2020/2118(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that the momentum gained from the common Team Europe approach in terms of joint analysis, joint programming and joint implementation must translate into a new standard for cooperation in the fields of humanitarian aid and development policy, both in law and in practiceon a moratorium on all support to non-EU members and use the funds available in order to ensure Member States' resilience in view of the economic losses brought about by the lock down methods employed across most European nations;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that the momentum gained from the common Team Europe approach in terms of joint analysis, joint programming and joint implementation must translate into a new ~~standard for~~form of cooperation in the fields of humanitarian aid and development policy, both in law and in practice;

Amendment 102 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on EU donors to ensure that local civil society organisations and international NGOs working on the front line are funded to implement programs and projects tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences at community level, to reach people left furthest behind; underlines that in the absence of additional resources for the COVID-19 response and recovery, and with most funds going to geographic envelopes, ensuring optimal complementarity of the EU’s funding is crucial;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights the importance of the NDICI to ensure funding for human development, including health, nutrition, WASH, social and child protection, education sectors, and calls on EU Delegations and Member States embassies to prioritise human development and health in their joint programming;

Amendment 104 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the European Commission to instruct EU delegations, in collaboration with Member States embassies, to develop ‘equality country profiles’ of partner countries to inform Team Europe initiatives and make sure they contribute to reducing inequalities and reach out to those furthest left behind or most at risk;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

Humanitarian and development aid funding

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is deeply concerned about the underfunding of the EU humanitarian aid budget, given the additional humanitarian needs caused by the pandemic; calls for a clear distribution of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) envelope, which should aim to provide balanced coverage of its obligations as follows: neither internal nor external operations may be allocated more than 60 % of the annual amount of the reserve; on 1 October of each year, at least one quarter of the annual amount for ‘year n' must remain available to cover needs arising until the end of that year; as of 1 October, the remaining funds may be mobilised to cover needs arising until the end of that year;deleted

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is deeply concerned about the underfunding of the EU humanitarian aid budget, given the additional humanitarian needs caused by the pandemic; calls for a clear distribution of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) envelope, which should aim to provide balanced coverage of its obligations as follows: neither internal nor external operations may be allocated more than 60 % of the annual amount of the reserve; on 1 October of each year, at least one quarter of the annual amount for ‘year n' must remain available to cover needs arising until the end of that year; as of 1 October, the remaining funds may be mobilised to cover needs arising until the end of that year;deleted

Amendment 108 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is deeply concerned about the underfunding of the EU humanitarian aid budget, given the additional humanitarian needs caused by the pandemic and the devastating impacts that such underfunding could have on the provision of critical basic needs for millions of people in the midst of the pandemic, such as food, water, sanitation or health services; calls for a clear distribution of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) envelope, which should aim to provide balanced coverage of its obligations as follows: neither internal nor external operations may be allocated more than 60 % of the annual amount of the reserve; on 1 October of each year, at least one quarter of the annual amount for ‘year n' must remain available to cover needs arising until the end of that year; as of 1 October, the remaining funds may be mobilised to cover needs arising until the end of that year;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is deeply concerned about the underfunding of the EU humanitarian aid budget, given the additional humanitarian needs caused by the pandemic;, first of all in the health sector, but also in relation to the protection of the most vulnerable, such as children; therefore calls for a clear distribution of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) envelope, which should aim to provide balanced coverage of its obligations as follows: neither internal nor external operations may be allocated more than 60 % of the annual amount of the reserve; on 1 October of each year, at least one quarter of the annual amount for ‘year n' must remain available to cover needs arising until the end of that year; as of 1 October, the remaining funds may be mobilised to cover needs arising until the end of that year;

Amendment 11 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

- having regard to the EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III 2021-2025 entitled ‘An ambitious agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment in EU external action’,

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. IsWarns that the pandemic risks triggering a humanitarian crisis; is therefore deeply concerned about the underfunding of the EU humanitarian aid budget, given the additional humanitarian needs caused by the pandemic; calls for a clear distribution of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) envelope, which should aim to provide balanced coverage of its obligations as follows: neither internal nor external operations may be allocated more than 60 % of the annual amount of the reserve; on 1 October of each year, at least one quarter of the annual amount for ‘year n' must remain available to cover needs arising until the end of that year; as of 1 October, the remaining funds may be mobilised to cover needs arising until the end of that year;

Amendment 111 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is ~~deeply~~ concerned about the underfunding of the EU humanitarian aid budget, given the additional humanitarian needs caused by the pandemic; calls for a clear distribution of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) envelope, which should aim to provide balanced coverage of its obligations as follows: neither internal nor external operations may be allocated more than 60 % of the annual amount of the reserve; on 1 October of each year, at least one quarter of the annual amount for ‘year n' must remain available to cover needs arising until the end of that year; as of 1 October, the remaining funds may be mobilised to cover needs arising until the end of that year;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes the recent political agreement on the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI); considers, nonetheless, that funding for development cooperation is insufficient to meaningfully contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals; notes the worrying trend towards shrinking official development assistance budgets in some developed countries at a time of exceptional need; is deeply concerned that this threatens to undo recent progress towards the 2030 agenda;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls the need to maintain and scale up the current level of response to the existing humanitarian crises and allocate sufficient and flexible funding to address both the global pandemic and ongoing humanitarian crises, as diverted funding would have catastrophic impacts on the most vulnerable regions worldwide whilst ensuring adequate emergency funding to respond to the impending hunger crisis as well as long-term investments to improve resilience and to prevent future similar crises;]

Amendment 114 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises the need to provide humanitarian assistance, such as staff and medical equipment, including personal protective equipment and test kits, to the most vulnerable populations; welcomes in this regard the setting up of the European Union Humanitarian Air Bridge 2020;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Encourages the Commission to adopt a flexible approach towards humanitarian and development policies in line with an integrated nexus approach, particularly regarding the financing and distribution of vaccines;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Urges the EU and Member States to allocate additional money to the countries who will suffer the greatest impacts to address the direct and indirect impacts of the global crisis and insists on the need to accelerate the implementation of emergency food aid programmes targeting those who were already identified as being vulnerable before the COVID-19 crisis, while enforcing procedures to reduce the risks of transmission;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Recalls the importance of the multisectoral approach to nutrition in the COVID-19 response, meaning a guarantee for all to have access to nutritious food, ensure access to basic social services such as health, social protection, WASH and education;

Amendment 118 #

4. Underlines that pastoral farming is an ecologically sound, local method of food production and is therefore part of a sustainable food system; considers it essential to support pastoralists by ensuring safe access to local markets during the pandemic in order to make sure that they are able to continue to provide protein-rich food to the local population, that their herds have access to water and grazing land and that mobile community one-health teams monitor the situation and carry out interventions in individual cases but also, where necessary, with a view to maintaining public health; underlines the need to encourage partner countries to ensure that border closures and trade restrictions do not prevent pastoralists from moving their livestock, graze their animals or sell them; calls for cash transfers and food aid for pastoralists, as well as feed aid for herds, as part of livelihood support in humanitarian aid, when this is needed;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that pastoral farming is an ecologically sound, environmentally friendly local method of food production and is therefore part of a sustainable food system; points out that pastoralists are particularly vulnerable to food security disruptions and the impacts of climate change; considers it essential to support pastoralists by ensuring safe access to local markets during the pandemic in order to make sure that they are able to continue to provide protein-rich food to the local population, that their herds have access to water and grazing land and that mobile community one-health teams monitor the situation and carry out interventions in individual cases but also, where necessary, with a view to maintaining public health; calls for cash transfers and food aid for pastoralists, as well as feed aid for herds, as part of livelihood support in humanitarian aid, when this is needed;

Amendment 12 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

- having regard to the report by UN Women entitled ‘The Impact of COVID- 19 on Women’, published on 9 April 2020,

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. UEmphasises that the pandemic is threatening food security in rural, urban and peri-urban settings; underlines that pastoral farming is an ecologically sound, local method of food production and is therefore part of a sustainable food system; considers it essential to support pastoralists by ensuring safe access to local markets during the pandemic in order to make sure that they are able to continue to provide protein-rich food to the local population, that their herds have access to water and grazing land and that mobile community one-health teams monitor the situation and carry out interventions in individual cases but also, where necessary, with a view to maintaining public health; calls for cash transfers and food aid for pastoralists, as well as feed aid for herds, as part of livelihood support in humanitarian aid, when this is needed;

Amendment 121 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that pastoral farming is an ecologically sound, local method of food production and is therefore part of a sustainable food system; considers it essential to support pastoralists by ensuring safe access to local markets during the pandemic in order to make sure that they are able to continue to provide protein-rich food to the local population, that cross- border mobility of people and livestock is allowed, that their herds have access to water and grazing land and that mobile community one-health teams monitor the situation and carry out interventions in individual cases but also, where necessary, with a view to maintaining public health; calls for cash transfers ~~and food aid~~ for pastoralists~~, as well as feed aid for herds, as part of livelihood support in humanitarian ai~~ in order to ensure the coverage of their basic needs, including food and feed, when this is needed;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Highlights the challenges faced by urban and peri-urban dwellers in securing nutritious and affordable food as a result of the closure of local food markets, rising food prices and unemployment;

Amendment 123 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes, however, that developing countries are also responsible for contributing to boosting agroecology and supporting pastoralism, in particular by adapting their property law provisions so as to foster the generational renewal of farmers, the emergence of local seed systems and the adaptation of agriculture to global warming where possible;

