;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas humanitarian crises almost invariably result in immense human suffering for the affected civilians, including ~~threats and~~ violations of international human rights and humanitarian law;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that, especially in protracted conflicts and crises where civilians are displaced for long periods of time, humanitarian action can play a crucial role in the empowerment of the affected populations, by providing them with a stronger voice and recognising their rights and capabilities, including creating a more active role for local actors in humanitarian action; insists, however, on the importance of addressing the root causes of these protracted conflicts and of providing a sustainable, political solution to these situations;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that, especially in protracted conflicts and crises where civilians are displaced for long periods of time, humanitarian action can play a crucial role in the empowerment of the affected populations, by providing them with a stronger voice and recognising their rights and capabilities, including creating a more active role for local actors in humanitarian action; Calls for easy access for humanitarian actors to affected communities in disaster settings, as well as the guarantee of their security;

Amendment 22 #

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that, especially in protracted conflicts and crises where civilians are displaced for long periods of time, humanitarian action ~~can play a crucial~~should have a proactive role in the empowerment of the affected populations, by providing them with a stronger voice and recognising their rights and capabilities, ~~including creating~~and also launching a call to local actors to play a more active role ~~for local actors~~ in humanitarian action;

Amendment 23 #

Elena VALENCIANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Reaffirms the essential need to protect humanitarian workers in the field, which are increasingly becoming a target in conflicts; encourages the international community to redouble its efforts to ensure the unimpeded access of humanitarian aid to all the populations at risk;

Amendment 24 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Condemns the consistent thwarting of attempts to deliver humanitarian aid and calls on all parties involved in the different conflicts to respect the provision of humanitarian aid and assistance through all possible channels, including across borders and conflict lines, and to ensure the safety of all medical personnel and humanitarian workers in line with the various UNSC resolutions;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses the centrality of the protection of civilians within the EU's comprehensive regional strategy and the need to keep separate humanitarian from military/counter-terrorism efforts; emphasizes the interlinkage between conflict and humanitarian suffering and radicalization;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Expresses concern at the blurring of distinction between humanitarian and military actors and the co-optation of humanitarian action for military or political ends, which undermines and endangers genuine humanitarian operations and their staff; in this regard, regrets that the role of the military in relation to humanitarian aid was not addressed in the recent Commission Communication on the World Humanitarian Summit;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines the necessity to provide nutrition, water, shelter, sanitation and medical treatment, these representing the utmost significance in humanitarian aid; calls for minimum humanitarian standards that should be maintained throughout intervention;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the central role that women play in the survival and resilience of communities in humanitarian crises, including in conflict and post-conflict situations; emphasises the need to address the specific needs and to ensure the rights of women and children, who constitute the majority of those affected, and are more severely affected, by humanitarian crises; calls on the World Humanitarian Summit to ~~make~~fully reflect the gender perspective ~~a central element~~ in the future design of the humanitarian system that emerges from this consultation process;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the central role that women play in the survival and resilience of communities in humanitarian crises, including in conflict and post-conflict situations; emphasises the need to address the specific needs and to ensure the rights of women ~~and~~, children, and families who constitute the majority of those affected, and are more severely affected, by humanitarian crises; calls on the World Humanitarian Summit to make the ~~gender perspective~~care of women, children and families a central element in the future design of the humanitarian system that emerges from this consultation process;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas humanitarian crises ~~almost~~ invariably result in immense human suffering for the affected civilians, including threats and violations of international human rights and humanitarian law;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the central role that women play in the survival and resilience of communities in humanitarian crises, including in conflict and post-conflict situations; emphasises the need to address the specific needs and to ensure the rights of women and children, who constitute the majority of those affected, and are more severely affected, by humanitarian crises; notes that gender-based violence is one of the most widespread but least recognised human rights abuses in the world and is at the heart of women's and girls' marginalization; underlines that violence against women and girls is a key obstacle to gender equality; calls on the World Humanitarian Summit to make the gender perspective a central element in the future design of the humanitarian system that emerges from this consultation process;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Reminds that women and girls who are pregnant as a result of rape must receive appropriate support and be provided access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services, as reflected in international humanitarian law and international human rights law;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for serious attention aimed at effectively ensuring the right to education in protracted humanitarian crises, the lack of which threatens to endanger the future of children; highlights the importance of continuous education in safeguarding shared values such as human dignity, freedom of expression, democracy, equality and the rule of law; in this regard calls for sufficient financial and human resources to be set aside;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Is extremely concerned about the risks of epidemics associated to dire sanitation conditions and the limited access to safe drinking water, which its inextricably linked to the right to life and human dignity and to the need for an adequate standard of living, particularly in communal and informal settlements;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Remembers the Resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the UN on 28 July 2010 recognises the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines that, climate change is an increasing factor of humanitarian crises and calls on the global community to take urgent action to address the root causes of this phenomenon, including the over- utilization of natural resources and the destruction of the ecological system;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Expresses its concerns on the raising number of climate refugees, which are triggered by droughts, famines, and deteriorating health and living standards; calls for a new generation of human rights protection tools to help protect people seeking safety abroad;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Underlines the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being; in this regards, stresses its concerns over the lack of access to essential medicines in humanitarian crisis; calls on the EU to take lead role ensuring appropriate provision of essential medicines in the context of humanitarian crisis;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the necessity to promote easily accessible health services;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas growing developments such as climate change, the prevalence and increased strength of natural disasters, rapid population growth, environmental degradation, numerous long-lasting and simultaneous conflicts with regional impact have increased the need for humanitarian responses throughout the globe;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Welcomes the key role of UN-OCHA in the coordination of humanitarian interventions around the world; stresses in this context that coordination of humanitarian action should be a means towards improved operational effectiveness rather than a source of additional impediments on aid delivery;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Asks to discuss the creation of UN- coordinated supplementary emergency centres in any remote area around the Globe to guarantee the quickest supply of technical resources like satellite communication systems, accommodation tents and containers which serve as clinics in close cooperation with NGOs.

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Underlines that an international response should build on existing local or national initiatives and partnerships rather than creating parallel efforts; insists on the importance of strengthening local and regional capacity for the delivery of humanitarian assistance and of providing for inclusive processes where local authorities, civil society, the private sector and the affected populations are included in the planning process;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for particular attention to be devoted to safeguarding the cultural heritage of humanity in armed conflicts; calls on the EU therefore to advocate measures to this effect at the first World Humanitarian Summit; recommends proposing to the international community that special UN bodies be set up to protect archaeological and historic heritage sites which are at risk, in order to preserve our roots for future generations;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Draws attention to the fact that displacement due to conflicts, natural disasters or environmental degradation leaves certain populations particularly vulnerable; stresses that refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking and other migrants caught in crisis must be afforded the same protection of their human rights as all other affected groups; expresses its deep concern regarding the unprecedentedly high number of refugees in the world today, and calls on the global community to use the World Humanitarian Summit to mobilise the necessary financial and operational resources to meet this challenge~~; calls on the EU and its Member States to prioritise the global refugee crisis in its policies and positions regarding the Summit~~ by specifically focusing on its root causes; highlights the importance of interreligious and intercultural dialogues in tackling massive refugee flows; calls on the EU and its Member States to prioritise the global refugee crisis in its policies and positions regarding the Summit; with this in view, urges the World Humanitarian Summit to call for more efficient ways to combat human trafficking, clamp down on recruitment and funding for terrorist groups by preventing and suppressing recruiting, organizing, transporting, and equipping of terrorist fighters, and the financing of their travel and activities;

Amendment 45 #

Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Draws attention to the fact that displacement due to conflicts, natural disasters or environmental degradation leaves certain populations particularly vulnerable; stresses that refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking and other migrants caught in crisis must be afforded the same protection of their human rights as all other affected groups; expresses its deep concern regarding the unprecedentedly high number of refugees in the world today, and calls on the global community to use the World Humanitarian Summit to mobilise the necessary financial and operational resources to meet this challenge; calls on the EU and its Member States to prioritise the global refugee crisis in its policies and positions regarding the Summit; underlines the necessity and importance of rapid action together with a long-term concrete and comprehensive action plan to be applied in cooperation with third countries, local, national and regional actors, for an effective and efficient approach of the organised criminal networks of the migrants smugglers.

Amendment 46 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Draws attention to the fact that displacement due to conflicts, natural disasters or environmental degradation leaves certain populations particularly vulnerable; stresses that refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking and other migrants caught in crisis must be afforded the same protection of their human rights as all other affected groups; expresses its deep concern regarding the unprecedentedly high number of refugees in the world today, and calls on the global community to use the World Humanitarian Summit to mobilise the necessary financial and operational resources to meet this challenge; calls on the EU and its Member States to prioritise the global refugee crisis in its policies and positions regarding the Summit; underlines the responsibility of host countries to submit the necessary documentation, safeguard human rights and thus respect the right to asylum of refugees; is alarmed at the stance taken by certain countries concerning the reception of refugees; stresses that if the EU does not take its responsibilities seriously it will be failing in its duty to assist people in danger, and thus be in breach of international law.

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that the Article 14(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) guarantees the right to seek and enjoy asylum in other countries, and the obligation of States not to refoule, or return, a refugee, is known as the principle of non-refoulement;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the importance of curbing the exploitation, the abuse of power, and sexual violence against civilians in disaster settings;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the current humanitarian system has reached its maximum capacity and faces growing shortages in funding due to the multitude of humanitarian emergencies; whereas the renewed commitment to the 0.7% aid target and the timely delivery on pledges are all the more important;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the EU to show leadership in the World Humanitarian Summit by calling for more flexible methods for delivering humanitarian aid, as well as for ~~proactive~~coherent tools to prevent crises; urges the EU and other donors to stay true to their financial commitments and to develop ways to reduce the time it takes to convert financial commitments into actions on the ground; points out, in addition, the importance of human rights reporting as an early warning mechanism for crises, and encourages the World Humanitarian Summit to take this into account when moving from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention;

Amendment 51 #

Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the EU to show leadership in the World Humanitarian Summit by calling for more flexible methods for delivering humanitarian aid, as well as for proactive tools to prevent crises; urges the EU to urgently identify and apply a common integrated strategy containing concrete proactive measures and tools in order to effectively prevent the crisis; urges the EU and other donors to stay true to their financial commitments and to develop ways to reduce the time it takes to convert financial commitments into actions on the ground; points out, in addition, the importance of human rights reporting as an early warning mechanism for crises, and encourages the World Humanitarian Summit to take this into account when moving from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the EU to show leadership in the World Humanitarian Summit by calling for more flexible methods for delivering humanitarian aid, especially by involving local organisations who are closest to the victims and whose knowledge is critical in delivering aid to those in the greatest need as well as for proactive tools to prevent crises; urges the EU and other donors to stay true to their financial commitments and to develop ways to reduce the time it takes to convert financial commitments into actions on the ground; points out, in addition, the importance of human rights reporting as an early warning mechanism for crises, and encourages the World Humanitarian Summit to take this into account when moving from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the EU – bearing in mind also that the EU is the number one humanitarian aid donor in the world – to show leadership in the World Humanitarian Summit by calling for more flexible methods for delivering humanitarian aid, as well as for proactive tools to prevent crises; urges the EU and other donors to stay true to their financial commitments and to develop ways to reduce the time it takes to convert financial commitments into actions on the ground; points out, in addition, the importance of human rights reporting as an early warning mechanism for crises, and encourages the World Humanitarian Summit to take this into account when moving from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the EU to show leadership in the World Humanitarian Summit by calling for more flexible methods for delivering humanitarian aid, as well as for proactive tools to prevent crises; urges the EU and other donors to stay true to their financial commitments and to develop ways to reduce the time it takes to convert financial commitments into actions on the ground; points out, in addition, the importance of human rights reporting as an early warning mechanism for crises, and encourages the World Humanitarian Summit to take this into account when moving from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention; is extremely concerned at the fact that in many cases the aid pledged by the EU fails to reach its destination or to directly benefit the population; demands that aid be provided as donations rather than loans so as to avoid increasing the burden of debt that all countries carry, particularly those mired in humanitarian crises; calls, therefore, for debt cancellation, as the removal of that burden would free up valuable and scarce funds that could reorientate the development path of the countries concerned;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on all the conflict parties to comply with IHL, ensure that civilians are protected, that they have unhindered access to medical facilities and humanitarian assistance, and that they are able to safely and with dignity leave areas affected by violence;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Is convinced that immediate humanitarian assistance and protection needs to be an integral part of long-term strategies to mitigate the human suffering caused by the conflicts, and in support of the socio economic rights and livelihood opportunities of returnees, internally displaced and refugees including women, to ensure enhanced leadership and participation, with a view to empowering them to choose durable solutions that correspond to their needs;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Urges the EU and other donors to review and design all humanitarian policies in compliance with the humanitarian principles and enhance existing commitments for good donor practices such as the GHD principles;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Reaffirm and protect the fundamental right for affected populations to access humanitarian aid;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls the EU and other donors to allow and support full unimpeded access to all people in need of assistance and promote the safety, protection and freedom of movement of humanitarian personnel;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas threats and attacks on humanitarian personnel are increasing, particularly in conflict settings;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes the willingness to include the private sector in solving the humanitarian crisis; stresses the responsibility of all states to ensure the development and security of their population; highlights the responsibility of big business in causing these crises, whether by contributing to climate change, exploiting resources or infringing human rights; endorses UNHRC Resolution 26/9 of 26 June 2014, concerning corporate responsibility and the need for an internationally legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of companies and punish those guilty of human rights violations; supports in this connection the need for taxation of companies with a view to preventing humanitarian crises in the countries in which they are based and ensuring the equitable distribution of wealth;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Encourages all the EU institutions, and in particular the Commission’s DG ECHO, as well as the Member States, to study the experience acquired in integrating human rights concerns into the core of humanitarian aid efforts within the UN system, and calls on the EU to take on a stronger role in advancing and improving this process; stresses the importance of ensuring policy coherence and coordination between EU humanitarian aid and development aid, in the new situation in which the EU has adopted a rights-based approach to development cooperation; deeply regrets, in this sense, that the Commission’s toolkit for a rights-based approach to development cooperation ~~explicitly~~ excludes EU humanitarian action; calls on the Commission, therefore, to commit to developing and adopting, as part of its engagement with the World Humanitarian Summit, a rights-based approach to EU humanitarian action.

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Encourages all the EU institutions, and in particular the Commission’s DG ECHO, as well as the Member States, to study the experience acquired in integrating human rights concerns into the core of humanitarian aid efforts within the UN system, and calls on the EU to take on a stronger role in advancing and improving this process; stresses the importance of ensuring policy coherence and coordination between EU humanitarian aid and development aid, in the new situation in which the EU has adopted a rights-based approach to development cooperation; deeply regrets, in this sense, that the Commission’s toolkit for a rights-based approach to development cooperation explicitly excludes EU humanitarian action; calls on the Commission, therefore, to commit to developing and adopting, as part of its engagement with the World Humanitarian Summit, a rights-based approach to EU humanitarian action.