Amendment 124 #

György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines the need to support family farms and local small- and medium-size enterprises notably in the agro-industrial sector, in order to increase food security and resilience;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Considers that the process of economic recovery offers an opportunity to better integrate small farmers and producers into local and regional markets and to develop more sustainable livelihoods; emphasises the importance of technology and digitalisation in this regard, as a means of facilitating market knowledge and access and scaling up small businesses through tools such as mobile money applications;

Amendment 126 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses that the European Union should refrain from concluding fishing agreements with certain developing states that contribute to the depletion of some fish stocks and the destabilisation of coastal communities in signatory countries;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Points out that, even in times of crisis, food production and distribution must be an absolute priority; considers that a balance must be struck between external sources of food, plants, seeds and fertilisers, while also supporting local and diversified agricultural production, and sharing knowledge about more resilient seeds; supports the boosting of regional trade, which presents significant opportunities for economic growth and diversification while also offering affordable food for consumers;

Amendment 128 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. EUnderlines that the disruptions triggered by COVID-19 have shone a spotlight on the vulnerabilities of the global food system; in particular, highlights that countries that are both dependent on food imports and tourism revenues are expected to be among the most severely affected with regard to food security; emphasises the need to support i.e. the actions of the FAO and the WFP, as well as actions of local and international NGOs, aimed at mitigating hunger and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to food, to organise cash transfers and in-kind food distribution, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems while focusing on smallholder farmers by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19;

Amendment 129 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the need to support the actions of the FAO and the WFP aimed at mitigating hunger and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to diverse, balanced and nutritious food, to organise cash transfers and in-kind food distribution, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems while focusing on smallholder farmers by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19; points out that special measures have to be foreseen in order to ensure that food reaches people living in areas facing special difficulties with regard to food security, such as conflict-affected states or countries that suffer most from climate change;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

- having regard to the World Health Assembly’s resolution on Water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities of 28 May 2019,

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the need to support the actions of ~~the FAO and the WFP~~UN agencies, notably the FAO and the WFP, as well as the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and international NGOs aimed at mitigating hunger and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to food, to organise cash transfers and vouchers or in- kind food distribution, developing linkages with shock-responsive social protection systems, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems while focusing on smallholder farmers and small-scale fishermen by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the need to support the actions of the FAO and the WFP aimed at mitigating hunger and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to food, to organise cash transfers and in-kind food distribution, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems while focusing on smallholder farmers by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, and stresses that recipient countries, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa, should, for their part, take steps to prioritise domestic production rather than imported food products;

Amendment 132 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the need to support the actions of the FAO and the WFP aimed at mitigating hunger and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to food, to organise cash transfers and in-kind food distribution, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems while focusing on smallholder farmers by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 and to capture other different crises, economic downturns and conflicts such as the desert locus upsurge in Eastern Africa;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the need to support the actions of the FAO and the WFP aimed at mitigating hunger and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to food, to organise cash transfers and in-kind food distribution, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems ~~while focusing on smallholder farmers by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19~~;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the need to support ~~the actions of the FAO and the WFP~~a coordinated international response, the actions of FAO , WFP and local and international NGO's aimed at mitigating hunger and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to food, to organise cash transfers and in-kind food distribution, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems while focusing on smallholder farmers by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19;

Amendment 135 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the need to support the actions of the FAO and the WFP aimed at mitigating hunger and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to food, to organise cash transfers and in-kind food distribution and school meals, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems while focusing on smallholder farmers by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the need to support the actions of the FAO ~~and~~, the WFP and UNICEF aimed at mitigating hunger, malnutrition and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to food, to organise cash transfers and in-kind food distribution, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems while focusing on smallholder farmers by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19;

Amendment 137 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recognises the crucial role of nutrition in strengthening resilience; calls for a more integrated approach towards preventing, diagnosing and treating hunger and malnutrition in both humanitarian and development responses, particularly among the countries most vulnerable to climate change;

Amendment 138 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Highlights that it is crucial to develop local agriculture for local consumption, in order to reduce developing countries dependence on imports and exports and their vulnerability to international price fluctuations as well as possible disruptions along the food chain; emphasises that local markets and short supply chains ensure the continuity of accessible, safe, affordable, nutritious and healthy food for all; calls on the EU to promote sustainability across all aspects of food supply chains, from production to consumption, in line with the Farm to Fork strategy;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for food systems transformation, notably the crucial need to develop local agriculture for local consumption; calls on the EU to promote sustainability across all aspects of food supply chains, from production to consumption, in line with the Farm to Fork strategy;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)

- having regard to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) report entitled ‘Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender- based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage’, published on 27 April 2020,

Amendment 140 #

Marlene MORTLER, Hildegard BENTELE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points out that the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the already extremely serious problem of food insecurity in East Africa and the Middle East caused by the locust infestation, as coronavirus restrictions are delaying the delivery of pesticides and equipment to control the locusts; emphasizes the need for increased cooperation to help countries in East Africa and the Middle East cope with the crop loss;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recalls that the safe and affordable food must be provided for a global population of approximately 10 billion people by 2050, while securing decent employment and livelihoods along the entire food value chain and to counter extreme food price volatility on national and international food markets;

Amendment 142 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the functioning of food systems and value chains, which are important for the food and nutritional security of their populations, as well as the protection of the most vulnerable rural areas, including indigenous peoples, migrants, and informal and small-scale workers;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Recalls agro-ecology’s unique capacity to reconcile the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainability, which has been recognised by landmark reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the World Bank and FAO- led International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development(IAASTD); against this backdrop, reiterates that agroecology and family farming can be positioned as a systemic solution to prevent and build resilience to future shocks; urges the EU to boost investment in agro-ecology and agro-forestry, and to gradually shift away from trade-oriented agricultural policies to local and regional markets, in line with the Green Deal and its international commitments on climate change and biodiversity;

Amendment 144 #

Marlene MORTLER, Hildegard BENTELE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Highlights the need to transform our current agriculture model and food systems to make them resilient, fair, sustainable, equitable and empowering and the need to support agro-ecology as a response to COVID-19 and to prevent similar crises in the future, as it could secure nutritious food for all, is climate resilient and preserves biodiversity, in line with the Green Deal, and enables farmers to be less dependent on external inputs and more resilient to crises;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Underlines that reaching SDGs 1 and 2 requires a transdisciplinary approach in order to transform food systems in the way how food is produced, processed, consumed and traded; emphasises in this respect the need of a holistic transformation for accelerating fair, safe and healthy food systems in the context of the ambitious goals of the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy;

Amendment 146 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Highlights that the “One Health” approach, which combines animal, human, and environmental health, is particularly relevant to tackle threats like COVID-19, and is critical for preventing another devastating pandemic; stresses that sustainable food systems are a core element of the One Health approach, notably since healthier diets, a key outcome of sustainable food systems, would support stronger immune systems, and thereby reduce the impact of crises like Covid-19; but notes with concern that most agricultural development funding in Sub-Saharan Africa still supports Green Revolution approaches, where the use of public finances to unlock private investment opportunities (e.g. PPPs, blended finance models) mostly target export commodity production and agropoles, and is increasingly conducive to food system industrialisation, while smallholders, and particularly women, struggle in the meantime to access credit;

Amendment 147 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Stresses the importance of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 as a turning point to build back better from the COVID-19 crisis, launch new actions in order to deliver more progress on all SDGs and start a global transformation of our food systems;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Urges the European Union to renew its financial and political commitments to end malnutrition in all its forms at the 2021 Nutrition for Growth summit as its current financial commitment ended at the end of 2020;

Amendment 149 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5e. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis has amplified profound fault lines in the functioning of global value chains (GVCs) and exposed the fragility of a model characterized by high interdependencies between leading firms and suppliers located across several continents; in light of this, stresses the need to support endogenous development, based on domestic production (rather than an export-led growth model); and considers that economic diversification is key for developing countries to move towards a more sustainable and resilient economic model;

Amendment 15 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)

- having regard to the UNCTAD Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development (2015),

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that global extreme poverty is expected to rise dramatically in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, with the COVID-19 pandemic compounding the forces of conflict ~~and climate change and~~ having a particularly hard impact on informal ~~and migrant~~ workers (who some claim represent one quarter of the global workforce), the tourism sector and Latin American and Caribbean economies; highlights, against the backdrop of this extreme crisis, the importance of universal social protection; asks the Commission to work out strategies with partner countries for the economic recovery and job creation and for improving social security systems;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that global extreme poverty is expected to rise dramatically in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, ~~with~~because of the COVID-19 pandemic, compounding ~~the forces of conflict and climate change and having a particularly hard impact on informal and migrant workers (who represent one quarter of the global workforce),~~negative effects especially for the tourism sector and Latin American and Caribbean economies; highlights, against the backdrop of this extreme crisis, the importance of ~~universal~~ social protection; asks the Commission to work out strategies with partner countries for the economic recovery and job creation and for improving social security systems;

Amendment 152 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that global extreme poverty is expected to rise dramatically in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, with the COVID-19 pandemic and the decisions made in relation to lockdown compounding the forces of conflict and climate change and having a particularly hard impact on ~~informal and migrant workers (who represent one quarter of the glob~~VSEs/SMEs, self-employed workers, informal work~~force)~~ers, the tourism sector and sub-Saharan African, Latin American and Caribbean economies; highlights, against the backdrop of this extreme crisis, the importance of universal social protection; asks the Commission to ~~work out strategies with~~advise partner countries ~~for~~on the economic recovery and job creation ~~and for improving social security systems~~;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that global extreme poverty is expected to rise dramatically in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, with the COVID-19 pandemic compounding the forces of conflict and climate change and having a particularly hard impact on informal and migrant workers (who represent one quarter of the global workforce), the tourism sector and Latin American ~~and Caribbean economies~~, Caribbean and African economies; notes with concern that the International Labour Organisation (ILO) indicates that globally about 50% of countries have had no social protection responses to the crisis[1]; highlights, against the backdrop of this extreme crisis, the importance of universal social protection, labour programmes and social dialogue; asks the Commission to work out strategies with partner countries for the economic recovery and job creation and for improving social security systems; [1] Sources: UNCTAD report « The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development : Transitioning to a New Normal” (2020), p. 27.