Amendment 63 #

Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Encourages all the EU institutions, and in particular the Commission’s DG ECHO, as well as the Member States, to study the experience acquired in integrating human rights concerns into the core of humanitarian aid efforts within the UN system, and calls on the EU to take on a stronger role in advancing and improving this process; stresses the importance of ensuring policy coherence and coordination between EU humanitarian aid and development aid, in the new situation in which the EU has adopted a rights-based approach to development cooperation; deeply regrets, in this sense, that the Commission’s toolkit for a rights-based approach to development cooperation explicitly excludes EU humanitarian action; calls on the Commission, therefore, to commit to developing and adopting, as part of its engagement with the World Humanitarian Summit, a rights-based approach to EU humanitarian action.; underlines the need for cooperation on humanitarian development using new methods, including joint multi-hazard risk analysis, multiannual programming and financing and exit strategies for humanitarian actors;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to take on a more equitable share in the global efforts to hosting refugees, to step up their contributions to the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (Madad) and to contribute to the forthcoming Emergency Trust Fund, as well as to provide further support to countries or regions hosting those fleeing from conflict; underlines that migrants must be offered the same level of protection of their rights as guaranteed to all other groups in times of crises; calls for attention to be paid to particularly vulnerable groups, such as migrants, stateless persons and refugees, that are often neglected in the humanitarian debate;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Deplores the negative impact of counter-terrorism measures on humanitarian action, including increased administrative procedures for procurement or vetting of partners, which may significantly impede aid delivery to populations in areas where armed groups designated as terrorists may be active; insists that counter-terrorism measures should not undermine humanitarian efforts;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Calls for the universal ratification of all international instruments pertaining to the protection of civilians, including the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention; insists on the importance of incorporating international humanitarian law (IHL) into domestic legislation; stresses the need to monitor the application of IHL and to hold perpetrators of violations, including Non State Actors, to account; calls on the EU and its Member States to provide their strong support to the future IHL compliance mechanism and to carry out effective reporting on grave violations, particularly through EU Delegations, Member States' Missions and EU CSDP missions;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)

Bd. whereas the four principles of humanitarian aid - humanity , impartiality, neutrality and operational independence - are the defining features of humanitarian action; whereas the misuse of these core principles for political or non-strictly humanitarian purposes entails considerable human costs and undermines the entire humanitarian system;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas dealing with humanitarian crisis needs to strike a balance between "efficiency gains" and "preserving values";

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas humanitarian crises, including natural disasters, are ultimately the result of human action (mainly the exploitation of natural resources and the devastation caused by big business) in contributing to climate change and infringing human rights;

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Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas several reports from emergency and crisis zones testify to abuses against the civil population, including children; whereas women and children are especially vulnerable in the context of sexual violence used as a weapon to terrorise the population, humiliate and destroy communities, break up families or modify the ethnic composition of future generations; whereas the effects of violence live on after hostilities have been brought to an end, in the form of unwanted pregnancies, infections and marginalisation; whereas violence can continue and even increase post–conflict in cases where the hostilities are followed by a continuing lack of stability and security; whereas violence poses a threat to the security of nations and hampers efforts to restore peace following a conflict;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that crises are not gender neutral and ~~that gender-sensitive considerations should be included in~~often leave women and children at the mercy of groups of armed men and that proper account of the special role played by women in looking after children and the home should be taken at all stages of humanitarian programming, ~~with~~and the participation of women’s rights groups and organisations, including local and regional ones should be ensured;

Amendment 11 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that crises are not gender neutral and that gender-sensitive considerations should be included in all stages of humanitarian programming, with the participation of women’s rights groups and organisations, including local and regional ones; expresses the need to also adopt a children's perspective to conflicts and peace keeping by listening to the needs and voices of children;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that crises are not gender neutral and that gender-sensitive considerations should be included in all stages of humanitarian programming, with the participation of women’s rights groups and organisations, including local and regional ones, and stresses that humanitarian responses must prioritise lifesaving protection and education interventions for all girls and boys in the very first stages of disaster response;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. expresses the need to adopt a children's perspective to conflicts and peace keeping by listening to the needs and voices of children; stresses also the fact that every conflict or crisis is unique and need to be addressed based on prior knowledge of the prevalent context;

Amendment 14 #

Barbara MATERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Encourages investments to build health facilities, which welcome women victims of gang-rape and brutal sexual violence, in areas of conflict where the civilian population is brutally targeted. These hospitals should be similar to the one that Congolese Doctor Denis Mukwege, the 2014 European Parliament Sakharov Laureate, established in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where targeted women receive pathological and psycho-social support in an attempt to outdo the damage caused by sexual violence;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes ~~the introduction of the gender marker for humanitarian programming; calls on donors to use the gender marker and to monitor gender integration throughout the whole humanitarian cycle~~steps to take account of the different impact crisis situations have on groups at risk of marginalisation, including women, children, older people and ethnic minorities; stresses that taking account of the position of such groups when setting up humanitarian programmes is of key importance to effective implementation of the programmes;

Amendment 16 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Angelika MLINAR, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the introduction of the gender marker for humanitarian programming; calls on donors to use the gender marker and to monitor gender integration throughout the whole humanitarian cycle; urges all stakeholders and actors working with humanitarian assistance to adopt a gender sensitive approach to their engagement;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the introduction of the gender marker for humanitarian programming; calls on donors to use the gender marker and to monitor gender integration throughout the whole humanitarian cycle; and considers essential to collect data that is disaggregated by gender and age, including a breakdown of age;

Amendment 18 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that education in emergency situations helps to prevent the early marriage of girls, sexual and gender-based violence, prostitution and human trafficking; welcomes the international efforts in the framework of the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict; and calls for comprehensive education, including sexual education, to be a key part of all EU humanitarian responses to every emergency;

Amendment 19 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that access to education is key to girls' and women's empowerment. Stresses that education in emergency situations helps to prevent the early marriage of girls, sexual and gender-based violence, prostitution and human trafficking; welcomes the international efforts in the framework of the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict;

Amendment 2 #

Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the protection and education of children in emergency situations and crises are among the humanitarian actions that attract the least amount of funding;

Amendment 20 #

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Encourages the promotion of feminist self-defence training within the scope of education programs;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of ensuring that children have proper access to education during lengthy humanitarian crises, because failure to do so could exacerbate and prolong the negative impact of conflicts;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages investment in empowering women through support to income- generating projects which considerably reduce their vulnerability and increase their independence, thus fostering sustainable development in line with the UN Millennium Development Goals;

Amendment 23 #

Barbara MATERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages investment in empowering women through support to income- generating projects, such as micro- financing for entrepreneurship, which considerably reduce their vulnerability and increase their independence;

Amendment 24 #

Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Encourages and facilitates cooperation between the Member States for the introduction of more effective procedures to prevent, prepare for and protect against natural, technological or man-made disasters, both inside and outside the EU, by seeking new approaches to humanitarian aid management and further EU instruments to deal with gender-based violence;

Amendment 25 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Angelika MLINAR, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses, in connection with the growing scale of the problems of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, the key role women play in keeping communities going, and calls for them to be given special protection, as well as access to education and training;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls to include targeted services for adolescent girls in all emergency responses, given they have greater chances of being forced into marriage, or even into transactional sex or prostitution in order to help their families, who are struggling with the poverty and chaos disaster brings;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Points out that women and children have traditionally been responsible for fetching water for households and therefore stresses the role of education in preparing women to act as ‘hygiene promotors’ in communities, with a view to preventing the spread of disease and epidemics;

Amendment 28 #

Barbara MATERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is deeply concerned by the increase of gender-based violence (GBV) in emergency situations; calls on State and non-State parties to comply with their legal obligations under international humanitarian law and other applicable norms, and to take measures against GBV and ensure the accountability of perpetrators; strongly condemns every act of Female Genital Mutilation and GBV, especially by staff working under an international mandate;

Amendment 29 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Angelika MLINAR, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is deeply concerned by the increase of gender-based violence (GBV) in emergency situations; calls on State and non-State parties to comply with their legal obligations under international humanitarian law and other applicable norms, and to take measures against GBV and ensure the accountability of perpetrators; condemns every act of GBV, especially by staff working under an international mandate; Emphasizes the international declared legal basis of the right to sexual and reproductive health and rights for victims of sexual violence and for people in conflicts;

Amendment 3 #

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. considering the exponential increase of reports of sexual and gender based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse during and in the aftermath of emergencies;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that, in cases where the pregnancy threatens a woman's or a girl's life or causes unbearable suffering, international humanitarian law and/or international rights law may justify offering a safe abortion rather than perpetuating what amounts to inhumane treatment;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Urges all actors involved within conflicts to observe victims' right to all necessary health care, including the right to safe and legal abortions, as foreseen by the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols;

Amendment 32 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Strongly condemns the continued use of rape against women and girls as a weapon of war; stresses that more needs to be done to ensure respect of international law and access to health and psychological care for women and girls abused in conflicts; calls on the EU, the Member States, international organisations, civil society to increase cooperation to raise awareness and combat impunity;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that all staff involved in the provision of humanitarian assistance, including police or military forces, should receive adequate ~~gender-sensitive training~~training in the special needs of those most at risk of psychological trauma, in particular women and children, and that a strict code of conduct must be put in place to prevent them from abusing their position;

Amendment 34 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that all staff involved in the provision of humanitarian assistance, including police or military forces, should receive adequate gender-sensitive training, and that a strict code of conduct must be put in place to prevent them from abusing their position and to ensure gender equality;

Amendment 35 #

Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on humanitarian actors to incorporate GBV prevention and mitigation strategies into all their sector- specific interventions, facilitating the identification of new EU funding instruments, and, to this end, to take stock of the revised Guidelines for Integrating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action, prepared by the Global Protection Cluster.