Amendment 154 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that global extreme poverty is expected to rise dramatically in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, especially for children, with the COVID- 19 pandemic compounding the forces of conflict and climate change and having a particularly hard impact on informal and migrant workers (who represent one quarter of the global workforce), the tourism sector and Latin American and Caribbean economies; highlights, against the backdrop of this extreme crisis, the importance of universal social protection; asks the Commission to work out strategies with partner countries for the economic recovery and job creation and for improving also social security systems with a child-sensitive approach; requests the strengthening of programmes such as EUROsociAL+, which addresses social cohesion from public social, economic, fiscal and justice policies;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that global extreme poverty is expected to rise ~~dramatically~~ in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, a~~nd with the COVID-19 pandemic compounding the forces of confl~~s a result of the impact of the pandemict, and climate change and having a particularly hard impact on informal and migrant workers (who represent one quarter of the global workforce), the tourism sector and Latin American and Caribbean economies; highlights, against the backdrop of this extreme crisis, the importance of universal social protectionbelieves that the COVID-19 pandemic is having a particularly hard impact on the tourism sector and through that it exerts a negative impact on Latin American and Caribbean economies; asks the Commission to work out strategies with partner countries for the economic recovery and job creation and for improving social security systems;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that global extreme poverty is expected to rise dramatically in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, especially for children with the COVID-19 pandemic compounding the forces of conflict and climate change and having a particularly hard impact on women and girls with an expected additional 47 million of them living in extreme poverty by 2021 informal and migrant workers (who represent one quarter of the global workforce), the tourism sector and Latin American and Caribbean economies; highlights, against the backdrop of this extreme crisis, the importance of universal social protection; asks the Commission to work out strategies with partner countries for the economic recovery and job creation and for improving social security systems;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that global extreme poverty is expected to rise dramatically in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, with the COVID-19 pandemic compounding the forces of conflict and climate change and having a particularly hard impact on informal and migrant workers (who represent one quarter of the global workforce), the tourism sector and Latin American and Caribbean economies; highlights, against the backdrop of this extreme crisis, the importance of universal social protection; asks the Commission to work out ~~strategies~~ with partner countries strategies for the economic recovery and job creation and for ~~improving social security systems~~actively supporting partner countries to establish social security systems through the provision of economic resources and technical assistance;

Amendment 158 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that global extreme poverty is expected to rise dramatically in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, with the COVID-19 pandemic compounding the forces of conflict and climate change and having a particularly hard impact on informal and migrant workers (who represent one quarter of the global workforce), the tourism sector and Latin American and Caribbean economies; highlights, against the backdrop of this extreme crisis, the importance of universal social protection; asks the Commission to work out strategies with partner countries for the economic recovery and job creation and for improving social security systems; , fostering the expansion of social protection coverage to informal workers in rural sectors;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that global extreme poverty is expected to rise dramatically in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, with the COVID-19 pandemic compounding the forces of conflict, poor governance and climate change and having a particularly hard impact on informal and migrant workers (who represent one quarter of the global workforce), women and the tourism sector ~~and Latin American and Caribbean economies~~; highlights, against the backdrop of this extreme crisis, the importance of universal social protection; asks the Commission to ~~work out~~design strategies with partner countries for ~~the~~ economic recovery ~~and~~, job creation and for improving social security systems, with a particular emphasis on harnessing the opportunities of the digital transition;

Amendment 16 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 c (new)

- having regard to the statement by UNFPA entitled ‘Millions more cases of violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation, unintended pregnancy expected due to the COVID-19 pandemic’, published on 28 April 2020,

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights that the most vulnerable are being hit the hardest by the pandemic, in particular refugees, internally displaced people and migrants in precarious situations, who are facing three crises: a health crisis, a socio- economic crisis, and a protection crisis; highlights that children on the move are particularly vulnerable due to the limited access to essential services including clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), access to education, healthcare and care services, thereby putting at great risk the development and future of a healthy child;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights the fact that the consequences of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affect the poorest and persons in the most disadvantaged, marginalised and unprotected social categories, including persons with physical and intellectual disabilities, persons with chronic medical conditions, persons with mental health problems and elderly persons, who already have limited or no access to basic hygiene and treatment for their healthcare needs, and have become even more vulnerable due to the pandemic;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that various global burdens such as the rapid population growth, climate change, scarcity of natural resources and changing consumption patterns are challenging for our food systems in their ability to ensure food security and food availability in a socially and environmentally sustainable way for all;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that sufficient measures are needed to improve the current situation in African countries, which are facing rapid population growth coupled with an uncertain capacity of their agriculture to ensure food production and to apply climate change adaptation measures;

Amendment 164 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Considers that limits of land availability and land degradation, water scarcity and constraints in food production are severe barriers to increasing agricultural supply and productivity, which are linked to socio- economic and institutional uncertainties in developing countries;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

Refugees and forcibly displaced people

Amendment 166 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

Refugees and displaced populations

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

Refugees and displaced persons

Amendment 168 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Emphasises that refugees and forcibly displaced people are among the most vulnerable people in the world and, due to the massive and complex emergency they were already facing before Covid-19, they are disproportionately affected by the impact of the pandemic crises;

Amendment 169 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes for all affected people, regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic;deleted

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 c (new)

- having regard to the UNCTAD Report “Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development. Transitioning to a New Normal (2020),

Amendment 170 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and ~~refraining from blocking~~contributing to facilitating access to front-line humanitarian workers ~~from having~~to ensure direct contact with the migrants, IDPs and refugees they serve; recalls with concern that refugees, migrants and IDPs are among the most vulnerable populations facing this health crisis, as they are often confronted with precarious living conditions and may face more difficult access to basic health services than local populations; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment, and other health services and safety net programmes for all affected people, regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee/IDP status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic in order to avoid them being disproportionately affected by the pandemic and to avoid their further stigmatisation;

Amendment 171 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. UNotes that refugees and displaced persons are more vulnerable to the consequences of the crisis, as they are often faced with more precarious living conditions and tend to face greater obstacles in accessing basic health services than local populations; urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services, vaccination and safety net programmes for all affected people, regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, and displaced persons, who risk falling through the gaps when it comes to vaccine provision, while upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with th~~e migrants and refugees~~ose that they serve; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes for all affected people, regardless of nationality, ~~migrant/refugee~~ legal status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic; emphasises that EU policies should seek to support access to employment, education and civic documentation, which will promote the ability of refugees to work towards self- reliance;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes for all affected people, regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee/IDP status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic; stresses the importance of supporting refugees and IDPs to address the disproportionate socio-economic impact of the pandemic, by strengthening livelihood support and income-generating activities, and their access to safety;

Amendment 174 #

Norbert NEUSER, Manuel PIZARRO, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind ~~and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve~~; stresses the absolute need for ~~equal~~ access to COVID-19 treatment ~~and other health services and safety net programmes~~ for all affected people, regardless of nationality, migrant~~/refugee~~ status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes for all affected people, regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic; urges the EU and Member States to create the conditions for children and young people in refugee camps to have access to education, including remote learning options, in particular basic learning;

Amendment 176 #

Marc ANGEL, Maria WALSH, Terry REINTKE, Frances FITZGERALD, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes, particularly HIV and TB prevention and treatment services, for all affected people, regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee status, origin, sex, ~~gender identity or any other characteristic~~sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics or any other characteristic, so as to avert reversal in gains made on existing epidemics;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of displaced populations and refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve; stresses the absolute need to factor migrants and refugees' vulnerability into any national plan to respond to COVID-19 and for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes for all affected people, regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes for all affected people~~, regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic~~;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve, unless this promotes illegal immigration and human trafficking; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes for all affected people, ~~regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic~~without exception;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)

- having regard to the study by Professor Sabine Oertelt-Prigione entitled ‘The impact of sex and gender in the COVID-19 pandemic’, published on 27 May 2020,

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes for all affected people, regardless of nationality, ~~migrant/~~refugee status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses, however, that the European Union must develop and implement an effective strategy to return migrants living on its soil who do not meet the criteria for asylum and/or have been denied asylum or subsidiary protection, and expresses concern in this regard about the rise in the number of repeated asylum applications, a trend highlighted by the European Asylum Support Office in October 20203 a; stresses that the failure by the European Union and the Member States to develop and implement removal and external border protection measures contributes to certain humanitarian tragedies, such as the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where the bulk of migrants are economic migrants; _________________ 3ahttps://www.easo.europa.eu/latest- asylum-trends

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Regrets that the pandemic has created an important number of difficulties and restrictions for refugee protection in several countries on the grounds of public health; affirms that protecting the populations against the Covid-19 pandemic and maintaining fair and efficient asylum procedures is compatible; stresses that the EU must promote both within and outside its borders the need to reinstate a fully functioning asylum system and grant access to its territory for all asylum seekers, in accordance with the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees;

Amendment 183 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the revision of proposed or existing strategies with the aim of ~~further strengthening health systems in partner countries~~making radical changes in how EU administers the aid provided by the Member States in regard to health systems in partner countries once this aid can be provided again, after the moratorium on aid has ended, in particular as regards preparedness for pandemics and the organisation and management of health systems, including the provision of universal healthcare, health monitoring and information, training of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. CUnderlines that development aid should primary be dedicated to deliver - “horizontal” - universal health care system coverage through a holistic and rights-based approach, which entails i.a. to fully address the multidimensional nature of health (with close links to gender, food security and nutrition, water and sanitation, education and poverty), along the line of “One Health” approach; in particular, calls for the revision of proposed or existing strategies and partnerships with the aim of further strengthening health systems in partner countries, in particular as regards preparedness for pandemics and the organisation and management of health systems, including the provision of universal healthcare (including mental health), health monitoring and information, training of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply;

Amendment 185 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the revision of proposed or existing strategies with the aim of further strengthening health systems (including from private providers) in partner countries, in particular as regards preparedness for pandemics and the organisation and management of health systems, including the provision of universal healthcare, health monitoring and information~~, training of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply~~ (including disease surveillance), training, recruitment and retention of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply; urges the EU to promote increased investment in health system strengthening;

Amendment 186 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. CUnderlines that the COVID-19 outbreak has exacerbated the persistent problem of medicine shortages globally, with acute consequences in developing countries; calls for the revision of proposed or existing strategies with the aim of further strengthening health systems in partner countries, in particular as regards preparedness for pandemics and the organisation and management of health systems, including the provision of universal healthcare, health monitoring and information, training of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the revision of proposed or existing strategies with the aim of further strengthening health systems in partner countries, in particular as regards preparedness for pandemics and the organisation and management of health systems, including the provision of universal healthcare, vaccinations, health monitoring and information, training of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the revision of proposed or existing strategies with the aim of further strengthening health systems in partner countries, in particular as regards preparedness for pandemics and the organisation and management of health systems, including the provision of universal and public healthcare, health monitoring and information, training of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the revision of proposed or existing strategies with the aim of further strengthening public health systems in partner countries, in particular as regards preparedness for pandemics and the organisation and management of health systems, including the provision of universal healthcare, health monitoring and information, training of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas COVID-19 is a global pandemic affecting every country in the world;

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the revision of proposed or existing strategies with the aim of further strengthening health systems in partner countries, in particular as regards preparedness for pandemics and the organisation and management of health systems, including the provision of ~~universal~~ healthcare, ~~health~~ monitoring and information, training of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the revision of proposed or existing strategies with the aim of ~~further strengthen~~supporting health systems in partner countries, in particular as regards preparedness for pandemics and the organisation and management of health systems, including the provision of universal healthcare, health monitoring and information, training of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Emphasises that strengthening the public provision of universal healthcare is the best way to fight global epidemics , and stresses that public health should be in the hands of the public or non-profit sector in order not to depend on the market; calls on the EU to support medicines and vaccines manufacturing capacities of developing countries, also through the creation of publicly owned pharmaceutical companies; calls for the preservation of public healthcare systems and a substantial increase in their funding to ensure universal access to good quality hospitals, care facilities for the elderly, local health services and medicines and that the rights of people with disabilities are upheld;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Emphasises on this point that the consequences of the emigration of skilled health personnel, in particular doctors, on management of the health crisis in certain countries, especially in the Western Balkans region, where medical coverage is therefore poor, require that the European Union and the Member States concerned develop strategies to encourage health professionals to return to their countries of origin outside the European Union and refrain from encouraging this type of emigration;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Reminds that the strengthening of health systems does not have to exclusively take into account the epidemiologic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on partner countries, but should also consider factors such as the need for managing increased malnutrition caused by the disruptions of food supply chains or the psychological impact of the mitigation measures of Covid-19 outbreaks;

Amendment 195 #

Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Reminds the Commission that the EU’s well-established partner organisations, such as the Global Fund, provide valuable help in rapidly procuring and deploying personal protective equipment, diagnostics and therapeutics for COVID-19 while playing avital role in building up and reinforcing health systems and providing donors;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls for rigorous monitoring of funds allocated for development aid and humanitarian aid for the purposes of managing pandemics and other health crises, and highlights, in this regard, certain concerns raised in September 2020 by the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada about management of the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

Amendment 197 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need to catch up on routine immunisation programmes as soon as possible and to provide adequate funding for initiatives such as Gavi, the vaccine Alliance, and CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU global response to the COVID-19 pandemic does not undermine EU funding for other vital health programmes, including the Minimum Initial Services Package for sexual and reproductive health and programmes targeting the health of women and pregnant women; urges all countries and the Commission; suggests that countries may consider to continue to provide services related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as well as routine immunisation services, while ensuring the safety of communities and health workers; however stresses that this is their own internal affairs and not for Europe to dictate the terms and scope of their interventions;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need to catch up on routine immunisation programmes as soon as possible and to ~~provide~~ensure that the provision of other basic health services is resumed; calls for adequate funding for initiatives such as Gavi, the vaccine Alliance, and CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; is concerned about the outsourced, fragmented global vaccine governance system, which has led to competition for vaccines, diagnostics and treatments, rather than cooperation; urges the EU and Member States to lead calls for equal and affordable vaccine access worldwide based on the principle of global solidarity; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU global response to the COVID-19 pandemic does not undermine EU funding for other vital health programmes, including the Minimum Initial Services Package for sexual and reproductive health and programmes targeting the health of women and pregnant women; urges all countries and the Commission to continue to support partner countries in provideing services related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) ~~as well as routine immunisation services~~, while ensuring the safety of communities and health workers;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need to catch up on routine immunisation programmes as soon as possible and to provide adequate funding for initiatives such as Gavi, the vaccine Alliance, and CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU global response to the COVID-19 pandemic does not undermine EU funding for other vital health programmes, including the Minimum Initial Services Package for sexual and reproductive health and programmes targeting the health of women and pregnant women; points out that reallocation of resources away from sexual and reproductive health services in developing countries can severely increase maternal mortality, early pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases; urges all countries and the Commission to continue to provide services related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as well as routine immunisation services, while ensuring the safety of communities and health workers;

Amendment 2 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the United Nations Secretary General's Brief of May 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 on older persons,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas, according to the UNCTAD special report of 2020 “Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on trade and development: transitioning to a new normal”, the disruption caused by Covid- 19 has had real and disproportionate consequences on vulnerable and disadvantaged low-income households, migrants, workers in the informal sector, and often women, notably in developing countries, where populations are not covered by social safety nets and yet are particularly affected by soaring unemployment;

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need to catch up on routine immunisation programmes as soon as possible and to provide adequate funding for initiatives such as Gavi, the vaccine Alliance, and CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU global response to the COVID-19 pandemic does not undermine EU funding for other vital health programmes, including the Minimum Initial Services Package for sexual and reproductive health and programmes targeting the health of women and pregnant women; urges all countries and the Commission to continue to provide services related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as well as; urges all countries and the Commission to continue to provide routine immunisation services, while ensuring the safety of communities and health workers;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need to catch up on routine ~~immunisation~~healthcare programmes as soon as possible and to provide adequate funding for initiatives such as ~~Gavi, the vaccine Alliance, and~~ CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU global response to the COVID-19 pandemic does not undermine EU funding for other vital health programmes, including the Minimum Initial Services Package for sexual and reproductive health and programmes targeting the health of women and pregnant women; urges all countries ~~and the Commission to continue to provide services related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as well as routine immunisation services, while ensuring~~ to guarantee the healthe safety of communities and health workers;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need to catch up on routine immunisation programmes as soon as possible and to provide adequate funding for initiatives such as Gavi, the vaccine Alliance, and CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU global response to the COVID-19 pandemic does not undermine EU funding for other vital health programmes, including the Minimum Initial Services Package for sexual and reproductive health and programmes targeting the health of women and pregnant women; urges all countries and the Commission to continue to provide services related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including screening campaigns for infectious diseases, as well as routine immunisation services, while ensuring the safety of communities and health workers;

Amendment 203 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need to catch up on routine immunisation programmes as soon as possible and to provide adequate funding for initiatives such as Gavi, the vaccine Alliance, and CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; ~~calls on the Commission to ensure~~acknowledges that the EU global response to the COVID-19 pandemic ~~does not undermine EU funding for other vital~~currently takes priority in terms of funding compared to other health programmes, including among others the Minimum Initial Services Package for sexual and reproductive health and programmes targeting the health of women and pregnant women; urges all countries and the Commission to continue to provide services related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as well as routine immunisation services, while ensuring the safety of communities and health workers;

Amendment 204 #

György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need to catch up on routine immunisation programmes as soon as possible and to provide adequate funding for initiatives such as Gavi, the vaccine Alliance, and CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU global response to the COVID-19 pandemic does not undermine EU funding for other vital health programmes, including the Minimum Initial Services Package for sexual and reproductive health and programmes targeting the health of women and pregnant women; urges all countries and the Commission to continue to provide health care services related to sexual and reproductive health ~~and rights (SRHR)~~ as well as routine immunisation services, while ensuring the safety of communities and health workers;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Recalls the importance of implementing key lessons from previous health crises such as the Ebola epidemic; highlights in this regard the importance of working with community leaders to spread key public health messages and mobilise societies; underlines the critical role played by civil society organisations and national and international NGOs in delivering health services to the poorest communities; recognises that such organisations will be essential partners in distributing vaccines for COVID-19; calls on the EU to support the capacity- building of these organisations;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that, when EU public money is spent on research, the results of that research are not protected by intellectual property rights and price accessibility to patients is guaranteed for the products developed; stresses the importance of public research and development activities and institutions and of cooperation at international level, while expressing concerns over the dominant role of multinationals in the pharmaceutical sector; urges all pharmaceutical companies and research institutes that have benefitted from public support and funding to pool their data and knowledge on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments through the World Health Organization COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C- TAP);