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on humanitarian actors to incorporate GBV prevention and mitigation strategies into all their sector- specific interventions and, to this end, to take stock of the revised Guidelines for Integrating Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action, prepared by the Global Protection Cluster. And considers that humanitarian actors (including the EU) must consult girls and boys (especially adolescent girls) in all stages of disaster preparedness and response.

Amendment 37 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Angelika MLINAR, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Points to the need for universal access to health care, essential medicines and clean water, the lack of which is recognised as the principal cause of death among pregnant women and unborn children;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Call humanitarian agencies to strength its coordination in order to identify and protect victims, and potential victims, from sexual exploitation and abuse;

Amendment 39 #

Mary HONEYBALL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the need for readily accessible, comprehensive and coordinated sexual and reproductive health services for all women in crisis situations;

Amendment 4 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. Whereas women and girls often have low social power in communities, and adolescent girls in particular, are often at risk because can be missed in traditional child protection interventions in emergencies (such as child-friendly spaces), but also may not be reached with the same programming used to reach adult women;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas in conflict zones, the warring parties convert schools into training camps, arms depots or bases for military operations; whereas the use of schools and other forms of educational facilities for military use hinders and restricts the use of such facilities for their rightful purpose by students and teachers, in both the short and long term~~; whereas~~, hampering access to education, which is one of the most important tools in preventing different forms of discrimination and oppression and is also a human right enshrined in Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the use of schools and other forms of educational facilities for military use hinders and restricts the use of such facilities for their rightful purpose by students and teachers, in both the short and long term; whereas education is one of the most important tools in ~~preventing different forms of discrimination and oppress~~building a fair and prosperous society free of violence, oppression and discrimination;

Amendment 7 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Angelika MLINAR, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas international humanitarian law acknowledges the right to protection against all forms of mental and physical violence, as enshrined in Article 27 of the Fourth Geneva Convention and Article 4 of the Second Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention of 1949; whereas under Article 76 of the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention women in particular must be protected against sexual abuse, forced prostitution and any other form of assault; whereas under Article 38 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child the States Parties undertake to ensure respect for rules of international humanitarian law applicable to them in armed conflicts which are relevant to the child; whereas international law acknowledges the right to adequate health care for victims of sexual violence used in conflicts, such as the prevention of long-term physical and psychological damage;

Amendment 8 #

Stefan ECK

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas conflict often leads to more single or child-headed households and creates additional workload for women;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. Whereas unsafe abortion is listed by the World Health Organization as one of three leading causes of maternal mortality;

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Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

– having regard to Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty establishing the Principle of Policy Coherence for Development, requiring that the objectives of development cooperation be taken into account in policies that are likely to affect developing countries;

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas humanitarian aid and development are interlinked; whereas the EU confirmed already in 2004 their commitment to reach the 0.7 target by not later than 2015 (council conclusions 24 May 2005);

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Emphasises the need to adapt, under the universal framework of the Human Right Declaration and de Sustainable Development Goals, the humanitarian response system to local, national and regional requirements, and the need to empower affected populations, and women and children in particular, by building on their capacities;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Emphasises the need to adapt the humanitarian response system to local, national and regional requirements, and the need to empower affected populations, and women and children in particular, by recognising their role as change agents and building on their capacities;

Amendment 102 #

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on national governments to commit to developing legal frameworks for disaster and risk reduction management based on the International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles and ensure that capacity in risk management exists across government departments, industry sectors and civil society;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses the need for a new global model for humanitarian/development cooperation starting with joint analysis and programming, the inclusion of entry strategies for development actors in order to build bridges in the field, of crisis modifiers in development programmes and of exit strategies in humanitarian responses that allow a more flexible approach; calls on donors to systematically consider this link in their development policy and humanitarian aid frameworks and to work with partner countries, including their governments, local NGOs and civil society, to develop national strategies for disaster response, preparedness and risk reduction;

Amendment 104 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses the need for a new global model ~~for~~of complementarity between humanitarian/ and development actor´ cooperation starting with joint analysis and programming, the inclusion firstly of entry strategies for development actors in order to build bridges in the field, secondly of crisis modifiers in development programmes and thirdly of exit strategies in humanitarian responses that allow a more flexible approach; including accountable and flexible multiannual funding mechanism to respond to protracted crisis;

Amendment 105 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Nirj DEVA, Charles GOERENS, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the European Commission to present an initiative to link more systematically humanitarian aid, development cooperation and resilience so as to enable the EU to be more flexible and effective in responding to growing needs, and to also promote a reflection for a better link a the WHS ; Calls on the EU to take advantage at the mid-term review of the current Multiannual Financial Framework to further enhance humanitarian/development linkages;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Stresses the importance of disaster risk reduction for resilience in four priority areas: 1) understanding disaster risks, 2) strengthening risk governance to manage disaster risk, 3) investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience, contingency plans and early warning systems, and 4) enhance disaster preparedness for effective response, and to "build back better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction;

Amendment 107 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Underlines that disaster preparedness, risk reduction and resilience should be incorporated systematically in the response planes to be provided by local, regional and national actors, supported by sufficient financing and increase innovation on forecasting and risk modelling;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)

15d. Emphasises that more work is needed to improve the access, safety and training of humanitarian workers; Calls on donors, host governments and implementing actors to fulfil their responsibilities to better facilitate professional, safe, coordinated and appropriate humanitarian access and response; supports the systematic inclusion of specific clauses strengthening accountability for the protection of humanitarian workers into the humanitarian legislation and plans of donors for all countries as well as a firm systematic monitoring of attacks against aid workers;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Acknowledges the need for bridging the gap between emergency humanitarian assistance and long-term development aid in order to gradually build resilient and self-reliant societies; stresses the importance of cooperation with local non- governmental organisations and leaders for establishing permanent structures in conflict-sensitive areas;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas a billion people could be displaced because of climate change by 2050, with more than 40 per cent of the global population living in areas of severe water stress; whereas economic losses from natural disasters are likely to increase dramatically from the $300 billion currently lost annually;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Welcomes that the provision of humanitarian aid by the EU and the Member States should not be subject to restrictions imposed by other partner donors regarding necessary medical treatment, including access to safe abortion for women and girls who are victims of rape in armed conflicts, but should instead comply with international humanitarian law; Welcomes in this context the letter with reference 3757306 sent on 11 September 2015 by High Representative Mogherini to the Member of the European Parliament;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Calls for further efforts to increase women and girls' access to health and sexual health education, family planning, prenatal care and sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe and free abortion services, notably to address the largely unachieved MDG 5 on maternal health, including reduce infant and child mortality and avoidance of high-risk births;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the WHS to give sufficient emphasis to the issue of climate change and humanitarian action; this should include planning for the consequences of climate change, including climate- induced displacement and migrations, in all relevant policy making, at regional and global level;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Underlines that an increased complementarity between humanitarian and development aid in order to address humanitarian aid financing gaps should go hand in hand with increased, not less, development aid funding and recalls in this context the international commitment of reaching an expenditure level of 0.7 % of GNI;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Encourages the international community to redouble its efforts to ensure the unimpeded access of humanitarian aid to all the populations at risk;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that innovation should draw from multiple sources and in particular from the knowledge of affected people, civil society and local communities in the front line of response, but also from the business sector; believes that public-private partnerships can be a means to improve the response to growing humanitarian needs; notes that cash-based assistance is an example of innovation in humanitarian assistance; ; stress the importance of boosting essential public services, such as education, health, water and sanitation, in humanitarian responses; believes that public-private partnerships, in some cases and if regulated according to the Development Effectiveness Principles might be a means to complement the public response to growing humanitarian needs; notes that cash-based assistance is an example of innovation in humanitarian assistance which has proved many times a poor performance regarding the Development Effectiveness Principles 1 a; __________________ 1a http://www.eurodad.org/files/pdf/520a38c a1b330.pdf

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that innovation should draw from multiple sources and in particular from the knowledge of affected people and local communities in the front line of response, but also from the business sector; believes that public-private and cross- sectorial partnerships can be a means to improve the response to growing humanitarian needs; notes that cash-based assistance is an efficient example of innovation in humanitarian assistance;

Amendment 117 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Welcomes the Council Conclusions on common principles for multi-purpose cash-based assistance to respond to humanitarian needs; acknowledges that while only a small proportion of humanitarian assistance is currently cash-based, the use of cash-based assistance has significant potential as an innovative, dignifying, safe, gender sensitive, flexible and cost efficient modality to cover emergency basic needs of the most vulnerable; calls on the EU and its Member States to promote the common principles and the use of unconditional cash assistance base on context and response analysis, while supporting a monitoring mechanism, in the run-up to the WHS;

Amendment 118 #

Nirj DEVA, Jan ZAHRADIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Emphasises the role of new technologies and innovative digital tools in the organisation and delivery of the humanitarian aid, especially with regards to aid delivery and tracking, disaster surveillance, information sharing, coordination between donors and facilitating relations between aid agencies and local governments, particularly in remote areas and disaster zones; highlights that Africa, and especially Sub- Saharan Africa, is currently undergoing a mobile digital revolution with a surge in mobile subscriptions ( and Internet use on mobile), makings such tools and services crucial for putting in place early warning systems and for providing speedy information on health matters, danger areas and aid contacts;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Recalls that, to run smoothly, humanitarian aid in emergency situations and development assistance must be linked by each other; in this regard recalls that if the EU and the member states had reached their commitment of the 0.7% target, public financing would not be a problem;

Amendment 12 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas humanitarian hospitals are often targets of terrorist attacks, whereas, in the case of the Syrian conflict, 313 attacks have been perpetrated against 227 individual medical facilities since 2011 and at least 184 of these attacks have involved the use of weapons of mass destruction such as missiles and bombs[1], whereas the security of humanitarian staff and of injured people is very often threatened, and whereas these attacks constitute a breach of international humanitarian law and a serious danger to the future of humanitarian aid; [1] Data from Physicians for Human Rights: http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/press /press-releases/syrian-government-forces- pound-health-care-system-in-idlib.html

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls ~~for the development of ethical standards in line with~~on the EU to impulse and support a global humanitarian innovation alliance for the development of global shared ethical approaches in line with the UN principles for innovation and technology in development and humanitarian principles ~~and~~that guarantees that all investment in humanitarian innovation is designed to improve outcomes for affected populations; calls for the establishment of humanitarian innovation funds at regional and national level;

Amendment 121 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Recognises that innovation can play a major role in responding to new challenges as well as improving existing programs by integrating new developments from other sectors in order to research, scale up and develop models that realise breakthroughs to humanitarian challenges;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to support, while respecting humanitarian principles and ethical standards, business involvement, especially of SMEs, by building a business guide for action and promoting local and regional partnership platforms for a structured, coordinated and sustainable engagement of companies in emergencies; encourage EU Member States to better integrated businesses into national emergency response plans and accountability mechanisms;

Amendment 123 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Calls on the EU to explore and encourage partnership with start-ups, insurance and technology companies, amongst others, to develop tools for preparedness and deployment in emergencies; Underlines the need to support and further develop OCHAs works for a private sector global mapping of available assets and capacities to enhance technical cooperation for disaster response efforts;

Amendment 124 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)

17c. Calls on the EU and its humanitarian partners to advocate at the WHS for better engagement of young people in humanitarian preparedness and recovery processes and to promote volunteering schemes;

Amendment 125 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)

17d. Calls on the EU and its Member States to promote at the WHS the important role of humanitarian advocacy as this can be an effective way to strengthen protection and innovation;

Amendment 126 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 e (new)

17e. Underlines that the commitments taken in Istanbul must be implemented at the level of the EU and its Member States; therefore calls on the EU and its Member States to jointly design with humanitarian actors, an agenda for the operationalisation of the Summit outcomes after Istanbul; Emphasizes the need to ensure predictable and timely funding for humanitarian aid through the EU budget by ensuring that the EU's humanitarian commitment appropriations are systematically fully funded through an equal amount of payment appropriations;

Amendment 127 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 f (new)

17f. Calls for a coherent and solid new Action plan of the European Consensus on humanitarian aid that guarantees an impartial and effective European humanitarian response, tailored to the local context while being age and gender specific and acting without discrimination and in proportion to needs;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Underlines the necessity to provide nutrition, water, shelter, sanitation and medical treatment, these representing the utmost significance in humanitarian aid; calls for minimum humanitarian standards that should be maintained throughout intervention.

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas humanitarian principles ~~must be at the core of all humanitarian actions;~~, such as the basic rules of international humanitarian law and the human rights provided for by the Geneva Conventions and the additional protocols thereto, must be at the core of all humanitarian actions; whereas the protection of displaced persons must be guaranteed unconditionally and whereas aid independence, i.e. aid that is free from any political, economic or security considerations or any type of discrimination, must prevail;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence. must be at the core of all humanitarian actions; whereas aid independence, i.e. aid that is free from any political, economic or security considerations or any type of discrimination, must prevail;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas all parties in a conflict, including state and non-state armed parties, must grant humanitarian actors the necessary access to ~~serve~~assist vulnerable, conflict- affected civilian populations;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas all parties in a conflict, state and non-state armed parties, must guarantee humanitarian actors the necessary access to serve vulnerable, conflict- affected civilian populations;

Amendment 17 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas international humanitarian law requires that all necessary medical care, including safe abortion services, be provided without discrimination to girls and women raped in war;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the consolidated humanitarian appeal for 2015 reached a record high in UN history at close to EUR 19 billion; whereas, despite record contributions by donors, only a quarter of the global appeal was funded, and the EU has struggled to fund global humanitarian appeals and DG ECHO supported operations; therefore reinforcing the need for globally coordinated, timely, predictable and flexible funding tailored to different contexts and sustained by a new public- private partnership for innovative preparedness and by delivery methods; ~~whereas the EU has struggled to fund global humanitarian appeals and ECHO operations;~~

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the consolidated humanitarian appeal for 2015 reached a record high in UN history at close to EUR 19 billion; whereas, despite record contributions by donors, only a quarter of the global appeal was funded and the EU has struggled to fund global humanitarian appeals and ECHO supported operations, therefore reinforcing the need for globally coordinated, timely, predictable and flexible funding tailored to different contexts and sustained by a new public- private partnership for innovative preparedness and by delivery methods; whereas the EU has struggled to fund global humanitarian appeals and ECHO operations; whereas the renewed commitment to the 0.7% aid target and the timely delivery on pledges are all the more important in such a context;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989 and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of Children in Armed Conflict of 25 May 2000; and the EU Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict (updated 2008);