Amendment 207 #

Norbert NEUSER, Manuel PIZARRO, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses that access to water and soap is essential in enabling hand hygiene and slowing the spread of COVID-19 and other diseases; points out that many health centres and households but also schools are not equipped with hand- washing facilities; urges Team Europe to make access to WASH services in partner countries a priority in the response to COVID-19 and the preparation for future health threats and to allocate adequate funds for those services;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Underlines the role of health education in preventing and alleviating the impact of pandemic outbreaks and in the preparedness for future public health emergencies; highlights the benefits of sport in addressing the physical and mental health consequences of extended confinement and closure of schools;

Amendment 209 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to commit to making anti- pandemic vaccines and treatments a global public good, accessible to all;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)

-Aa. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has increased gender-based violence, child marriages and existing inequalities, in particular in terms of access to health services, including SRHR services, and has already reversed some of the progress made on gender equality over the last decades;

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Believes that COVID-19 vaccines must be a global public good, free of charge to the population, and fairly distributed and based on need and not ability to pay. Urges the Commission to support South Africa's and India’s proposal to the World Trade Organisation Council to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments until everyone is protected;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Underlines that national and local health authorities should be supported to ensure the continuity of primary health care services (including mental healthcare) and sustain health interventions linked with lethal diseases (including undernutrition, tuberculosis, malaria, HIV);

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)

9d. Highlights that the continuity of basic health services, including nutrition, is needed in the response and recovery to COVID-19; underlines that quality nutrition services should be provided as part of primary healthcare, including the prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of all forms of malnutrition; recognizes the role of community health workers as front liners that need to be reinforced including through training;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Supports the important work of the WHO and points out its central role as the leading and coordinating authority on the COVID-19 response,~~Is highly critical of how the WHO has managed so far in terms of the COVID 19 situation and demands a major revision of how the WHO and the UN operates so that the whiole ~~recognising the need for its reform after the acute crisis has been managed~~UN organization can be drastically reduced, made more transparent as well as efficient and fully accountable;

Amendment 214 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the important work of the WHO and points out its central role as the leading and coordinating authority on the COVID-19 response, while recognising the need for its reform after the acute crisis has been managed in order to strengthen its capacity to prevent threats to global health that might arise in the future and establish mechanisms through which it can increase its responsibility independently of the political interference of each of its members;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the important work of the WHO and points out its central role as the leading and coordinating authority on the COVID-19 response, while recognising the need for its reform, including, but not limited to, the reform of the International Health Regulations, after the acute crisis has been managed;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the important work of the WHO ~~and points out its central role as the leading and coordinating authority on the COVID-19 response~~, while recognising the need for its reform after the acute crisis has been managed;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the important work of the WHO and points out its central role as the leading and coordinating authority on the COVID-19 response, while recognising the need for its reform after the acute crisis has been managed, particularly in terms of transparency;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Notes the Commission’s intention, stated in the JOIN(2020) 11 final4 a joint communication, to promote ‘exchange of data between researchers’, ‘facilitating access to results and evidences via Open Access and Open Science from research to feed political and clinical uptake’; stresses, however, that in terms of international scientific cooperation, concerns have been raised by the American authorities about data confidentiality in relation to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and calls on the Commission to exercise vigilance in its health cooperation programmes with those centres, especially in relation to the partnership initiated on 7 December 20205 a ; _________________ 4ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/FR/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:5202 0JC0011&from=EN 5a https://ec.europa.eu/international- partnerships/news/european-union-and- african-union-sign-partnership-scale- preparedness-health-emergencies_en

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Underlines the need for urgent action, increased funding and improved coordination of responses on hygienic behaviour and practices as one of the most vital defences to prevent, contain and treat COVID-19; underlines the necessity of reliable supplies of clean water to keep homes, schools, as well as healthcare facilities clean and highlights the importance of access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure, services and commodities, because they are key for building resilience to future disease outbreaks; calls on the EU and Member States to significantly increase their funding to WASH as part of their COVID-19 response and to strengthening global resilience against future crises;

Amendment 22 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

~~A. whereas humanitarian aid is severely underfunded, which makes it difficult to adequately address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries;~~deleted

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Recalls that traditional medicine is culturally entrenched, accessible, and affordable, and serves as a primary source of healthcare for more than 80% of the population across the African continent; stresses the need to harness the potential contribution of traditional and complementary medicines to provide traditional medical therapies that are affordable and safe for public health, including to face important sanitary crises such as COVID-19; encourages African governments to give formal recognition to traditional medicine to create an enabling environment for its practice in its health systems;

Amendment 221 #

Patrizia TOIA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Highlights the crucial role played by community-led organisations and civil society organisations (CSOs) in delivering health services to the most marginalised and underserved communities; calls on the European Commission to ensure political, financial and technical support to CSOs providing community-based service-delivery, thereby making sure that those who cannot go to health clinics are reached by tailored and appropriate services;

Amendment 222 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Highlights the crucial role played by community-led organisations and civil society organisations (CSOs) in delivering health services to the most marginalised and underserved communities; calls on the European Commission to ensure political, financial and technical support to CSOs providing community-based service-delivery, thereby making sure that those who cannot go to health clinics are reached by tailored and appropriate services;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Stresses that a more equitable distribution of vaccines around the globe is essential to combat effectively the spread of the COVID-19 and its mutation; recalls equally that COVID-19 medical tools should be affordable, safe, effective, easily administered and universally available for everyone and everywhere to be considered a “global public goods”;

Amendment 224 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. Reaffirms that the Human Right to Health takes precedence over the rules of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS); recalls the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the flexibility provisions in the TRIPS Agreement to protect public health and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all; urges the EU to support third countries, in particular LDCs, in the effective implementation of flexibilities for the protection of public health provided for in the TRIPS agreements, such as compulsory licencing and parallel imports, in order to remedy abusive use of intellectual property protections that lead to monopolistic positions of patent holders; in addition, calls on the EU and its Member States to support the call for a waiver by India, South Africa, Kenya and Eswatini on the implementation of some provisions of the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement, namely covering copyright, industrial designs and undisclosed information, for combating the COVID-19 pandemic, with a view to facilitating an effective technology transfer for COVID-19 related vaccines, therapeutics or diagnostic tests and ensure global access to these products;

Amendment 225 #

Patrizia TOIA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7

Human rights ~~and democrac~~, democracy and gender equality

Amendment 226 #

Bernhard ZIMNIOK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and the collateral damage that has been suffered by ~~women, girls and childr~~the citizen,s in particular the rise in gender-based violence, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and by re- focusing European support; calls for meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response, to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and collect sex- and age-disaggregated data for gender analysithe EU Member States and how funds allocated for aid and development now must be rechannelled to the Europeans that need support such as children, the elderly, people with disabilities, women and men who have lost their jobs and/or businesses;

Amendment 227 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and the collateral damage that has been suffered by women, girls and children, in particular the rise in gender-based violence, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and by re- focusing European support; calls for meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response, to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and collect sex- and age-disaggregated data for gender analysisviolence;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and quarantine measures and the collateral damage that has been suffered by women, girls and children, in particular the rise in gender-based violence and limited access to health services, including SRHR services, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce and the informal working sector which is prominent in developing countries; highlights that, also within the EU, in particular women from diaspora communities tackle negative effects on their own livelihood and context-sensitive investments via remittances towards developing countries; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and by re- focusing European support; calls on stepping up efforts to better prevent and address domestic violence through relevant services such as the provision of lifesaving medical treatment, social and psychological support, access to sexual and reproductive health services and legal representation for the victims; calls for meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response, to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and collect sex- and age-disaggregated data for gender analysis;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and the collateral damage that has been suffered by women, girls and children, in particular the rise in gender-based violence, including female genital mutilation, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce; notes that in many partner countries women are employed in feminised sectors such as the garment industry and food production which have been hardest hit, with knock- on impacts for their families’ and communities’ poverty levels and the economic independence and health and safety of women and girls; emphasises the need for NDICI to stimulate post crisis opportunities for women's employment; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and by re- focusing European support; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that financial support given to partner countries to cope with the crisis is also allocated to support women and girls; calls for meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response, to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and collect sex- and age-disaggregated data for gender analysis;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas humanitarian aid is ~~severely under~~not optimally funded, which makes it difficult to adequately address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries, and the monitoring of how this aid is used and its effectiveness is also poor in some cases;

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and the collateral damage that has been suffered by women, girls and children, in particular the rise in gender-based violence, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce, and the consequences for healthcare caused by the slowdown in some care services, which compounds the risks faced by women in certain developing countries, such as sub-Saharan Africa, especially in relation to maternal health; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and by re- focusing European support, which should not be limited to the COVID-19 pandemic, and which is still relatively moderate in sub-Saharan Africa; calls for meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response, to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and collect sex- and age-disaggregated data for gender analysis;

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and the collateral damage that has been suffered by women, girls and children, in particular the rise in gender-based violence, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and by re- focusing European support; calls for meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response, to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and collect sex- and age-disaggregated data for gender analysis;

Amendment 232 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and the collateral damage that has been suffered by women, girls and children, in particular ~~the rise in gender-based violence~~restricted access to sexual and reproductive health services, the rise in gender-based violence and early and unwanted pregnancies, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and the Gender Action Plan III and by re- focusing European support; calls for meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response, to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and collect sex- and age-disaggregated data for gender analysis;