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas 80% of EU international humanitarian assistance is concentrated in man-made crises that require essentially political and not only humanitarian solutions; whereas poverty and vulnerability to crises are intrinsically linked, emphasising the need to address the underlying causes of crises, to build resilience, to reinforce capacity for adapting to natural disasters and climate change and to meet the long-term needs of affected people; whereas the consequences, such as migration and refugee challenges, will be even greater unless the root causes are addressed and there is better linkage between humanitarian and development cooperation assistance;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas more than 90% of natural disaster-related deaths occur in Level 3 classified countries, and the disaster relief and humanitarian assistance is crucial for combating disruptions on health, hygiene, education, nutrition and even basic shelter;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas there is a need to develop greater trust and further cooperation between private sector actors , NGOs, international organizations and Governments; whereas business resources, expertise, supply chains , research and development capabilities, and logistics can serve for more effective preparedness and humanitarian action;

Amendment 23 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Charles GOERENS, Heidi HAUTALA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas there is a need to develop greater trust and further cooperation between private sector actors , registered and recognised NGOs, local authorities, international organizations and governments; whereas business resources, expertise, supply chains , research and development capabilities, and logistics can be put in place for more effective preparedness and humanitarian actions;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas the EU humanitarian aid chapter, EUR 909 million in 2015, represents less than 1% of the total EU budget; whereas an improved linkage between relief and long-term assistance constitutes one element in order to reduce the current discrepancy between the extraordinary humanitarian needs and means available;

Amendment 25 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

Hc. whereas NGOs and international organizations such as the Red Cross and UN agencies are currently the main implementers of humanitarian support, providing life-saving assistance and protection to some 120 million people per year;

Amendment 26 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Heidi HAUTALA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)

Hd. whereas humanitarian aid must remain based on the needs as assessed by humanitarian actors and donors should abstain from using aid as a crisis management tool;

Amendment 27 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)

He. whereas prevention and domestic response and capacities play an important role in best meeting needs and reducing the need for international aid; whereas in 2015, of total international humanitarian assistance, only 0.2% went directly to local and national NGOs of affected states; whereas there is an increasing demand to ensure accountability to crisis- affected people and communities;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas prevention, domestic response and capacities play an important role in best meeting needs and more efficacy of international aid; whereas in 2015, of total international humanitarian assistance, only 0.2% went directly to local and national NGOs of affected;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas local and national NGOs in crisis affected countries receive only a very limited part of international humanitarian assistance, even though their reactivity, knowledge of needs and possibilities to reach out to affected people is at times better than that of international actors;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas urbanization, population growth, demographic changes, environmental degradation, climate change, conflict and resource scarcity are adding to the consequences of poverty, inequality and fragility; whereas as consequently the need for humanitarian response throughout the globe has significantly increased;

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the humanitarian response and the tools used should rely on jointly assessed needs and should depend on varying contexts; whereas ~~significant~~it is essential that all efforts ~~should b~~are made to ensure that respect for human rights and the specific needs of women, children, the elderly, persons withe disab~~led~~ilities and other vulnerable groups are integrated into humanitarian response efforts;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the humanitarian response and the tools used should rely on jointly assessed needs and should depend on varying contexts; whereas it is essential that all affords are made significant efforts should be made to ensure that respect for human rights and the specific needs of women, children, the elderly, persons withe disabilities, minorities and indigenous peopled and other vulnerable groups are integrated into humanitarian response efforts;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas strengthening resilience to disaster through mitigation of risks and protection from shocks is of key importance in order to reduce humanitarian needs;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the first World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) to be held in Istanbul from 23 to 24 May 2016 should result in reshaping the humanitarian architecture to make it more inclusive, effective, transparent and truly global, in order to respond to anticipated increases in humanitarian needs linked to current and future challenges, such as food security, population growth, climate change, fragility, aid workers’' safety, forced displacement and socioeconomic development;

Amendment 34 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the WHS will follow a number of intergovernmental negotiations on disaster risk reduction, financing for development, the post-2015 sustainable development agenda and climate change that will shape the development and humanitarian landscapes for years to come, and will thus be a unique and critical and concrete opportunity to align objectives, principles and actions, and for the world to address the needs, and build the resilience, of the most vulnerable in a more coherent manner;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the WHS will follow a number of intergovernmental negotiations on disaster risk reduction, financing for development, the post-2015 sustainable development agenda and climate change that will shape the development and humanitarian landscapes for years to come, and will thus be a unique and critical opportunity to align objectives, principles and actions, and for the world to address the needs, and build the resilience, of the most vulnerable in a more coherent manner;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

Ma. encourages the global actors to incorporate the humanitarian responses into human rights monitoring and reporting mechanisms;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)

Mb. whereas threats and attacks on humanitarian personnel are increasing, particularly in conflict areas;

Amendment 38 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the UN Secretary-General’'s decision to call for the first multi- stakeholder World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) and the willingness of Turkey to host it.; calls on the EU Member States to support the WHS and to reach firm Council conclusions with specific commitments and priority areas for action, while pursuing operational efficiency, common quality standards, better coordination and partnerships with emerging donors, based on politically non- biased aid as well as on a common understanding and appliance of humanitarian principles and respect for obligations under international humanitarian law;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s decision to call for the first multi- stakeholder World Humanitarian Summit (WHS); calls on the EU Member States to support the WHS and to reach firm Council conclusions, while pursuing operational efficiency, common quality standards, better coordination and partnerships with emerging donors, based on politically non- biased aid as well as on a common understanding and appliance of humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence and respect for obligations under international humanitarian law;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas growing developments such as climate change, the prevalence and increased strength of natural disasters, rapid population growth, environmental degradation, numerous long-lasting and simultaneous conflicts with regional impact have increased the need for humanitarian responses throughout the globe;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

Amendment 41 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that today’'s enormous humanitarian challenges require a more inclusive, diverse and truly global humanitarian system to be built at the WHS recognising the diversity in today's humanitarian response system and the complementary roles of all actors; calls on the EU to promote a Global Consensus on Humanitarian Action that reaffirms the principles of humanitarian aid and ~~promotes people-centred protection responses, and also holds governments accountable for their roles and responsibilities in protecting people~~the obligations and entitlements under International Humanitarian law (IHL), while ensuring people-centred and human rights-based protection responses, and also holds governments accountable for their roles and responsibilities in protecting people; deplores the growing politicisation of assistance witnessed in recent years and recalls that the upholding of and the continued commitment to the core humanitarian principles is critical to ensure a humanitarian space in areas of conflict and natural disasters;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that today’'s enormous humanitarian challenges require a more inclusive, diverse and truly global humanitarian system to be built at the WHS; calls on the EU to promote a Global Consensus on Humanitarian Action that reaffirms the principles of humanitarian aid and ~~promotes~~the obligations and entitlements under International Humanitarian law ( IHL), while ensuring people-centred protection responses, and also holds governments accountable for their roles and responsibilities in protecting people;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the WHS to link the Post- 2015 Development, the Sendai Framework on DRR and the COP21 in order to enhance coherence across policies and institutions for building disaster resilience and request a more active role of development actors in building resilience; calls on donor governments to develop for their national policies a common set of targets, priorities and indicators linking these frameworks;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that, in order to be meaningful, the WHS outcome document should include a five-year roadmap for the development and operationalisation of the political commitments undertaken, including an intergovernmental monitoring and accountability framework with full participation of other stakeholders;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that, in order to be meaningful, the WHS outcome document should include a five-year roadmap for the development and operationalisation of the concrete political commitments undertaken, including an intergovernmental monitoring and accountability framework with full participation of other stakeholders;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the EU and its Member States, as the largest donors and key operational actors, to lead by active example; emphasises that all EU humanitarian actions should be guided by the principles of solidarity, responsibility and accountability; calls for a global, comprehensive and long-term solution for the masses of people fleeing conflict regions; notes that Europe’s role and credibility on the global humanitarian scene is also at stake in the response to the current crisis inside the EU;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the EU and its Member States, as the largest donors and key operational actors, to lead by active example; emphasises that all EU humanitarian actions should be guided by the principles of solidarity, responsibility and accountability and should be designed to ensure that vulnerable people are protected, both physically and psychologically; calls for a global, comprehensive and long-term solution for the masses of people fleeing conflict regions; notes that Europe’s role and credibility on the global humanitarian scene is also at stake in the response to the current crisis inside the EU;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for a global, comprehensive and long-term solution for the masses of people fleeing conflict regions; notes that Europe's role and credibility on the global humanitarian scene is also at stake in the response to the current crisis inside the EU;