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and the collateral damage that has been suffered by women, girls and children, in particular the rise in gender-based violence, the increasing incidence of child marriage and female genital mutilation, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and by re- focusing European support; calls for the meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response, to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and to collect sex- and age-disaggregated data for gender analysis;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and the collateral damage that has been suffered by women, girls and children, in particular the rise in gender-based violence, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and by re- focusing European support; calls for meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need ~~to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response,~~ to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and collect sex- and age- disaggregated data for gender analysis;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Deplores the fact that in certain developing countries, especially in sub- Saharan Africa, measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have severely disrupted health systems, primarily certain essential vaccination programmes, and stresses that those disruptions have a significant impact on women’s health, in particular by increasing maternal mortality because of the greater difficulty in accessing medical care, and especially hospital treatment; notes that according to the World Health Organisation, sub- Saharan Africa already accounted for two thirds of global maternal mortality rates in 2017; stresses that European external aid should aim to meet the real healthcare needs of the populations concerned as closely as possible and not only those needs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected the various regions of the world in different ways;

Amendment 236 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Highlights that restrictions against fundamental freedoms to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic have especially affected the human rights of older people in developing countries by aggravating their social exclusion due to movement limitation measures that prevent them from relying on their traditional sources of income, or by impacting their mental health and well-being due to forced isolation; calls on the EU to take into account the situation of older persons in its response to the COVID-19 crisis in developing countries, especially by planning logistic measures which ensure that older persons can receive essential goods, basic services and psychological support;

Amendment 237 #

6a. Reminds that the economic and social effects of the pandemic are proving to disproportionately affect women and risk reversing decades of progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment; to address this challenge and ensure a sustained recovery, urges the EU and its Member States to upgrade its external support to i.e. enhancing the voice and participation of women in decision-making processes; improving education and training for women; removing discrimination in access to credit and enacting laws against gender- based violence;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. IsNotes with a certain concerned that, since the beginning of the COVID-19 ~~crisis~~situation, many governments in EU Member States have used the claim of emergency to justify placing restrictions on democratic processes and the civil space and to oppress ~~minoritie~~political opponents; draws attention to the growing negative impact of COVID-19 on all human rights, democracy and the rule of law and calls, therefore, for the strengthening of ~~aid,~~ political dialogue and ~~support for institution-building in all these fields, with particular attention to human rights defenders~~free speech in Europe;

Amendment 239 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is concerned that, since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, many governments have used the emergency to justify placing restrictions on democratic processes and the civil space and to oppress minorities; draws attention to the growing negative impact of COVID-19 on all human rights, democracy and the rule of law and calls, therefore, for the strengthening of aid, political dialogue and support for institution-building in all these fields~~, with particular attention to human rights d~~; points out that human rights defenders can be even more exposed to attacks during the mobility restrictions imposed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and stresses the importance that EU delegations especially oversee the action of authorities of non-EU countries with regard to the protection of threatened human rights defenders by keeping contact with them, evaluating potential dangers to their integrity, visiting detained activists, monitoring their trials and advocating for their protection, in accordance with the EU Guidelines for Human Rights Defenders;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas development and humanitarian aid isare severely underfunded, which makes it difficult to adequately address the consequences of the COVID- 19 pandemic in developing countries, in particular in countries affected by pre- existing crises;

Amendment 240 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is concerned that, since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, many governments have used the emergency to justify placing restrictions on democratic processes and the civil space and to oppress minorities; in particular, condemns censorship, arrests and intimidation of journalists, opposition figures, healthcare workers and other individuals for criticizing governments including their crisis management; more broadly, draws attention to the growing negative impact of COVID-19 on all human rights, democracy and the rule of law and calls, therefore, for the strengthening of aid, political dialogue and support for institution-building in all these fields, with particular attention to human rights defenders and civil society activists;

Amendment 241 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is concerned that, since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, many governments have used the emergency to justify placing restrictions on democratic processes and the civil space and to oppress minorities; draws attention to the growing negative impact of the health measures implemented to address COVID-19 on all human rights, democracy and the rule of law and ~~calls, therefore, for the strengthening of aid,~~on economic rights and activities, especially for VSEs/SMEs and self-employed workers, and calls, therefore, for continued political dialogue and support for institution-building in all these fields, with particular attention to human rights defenders;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is concerned that, since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, many governments have used the emergency to justify placing restrictions on democratic processes and the civil space and to oppress minorities; draws attention to the growing negative impact of COVID-19 on all human rights, democracy and the rule of law and calls, therefore, for the strengthening of aid, political dialogue and support for institution-building in all these fields, with particular attention to human rights defenders, while recognising that a balance needs to be found between individual freedoms and saving lives;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is concerned that, since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, many governments have used the emergency to justify placing restrictions on democratic processes and the civil space including limiting humanitarian access, and to oppress minorities; draws attention to the growing negative impact of COVID-19 on all human rights, democracy and the rule of law and calls, therefore, for the strengthening of aid, political dialogue and support for civil society and institution- building in all these fields, with particular attention to human rights defenders;

Amendment 244 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is concerned that, since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, many governments have used the emergency to justify placing restrictions on democratic processes and the civil space, including limiting humanitarian access and to oppress minorities; draws attention to the growing negative impact of COVID-19 on all human rights, democracy and the rule of law and calls, therefore, for the strengthening of aid, political dialogue and support for institution-building in all these fields, with particular attention to human rights defenders;

Amendment 245 #

Marc ANGEL, Maria WALSH, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER, Terry REINTKE, Frances FITZGERALD, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Barry ANDREWS, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is concerned that, since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, many governments have used the emergency to justify placing restrictions on democratic processes and the civil space and to osuppress ~~minor~~oppositieson; draws attention to the growing negative impact of COVID-19 on all human rights, democracy and the rule of law and calls, therefore, for the strengthening of aid, political dialogue and support for institution-building in all these fields~~, with particular attention to human rights defenders~~;

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Notes that research globally indicates that stigma and discrimination continue to affect people living with HIV, key populations and vulnerable groups; recalls UNAIDS’ conclusions that people and groups associated with COVID-19 have also experienced negative perceptions and actions; highlights that vulnerable and marginalised populations continue to be stigmatised, including through HIV and COVID-19 intersections, such as people living in poverty, the homeless, refugees, migrants, sex workers, persons who use drugs, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons;1a _________________ 1aCOVID-19 and HIV: Progress report 2020, ¶80, accessible on https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/ media_asset/COVID-19_HIV_EN.pdf.

Amendment 247 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Underlines that the consequences of a combined health pandemic and a global recession will seriously undermine the capability of developing countries to achieve the SDGs, notably by least developed countries (LDCs); reminds the UN’s call for a $2,5 trillion coronavirus crisis package for developing countries which face unprecedented economic damage from the COVID-19 crisis; calls for a far-reaching policy response based on the core Agenda 2030 principle of ‘leaving no one behind’;

Amendment 248 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Underlines that a state of emergency has negative effects on human rights and fundamental freedoms, and must therefore always be limited in time, duly justified through democratic and legal procedures, proportionate to the emergency and respect the constitutional order and international human rights law; insists that health emergencies should never be used as a pretext to undermine the rule of law, democratic institutions, democratic accountability and judicial control;

Amendment 249 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the EU Delegations to actively monitor all violations of civil, political and human rights in partner countries and engage in a positive dialogue with local authorities in order to invite them to not impose restrictions on fundamental freedoms that are not justified according to the principles of necessity and proportionality to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas humanitarian aid is severely underfunded, which makes it difficult to adequately address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries, particularly those left furthest behind and those impacted by conflict;

Amendment 250 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Is concerned about the violent attacks on humanitarian and medical personnel and facilities as well as bureaucratic obstacles, such as unclear, changing requirements to permit access or restrictions on staff and vehicle numbers in partner countries; underlines the importance to continue to address these attacks and obstacles on a diplomatic and political level;

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Notes with concern that public indebtedness in the global south was already at unprecedented levels before COVID-19, which resulted in an increasing portion of public budget being used to service external debts, thereby affecting the capacity of governments to adequately fund and deliver basic public services; is alarmed that the current crisis has exacerbated these pre-existing debt vulnerabilities, notably in a context where financial support for developing countries to tackle the pandemic is being provided principally in the form of new loans; reminds that developing countries have relatively greater health and social protection expenditure requirements due to their weaker health systems and response mechanisms; consequently, they require greater external liquidity support in foreign currencies to pay for vital imports, while also servicing their outstanding debt obligations; accordingly, stresses the need to raise IMF Special Drawing Rights to provide liquidity to developing countries;

Amendment 252 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to support parliaments to continue to play an active role in scrutinising government measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and in assessing the human rights implications of public health measures; stresses that the health sector in many countries is prone to corruption and there is a need to strengthen accountability and oversight;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes, as a first step, the temporary suspension of debt service payments for the poorest countries announced by the G20 and joins the call on private creditors to follow suit; underlines that the magnitude of the economic and social crisis in the developing world requires more profound and far-reaching measures and encourages the Commission to support international efforts in this regard; considers that interest saved thanks to this suspension should instead be invested in the health sector, which is often severely underfunded in developing countries; ; believes, however, that the G 20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) falls short of the effort needed to respond to the magnitude of the economic and social crisis in a context where multilateral and commercial debt are excluded from debt service suspension for all countries, while many middle- income countries at risk are entirely excluded from the initiative; stresses the need to secure the participation of all creditors, including the World Bank and other multilateral development banks, as well as private creditors, in the DSSI and any further debt relief offers; and encourages the Commission to support international efforts in this regard; considers that interest saved thanks to this suspension should instead be invested in the health sector, which is often severely underfunded in developing countries; in addition, calls for an urgent upscaling of ODA as part of a more comprehensive systemic multilateral response, considering that short-term measures will not suffice to avoid defaults and to facilitate investments in recovery and the SDGs; more broadly, calls for the creation of a multilateral debt workout mechanism, under UN auspices, to address both the impact of the crisis and the financing requirements of the Agenda 2030; believes that steps should also be taken towards agreement on binding rules on responsible sovereign lending and borrowing in order to support improved debt crisis prevention;