Amendment 5 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the majority of humanitarian crisis have human-related, and not natural, courses;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for the WHS to commit to a systematic results based and participatory approach by establishing specific indicators and work methodology, to be reinforced and shared by donors and implementing agencies, for affected people to take part in the whole cycle of humanitarian action; and to work towards the institutionalisation, better monitoring and evaluation of the UN Accountability to Affected Populations framework;

Amendment 51 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Underlines that the WHS is also an opportunity for all stakeholders to reflect on the vital need for UN reform towards an inclusive, transparent and effective coordination system, with a more inclusive and operative IASC, better engagement with partners to enhance complementarity and the full operationalization of the Transformative Agenda, and to strengthen the multilateral humanitarian architecture for all crisis by establishing a reliable system of needs assessments serving as a basis for joint appeals, ensuring comprehensive financial tracking, a system of cost comparison between agencies and a monitoring and evaluation mechanism;

Amendment 52 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Insists that without comprehensive and substantial means such a Global action will not be successful; underlines that addressing new and chronic disasters and vulnerabilities requires long term predictable investments and compliance with the new sustainable development agenda, mainly by promoting joint risk assessment, planning and financing between humanitarian, development, peacebuilding and climate change actors; recalls the longstanding international commitment to raise development and humanitarian aid to 0.7% of GDP;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Insists that without comprehensive and substantial means such a Global action will not be successful; underlines that addressing new and chronic disasters and vulnerabilities requires long term predictable investments and the compliance of the new sustainable development agenda, mainly by promoting joint risk assessment, planning and financing between humanitarian, development, civil action for peacebuilding and climate change actors;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls the importance of ensuring the Principle of Policy Coherence for Development in all EU external action by ensuring EU policies do not undermined development countries effort to achieve Sustainable Development Goals; In this regard and in order to prevent future humanitarian crisis, calls the European Commission to conduct independent ex- ante analysis on the impact Free Trade Agreements and other economic partnerships it may have in developing countries;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls the Commission to effectible ensure through a legally binding mechanism European transnationals do not mine gender equality and women empowerment, food security, social and environmental standards and human rights in developing countries;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Calls the EU to effectively increase climate change mitigation and adaptation policies in developing countries and to mainstream this perspective into all humanitarian action; In this regard, call on the EU to take more courageous political decisions to combat climate change;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Call the EU and Member States to boost work sex- and age-disaggregated data (SADD) and gender analysis as one of the most effective ways to promote gender equality in humanitarian efforts;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that the funding issue should be a key topic at the WHS; highlights the need for a more coherent global approach which should aim to bridge the divide between the humanitarian and development architecture, avoid parallel systems, broaden the funding base by including foundations, civil society and emerging donors, ensure greater predictability, promote joint needs assessment and develop innovative means of financing; highlights the need to ensure continued funding for humanitarian action in so- called forgotten crises;

Amendment 59 #

Nirj DEVA, Jan ZAHRADIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the EU to place protection at the heart of humanitarian action by creating a compliance system and by mainstreaming it into programming; stresses the need for the institutionalisation of the role of protection officers and for the development of strategic and integrated approaches with sufficient funds for protection activities in the first phase of emergencies; urges the EUand to commit more strongly to a human rights- based approach in humanitarian action to ensure that both the needs and rights of specific vulnerable groups are respected;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas climate change will increase planet´s temperature, desertification, sea level, and consequently inequalities, conflicts and migrations and humanitarian crisis;

Amendment 60 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the EU to place protection at the heart of humanitarian action by creating a compliance system and by mainstreaming it into programming; stresses the need for the institutionalisation of the role of protection officers and for the development of strategic and integrated approaches with sufficient funds for protection activities in the first phase of emergencies; urges the EU to commit more strongly to a human rights-based approach in humanitarian action to ensure that both the needs and rights of specific vulnerable groups, especially women, youth, migrants, people living with HIV, LGBTI persons and persons with disabilities are respected;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the EU to place protection at the heart of humanitarian action within a needs based response by creating a compliance system and by mainstreaming it into programming; stresses the need for the institutionalisation of the role of protection officers and for the development of strategic and integrated approaches with sufficient funds for protection activities also in the first phase of emergencies; urges the EU to commit more strongly to a human rights-based approach in humanitarian action to ensure that ~~both~~dignity and the needs and rights of specific vulnerable groups are respected;

Amendment 62 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the EU to promote at the WHS a comprehensive agreement on practical ways to reinforce the respect and compliance of the IHL, Human Rights Law( IHRL) and the Refugee Law, such as dissemination of the rules of IHL among the regional and national administrations, security forces, local authorities and community leaders; and to support the International Criminal Court role to end impunity for violation of IHL and IHRL;

Amendment 63 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Stresses the need to expand the Refugee Convention and the Kampala Convention to protect and assist displaced people around the world as well as the population affected by other forms of violence, such as human trafficking since they may have a well-founded fear of persecution or be at risk of serious harm;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the need to expand the Refugee Convention and the Kampala Convention to protect and assist displace people around the world as well as the population affected by other forms of violence, such as human trafficking, gender violence and economic violence since they may have a well-founded fear of persecution or be at risk of serious harm;

Amendment 65 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Stresses the need of a fundamental shift in support of refugees and host countries and communities; supports the Synthesis report for the Global Consultation which calls the Summit to examine comprehensive "refugee hosting deal" by recognizing host countries' contributions; arranging longer-term, predictable and sustainable financial packages to assist them; giving refugees Self-reliance through access to livelihood opportunities; and creating More equitable arrangements for their resettlement in third countries;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Condemns the frequent terrorist attacks on humanitarian hospitals and protection officers;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Urges that the provision of humanitarian aid follow international humanitarian law, and not be subject to restrictions limiting victims' access to necessary medical treatment, including access to abortion for women and girls who are victims of rape in armed conflicts, as required by the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Expresses its concern about the rape of women, girls and infants in conflict situations and refugee camps, recalls that rape has become a weapon of war in the hands of rebel groups, and that it destroys any prospect of physical, psychological and moral survival and integration into society;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Urges that combating the new forms of war crime, such as rape of women, girls and infants, be made a priority of humanitarian action;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas women and girls suffer the most of humanitarian crisis; whereas Women and girls are disproportionately exposed to risk, increased loss of livelihoods, security, and even lives, during and in the aftermath of disasters; whereas women and girls face heightened risks due to displacement and the breakdown of normal protection structures and support; whereas in humanitarian crisis the likelihood of rape, sexual exploitation and risky behaviour greatly increases the likelihood of unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and complications regarding reproductive health; whereas 80 per cent of the more than 42 million refugees and people displaced by conflict worldwide are women, children and young people;

Amendment 70 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Expresses its concern about the education and schooling of children in refugee camps, and calls on the European Union and all international actors to increase capacities for providing schooling in refugee camps;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the EU and its Member States to work towards a global shared understanding and operationalization of humanitarian principles in preparation for the WHS, ~~with the promotion of a~~and to jointly develop a wide participatory code of conduct among current and new donors in order to share best practices, facilitate access to people in need and to enhance existing commitments for good donor practices such as the Good Humanitarian Donorship principles;

Amendment 72 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EU to advocate the inclusion of transparency and accountability as guiding principles in the WHS declaration, by using specific markers and disaggregated data (i.e.: gender, age, children specific) as the basis for programme design and evaluation and by promoting an international humanitarian aid transparency standard initiative with the aim of ensuring a global accountability results framework for measuring progress;

Amendment 73 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Charles GOERENS, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the need to include child protection as an integral part of humanitarian response in order to prevent and respond to abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence against children; emphasizes that children are the main derivers of change, therefore the importance of creating child-friendly spaces as part of the humanitarian response;