Amendment 254 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the temporary suspension of debt service payments for the poorest countries announced by the G20 and joins the call on private creditors to follow suit; underlines that the magnitude of the economic and social crisis in the developing world requires more profound and far-reaching measures and encourages the Commission to support international efforts in this regard; considers that interest saved thanks to this suspension should instead be invested in the health sector, which is often severely underfunded in developing countries; highlights that definitive debt cancellations should be considered in some cases, especially in countries holding debts contracted by previous non- democratic regimes or having no financial capacity at all to reimburse their overall debt; considers that debt cancellations should be subject to conditions agreed within multilateral procedures that include the participation of the civil society from both creditor and debtor countries in order to establish country-owned results frameworks that effectively enable partner countries to overcome the consequences of the pandemic and achieve the SDG;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the temporary suspension of debt service payments for the poorest countries announced by the G20 and joins the call on private creditors to follow suit; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote full implementation of the G-20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) and the G- 20’s new Common Framework on Debt Treatments beyond the DSSI; underlines that the magnitude of the economic and social crisis in the developing world requires more profound and far-reaching measures and encourages the Commission to support international efforts in this regard; considers that interest saved thanks to this suspension should instead be invested in the health sector, which is often severely underfunded in developing countries; in this regard, invites the Commission and Member States to also support initiatives at international level proposing flexible mechanisms for debt reduction linked to the creation of counterpart funds in local currency to promote investments aimed at achieving the SDGs;

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the temporary suspension of debt service payments for the poorest countries announced by the G20 and joins the call on private creditors to follow suit; underlines that the magnitude of the economic and social crisis in the developing world requires more profound and far-reaching measures and encourages the Commission to support international efforts in this regard, in so far as those efforts are undertaken fairly in proportion to the contribution of each state to the indebtedness of developing or least developed countries; considers that interest saved thanks to this suspension should instead be invested in the health sector, which is often severely underfunded in developing countries;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls for the EU to support bilateral, multilateral and commercial debt relief and the forbearance of interest payments over a two- or three-year period for all developing countries, especially low- and medium-income African countries; stresses that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank must guarantee countries in financial distress access to financing without discrimination and without conditionality or the ‘structural adjustment programmes’ that are weakening health systems and preventing states from responding to crises; stresses that the IMF and the World Bank must cancel the payment of debts and establish mechanisms for debt condonation, particularly with impoverished countries which are in need of all their resources to guarantee the right to health and other human rights, and in cases of odious debt;

Amendment 258 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Stresses that any renegotiation of debt, especially for sub-Saharan Africa, should involve a fair contribution from China, given that, according to the World Bank, China’s share of the bilateral debt of the world’s poorest nations to the members of the G20 grew from 45% in 2013 to 63% in 2020;

Amendment 259 #

14. Points out that the budgets of many developing countries were already out of balance before the crisis and that too little funding was allocated to crisis prevention, health systems and social protection; calls on the Commission to take new initiatives to tackle the problems of illicit financial flows~~, tax evasion and tax fraud in order to improve the tax bases of developing countr~~ (notably tax-motivated illicit financial flows originating from cross- border operations by multinational enterprises), tax evasion and tax fraud in order to improve the tax bases of developing countries; to this end, urges the EU to ensure that its trade, double taxation and investment agreements are consistent with the objective of domestic resource mobilisation of ACP countries and translate into tangible and sustainable development outcomes, in line with the principle of Policy Coherence for Development, as enshrined in Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty; more broadly, calls for the setting-up of a global tax body at the UN level to help coordinating tax policies; calls, furthermore, for budget support to be directed towards universal basic services, notably access to basic health, water and sanitation services, and resilience;

Amendment 26 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been felt most strongly in developing countries; whereas global extreme poverty is expected to rise in 2020 for the first time in over 20 years, leading to the sale of assets, increased borrowing and the use of savings by vulnerable individuals;

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Points out that the budgets of many developing countries were already out of balance before the crisis and that too little funding was allocated to crisis prevention, health systems and social protection; calls on the Commission to take new initiatives to tackle the problems of illicit financial flows, tax evasion and tax fraud in order to improve the tax bases of developing countries; c~~alls, furthermore, for budget support to be directed towards basic services and resilience~~onsiders that Member States should take responsibility by actively promoting more international tax coordination for avoiding tax evasion and flight of capital; calls, furthermore, for budget support to be directed towards basic services and resilience; stresses that it is essential to prioritize grants over loans in order to avoid increasing the burden of debt in developing countries, thus enabling them to invest in mitigating the effects of the pandemic and achieving the SDG;

Amendment 261 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Points out that the budgets of many developing countries were already out of balance before the crisis and that too little funding was allocated to crisis prevention, health systems and social protection; calls on the Commission to take new initiatives to tackle the problems of illicit financial flows, tax evasion and tax fraud in order to improve the tax bases of developing countries; calls, furthermore, for budget support to be directed towards basic services and resilience, and draws attention to the fact that the states concerned also have an obligation to counter illicit financial flows, which, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, represent 3.7% of Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP);

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Points out that ~~the budgets of~~ many developing countries were already ~~out of balance before the crisis and that too little funding was allocated to crisis prevention, health systems and social protection~~experiencing significant levels of debt before the pandemic, thereby preventing adequate investments in crisis prevention, health systems and social protection; underlines the importance of addressing debt sustainability in partner countries as a priority; calls on the Commission to take new initiatives to tackle the problems of illicit financial flows, tax evasion and tax fraud in order to improve the tax bases of developing countries; calls, furthermore, for budget support to be directed towards basic services and resilience;

Amendment 263 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Notes with concern that over the past few years, the level of concessionality of ODA has gradually decreased for developing countries in general and for LDCs in particular, although concessionality is of particular importance for LDCs to prevent an unsustainable debt burdens; stresses the need for donors to prioritize grant-based financing, especially to LDCs;

Amendment 264 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission to envisage more ambitious budget support for the most fragile countries to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and provide access to healthcare while not neglecting existing challenges such as extreme poverty, security, access to quality education and jobs, democracy, equal opportunities and climate change;

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Notes that the Commission still foresees a prominent role for blending mechanisms in EU development policy, at the expense of other aid modalities; stresses that while blended finance has grown rapidly, there is little evidence of its development impact, as most blended finance currently goes to middle-income countries, with only a small portion going to LDCs; recalls equally that blending raises concerns in terms of debt sustainability; accordingly, calls on the EU and its Member States to adopt a cautious approach to blended finance and ensure that all finance mobilised through blending meets development effectiveness principles;

Amendment 266 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Highlights that reduced inflows of remittances in developing countries will worsen the living conditions of households that rely on this source of income to finance the consumption of goods and services such as food, health care and education; therefore, urges the EU and the donor community to take decisive action to fulfil their promise to contribute to reducing the cost of remittance fees to close to zero, and at minimum to the 3%, as called for in SDG 10;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9

Education and Digitalisation

Amendment 268 #

Bernhard ZIMNIOK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector ~~especially with regard to girls’ and women’s education; urges~~; suggests that governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; presses for education to be kept as a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families; recommends that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes;

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector especially with regard to girls’ and women’s education; urges governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; supports the continuity of investment in education in humanitarian settings; presses for education to be kept as a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families; recommends to support the actions of UNICEF and that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes and therefore supports open, secure and affordable access to the internet (including mobile data) and equal access, use and creation of digital technology, with a view to bridging the digital divides including the digital gender and age gaps, and to include those who are disadvantaged or marginalised by the digital transformation;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas both the epidemic itself and the resulting economic and social crises are global problems; whereas now more than ever, competition must be replaced with solidarity and cooperation on a global level;

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector especially with regard to girls’ and women’s education, and that this situation is accentuated in certain conflict zones, especially in some countries in the Sahel such as Burkina Faso, where the crisis linked to Islamist terrorism makes it impossible for children living in the areas concerned to go to school; urges governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic and against terrorist activities; presses for education to be kept as a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families; recommends that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes, which naturally involves access by the populations concerned to digital resources and the internet;

Amendment 271 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector especially with regard to girls’ and women’s education; reminds that school closures can severely worsen undernutrition since millions of children are dependent on school meals to be properly fed, especially in developing countries; urges governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; presses for education to be kept as a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families; recommends that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes, while supporting actions to guarantee internet access among all local populations in order to ensure that no one is left behind with regard to online education;

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector especially with regard to girls’ and women’s education; urges governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; presses for education to be kept as a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families; stresses that the most at-risk children, especially those with disabilities and living in conflict- affected areas, are those hardest hit by this pandemic; underlines that the pandemic leads to a heightened risk of violence, exploitation and abuse, as well as to dramatic consequences on children’s health and protection; recommends that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes;

Amendment 273 #

Norbert NEUSER, Manuel PIZARRO, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector especially with regard to girls’ and women’s education; urges governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; presses for education to be kept as a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social and cultural function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families, since economic and social inequalities are deeply linked to early school leaving and poor performance from early childhood, jeopardizing employability prospects through adulthood; recommends that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes so that no child is left without education;