Amendment 74 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Charles GOERENS, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Highlights the central role that women play in conflict and post-conflict situations since they are the first responders in crises, holding their families and communities together; Calls on Donors and Governments to mainstream gender equality in humanitarian programming and to support the empowerment of women and girls;

Amendment 75 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Charles GOERENS, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Urges for a global commitment to ensure that women and girls are safe from the start of every emergency or crisis by addressing the increased risk of sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian situations and their physical and psychological consequences, by assuring the prosecution of their perpetrators and by ensuring victim´s health rights, as an essential contribution to the peace and state-building process in conflict-affected area;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Underlines that migrants must be offered the same level of protection of their rights as guaranteed to all other groups in times of crises; calls for attention to be paid to particularly vulnerable groups, such as migrants, stateless persons and refugees, that are often neglected in the humanitarian debate;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls for the universal ratification of all international instruments pertaining to the protection of civilians, including the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention; insists on the importance of incorporating international humanitarian law (IHL) into domestic legislation; stresses the need to monitor the application of IHL and to hold perpetrators of violations, including Non State Actors, to account; calls on the EU and its Member States to provide their strong support to the future IHL compliance mechanism and to carry out effective reporting on grave violations, particularly through EU Delegations, Member States' Missions and EU CSDP missions;

Amendment 78 #

Anna ZÁBORSKÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Acknowledges the value of the EU’s comprehensive approach in the coordination and coherence of its wide array of external policy instruments to invest in durable political solutions; draws attention to the specific characteristics of humanitarian aid, and how it is imperative to differentiate the humanitarian response from foreign, political, security and counter-terrorism considerations through the adoption of safeguards;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Condemns countries, both members and non-members of the EU, which breach the principles of ‘failure to render assistance’ and ‘non-refoulement’ applicable to displaced population groups;

Amendment 8 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas women and children are the most vulnerable displaced persons, and for that reason often fall victim to rape and ill-treatment;

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on governments to live up to their primary responsibilities to protect and assist civilians and to put in place legal and policy frameworks to facilitate humanitarian access in accordance with IHL and aid delivery in order to ensure that professional and quality assistance reaches those who need it, even in remote areas; suggests that these frameworks include humanitarian tax exemptions, cuts of transaction cost of the remittances flows and simplified customs procedures;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on governments to live up to their responsibilities to protect civilians and to put in place legal and policy frameworks to facilitate humanitarian access and aid delivery in order to ensure that professional, timely and quality assistance reaches those who need it, even in remote areas; suggests that these frameworks include humanitarian tax exemptions and simplified customs procedures;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Union and all international actors to improve techniques for providing humanitarian assistance, particularly by supplying mobile laboratories to combat infectious disease epidemics, improving methods of distributing emergency aid – taking account of the most vulnerable groups – and improving hygiene and emergency sanitary infrastructure;

Amendment 83 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Condemns the consistent thwarting of attempts to deliver humanitarian aid and calls on all parties involved in the different conflicts to respect the provision of humanitarian aid and assistance through all possible channels, including across borders and conflict lines, and to ensure the safety of all medical personnel and humanitarian workers in line with the various UNSC resolutions;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses the need for a continued dialogue on the complementary roles and mandates of the different humanitarian actors; underlines that better coordination is key for an efficient, effective and appropriate humanitarian response; Stresses the need for better analysis on local operational capacities and for better needs assessments and accountability of the humanitarian action;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Expresses concern at the blurring of distinction between humanitarian and military actors and the co-optation of humanitarian action for military or political ends, which undermines and endangers genuine humanitarian operations and their staff; invites the WHS to set up guidelines for the use of military means in humanitarian action respecting key humanitarian principles; considers that the use of military assets and capabilities in support of humanitarian operations should constitute a 'last resort', i.e. where there is no comparable civilian alternative;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to increase financing for education for children in humanitarian emergencies; calls on the Council to endorse the Commission’s proposal to dedicate 4% of the EU humanitarian aid budget to this purpose; considers that this increase should not lead to a reduced consideration for other primary needs;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment – given the alarming number of children who are denied education and the huge potential of education to increase people’s resilience – to increase financing for education for children in humanitarian emergencies; calls on the Council to endorse the Commission’s proposal to dedicate 4% of the EU humanitarian aid budget to this purpose;

Amendment 88 #

Nirj DEVA, Jan ZAHRADIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Highlights the important role that the EU Aid Volunteers scheme can play in putting into practice the decisions taken at the future WHS and a revised EU Humanitarian Consensus; stresses that their experience, alongside other humanitarian activists can play a vital role in establishing best practices and implementation tools;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Acknowledges that predictability, operational flexibility and multi-year contributions are key prerequisites of efficient and effective aid delivery; calls on the EU and its Member States to reinvigorate the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) principles in the WHS declaration; calls on the EU to ensure predictable and timely funding for humanitarian aid through the EU budget by ensuring that the EU's humanitarian commitment appropriations are matched by a sufficient level of payment appropriations;

Amendment 9 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas maternal health, counselling of women rape victims, and education and schooling of displaced children are major challenges at refugee camps;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Emphasises that global action is needed to address the funding gap; calls for the establishment of a global fund for humanitarian assistance ~~that~~(GFHA) that supports the participation and inclusion of non-DAC donors and brings together all existing international financial mechanisms, domestic resources and pooled funds (UN emergency response funds, CERF funds, trust funds, etc.), and that is complemented by voluntary and compulsory financial payments by governments, the private sector and regional organisations; suggests that the mandatory payments could be used to fill gaps in humanitarian pledges for Level 3 ~~cris~~emergencies, support preparedness, provide social protection resilience package for long-term refugees or to cope with unforeseen emergencies, such as Ebola, among others;

Amendment 91 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Stresses that to better preserve and guarantee life and dignity of the affected population local NGOs must have access to direct financing; Urges EU Member States and Donors to substantially increase direct funding for local humanitarian actors that have the capacity, expertise and capabilities to act in the field while ensuring accountability;

Amendment 92 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Calls for EU Member States and other donors to strengthen and develop national legal frameworks for humanitarian action and disaster risk reductions with specific means for implementation;

Amendment 93 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Underlines the needs for the international financial institutions to fully engage and remodel their soft lending window focus, mainly by redefining their concessional fund eligibility criteria, , to enable a more flexible institutional response to fragile situations and to reflect more closely on national capacity to raise domestic resource;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)

13d. Urges Governments, Donors and their enabling environments to simplify administrative requirements for implementing partners by streamlining procedures and mapping administrative, contracting and reporting best practices while ensuring accountability; and to support initiatives that are designed to continuously help to strengthen the capacity and monitoring of local actors and to reinforce national coordination structures;

Amendment 95 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Nirj DEVA, Heidi HAUTALA, Ignazio CORRAO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)

13e. Calls for the WHS to stablish a new deal for engagement with fragile states and protracted crisis with sustainable programmes, implementation plans and predictable financing for development; underlines that the Addis Ababa Action Agenda emphasizes the need for investments in social protection systems and safety nets to more rapidly and effectively scale up the response in fragile contexts;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Underlines that an international response should build on existing local or national initiatives and partnerships rather than creating parallel efforts; insists on the importance of strengthening local and regional capacity for the delivery of humanitarian assistance and of providing for inclusive processes where local authorities, civil society, the private sector and the affected populations are included in the planning process;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Deplores the negative impact of counter-terrorism measures on humanitarian action, including increased administrative procedures for procurement or vetting of partners, which may significantly impede aid delivery to populations in areas where armed groups designated as terrorists may be active; insists that counter-terrorism measures should not undermine humanitarian efforts and invites the WHS to address this issue in an appropriate way;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Emphasises the need to adapt the humanitarian response system to local, national and regional requirements, and the need to empower and engage regularly affected populations, ~~and~~ women ~~and children in particular, by building on their capacitie~~of all ages , children and persons with disabilities in particular, by ensuring their participation in programming and building on their capacities as well as by being accountable to them and on their needs and rights;

Amendment 99 #