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector especially with regard to girls’ and women’s education; urges governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; presses for education to be kept as a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families; recommends that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes; encourages the continuation and prioritisation of education in emergencies during this time;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector especially with regard to girls’ and women’s education, including sex education; urges governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; presses for education to be kept as a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families; recommends that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes;

Amendment 276 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector ~~especially with regard to girls’ and women’s education~~; urges governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; presses for education to be kept as a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families; recommends that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector especially with regard to the education of women, girls’ and ~~women’s educati~~displaced persons; urges governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; ~~presse~~calls for education to ~~be kept as~~remain a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families; recommends that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes;

Amendment 278 #

Carlos ZORRINHO, Manuel PIZARRO, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls for culture to be considered for its intrinsic value as a fourth standalone, transversal pillar of sustainable development, together with social, economic and environmental dimensions; calls on the EU to integrate cultural sustainability at all levels of development cooperation and to systematically include the cultural dimension in the negotiations for Association Agreements, and in the whole set of its external relations and foreign policy instruments;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Emphasises the need for effective action to mitigate learning losses and to rebuild education systems that suffer from the consequences of the pandemic in order to ensure equitable access to education and continuity in the learning process between schools and communities;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas measures to control COVID-19 outbreaks are affecting global food supply chains and are threatening food security in many developing countries;

Amendment 280 #

Norbert NEUSER, Manuel PIZARRO, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Highlights the importance of lifelong learning and re-qualification, also in the long-term after COVID-19, as it will become not only common practice but also a necessary requirement for working citizens, given how rapidly technology develops;

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Points out the need to provide support and recognition to teachers, whose pivotal role in education and in building active citizenship has been further underscored by the pandemic; stresses the necessity to invest in teacher training in order to adequately prepare them for new learning models such as e- learning and blended learning, as a requirement to ensure continued education when in-person learning is compromised;

Amendment 282 #

Carlos ZORRINHO, Manuel PIZARRO, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Stresses the role of independent media in promoting cultural diversity and intercultural competences, and the need to strengthen such media as a source of credible information, especially through times of crisis and uncertainty;

Amendment 283 #

Norbert NEUSER, Manuel PIZARRO, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Draws attention to the heavy toll the pandemic has taken on the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs), World Heritage Sites, intangible cultural heritage and heritage tourism around the world, but even more in least developed countries, where these sectors are particularly fragile; calls on the EU and Member States to provide financial aid to these sectors in the context of development cooperation, trough dedicated funds with thematic and geographic priorities, as well as technical assistance, including digital support initiatives to mitigate the negative impact of lockdown measures, and to exploit synergies between local governments, cultural organisations and NGOs, on the one hand, and EU delegations and overseas branches of cultural institutions of the Member States, on the other;

Amendment 284 #

Norbert NEUSER, Manuel PIZARRO, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)

15d. Recalls that the share of education in total development aid has fallen steadily over the last decade; calls on the Member States to invest 10% of their official development assistance in education by 2024 and 15% by 2030, including investment in digital education, infrastructure and connectivity, to address the digital gap that exacerbates socioeconomic disadvantages;

Amendment 285 #

Patrizia TOIA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9 a (new)

9a. Research and innovation Underlines that research and innovation (R&I) have been of crucial importance in the global COVID-19 response by developing urgently needed therapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics; emphasises that R&I activities need to be steered towards tools that work in low resource settings to allow for a truly global response; emphasises that similar efforts are needed to address existing research and product gaps to fight other epidemics, in particular poverty-related and neglected diseases that affect billions of people worldwide; therefore calls on the EU and Member States to increase opportunities for trans-national collaboration among researchers and encourage the development of the human research potential in partner countries, especially women;

Amendment 286 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Underlines the importance of assisting and exchanging best practice with partner countries in identifying vulnerabilities, building up prevention and crisis response mechanisms as well as protecting critical infrastructure in order better to deal with future systemic shocks of all kinds;deleted

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Underlines the importance of ~~assisting and~~the affected nations to exchanging best practice with partner countries in in their region in order to identifying vulnerabilities, building up prevention and crisis response mechanisms as well as protecting critical infrastructure in order better to deal with future systemic shocks of all kinds;

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Underlines the importance of assisting and exchanging best practice with partner countries in identifying vulnerabilities, building up prevention and crisis response mechanisms as well as protecting critical infrastructure in order better to deal with future systemic shocks of all kinds, and stresses the importance of improving prevention and resilience to recurring crises, such as the crisis caused by the locust invasions in the Horn of Africa, which should have been better anticipated;

Amendment 289 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Underlines the importance of universal health coverage and assisting and exchanging best practice with partner countries in identifying vulnerabilities, building up prevention and crisis response mechanisms as well as protecting critical infrastructure in order better to deal with future systemic shocks of all kinds, especially health threats and the consequences of climate change and biodiversity loss;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas short-term humanitarian aid must be combined with support for existing challenges such as security, poverty, peace, democracy and climate change, in order to strengthen long-term resilience;

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Underlines the importance of assisting and exchanging best practice with partner countries and local civil society organisations in identifying vulnerabilities, building up prevention and crisis response mechanisms as well as protecting critical infrastructure in order better to deal with future systemic shocks of all kinds including a One Health approach at the centre down to the community level in order to prevent or combat zoonoses;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Underlines the importance of assisting and exchanging best practice with partner countries, including capacity- building of local and regional administrations, in identifying vulnerabilities, building up prevention and crisis response mechanisms as well as protecting critical infrastructure in order better to deal with future systemic shocks of all kinds;

Amendment 292 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Is concerned that, due to the evolution as regards climate change, extreme whether events will come up on top of the Covid-19 crisis which will put economies, the functioning of states and the provision of humanitarian aid under additional pressure, demands therefore that the recovery strategy must keep track towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change; considers further that economic stimulus measures should pave the way towards a zero-carbon and climate-resilient future and calls for the support of conserving seed varieties under the umbrella of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture that help communities to restore varieties after climate change- induced disasters;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Considers that the pandemic offers an opportunity to build back better and that the EU’s humanitarian and development policies should support this objective in partner countries; highlights in particular the need to support developing countries in unlocking progress in the digital economy in areas such as health, education and other public services; welcomes the launch of the Digital4Development (D4D) Hub in December 2020 and encourages the EU to make further investments in digitalisation efforts in partner countries, including by leveraging private sector investment;

Amendment 294 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Stresses that global recovery can only occur if immediate responses are planned with perspectives towards mid to long-term solutions that include preventive measures and better prepare communities for future crises;

Amendment 295 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Reminds that resilience is ultimately about both general preparedness and the ability to adapt to new circumstances; recalls, in this context, that communities that lead their own solutions tailored to their particular context are more engaged throughout recovery, ultimately rebuilding stronger; stresses that overcoming this crisis in solidarity with our partners will strengthen and render more resilient the relations between the EU and developing countries;

Amendment 296 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Recalls that private sector investment could play an important role in contributing to economic recovery and the attainment of the SDGs, given the heightened needs generated by the pandemic; calls for the role of the private sector and blended finance to be further explored as part of recovery and resilience building efforts;

Amendment 297 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Emphasises the crucial role of humanitarian NGOs in supporting communities to sustain themselves both during and beyond the pandemic in order to prevent an increasing erosion of livelihoods, to protect social cohesion, and to mitigate the worst consequences of the crises;

Amendment 298 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Points out that pandemics are often of zoonotic origin; underlines, therefore, the need to support education programmes regarding the dangers of hunting and trading in wild animals as well as the stricter protection of ecosystems and habitats;deleted

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Points out that pandemics are often of zoonotic origin; underlines, therefore, the need to support education programmes regarding the dangers of hunting and trading in wild animals as well as the stricter protection of ecosystems and habitats;deleted

Amendment 3 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

- having regard to the United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)’s "Agenda for action: protecting the most vulnerable children from the impact of coronavirus", published on 3 April 2020 and updated on 21 September 2020,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas there is a disproportionately high risk of contagion for millions of refugees worldwide, who often live in densely populated refugee camps, in particular for internally displaced persons, especially on the African continent, which represents more than half of people displaced as a result of conflict (2019), and there is therefore an urgent need to find sustainable solutions that would allow these internally displaced persons to return to their regions of origin;

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Points out that pandemics are often of zoonotic origin; ~~underlines, therefore, the need to support education programmes regarding the dangers of hunting and trading in wild animals as well as the stricter protection of ecosystems and habitats~~stresses that, in the communication on the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030, the EU undertakes to step up ‘its support to global efforts to apply the One Health approach, which recognises the intrinsic connection between human health, animal health and healthy resilient nature’; underlines, therefore, the need to support education programmes regarding the dangers of hunting and trading in wild animals as well as the stricter protection of ecosystems and habitats; calls for increased support for partner countries in preventing poaching and the trafficking of wild animals, ensuring in particular that local communities are involved in wildlife protection;

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Points out that pandemics are often of zoonotic origin; underlines, therefore, the need to support education programmes regarding the dangers of hunting and trading in wild animals as well as the stricter protection of ecosystems and habitats, and welcomes the programmes already set up to research certain zoonoses, in particular in the forests of Gabon; notes that, according to a 2020 report from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 1.7 million viruses exist in the animal kingdom, with between 631 000 and 827 000 of those viruses having the ability to infect humans;

Amendment 302 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Points out that pandemics are often of zoonotic origin; underlines, therefore, the need to support education programmes regarding the dangers of hunting and trading in wild animals as well as the stricter protection of ecosystems and habitats; considers that more EU funds need to be granted to anticipatory research on the links between human health, animal health and ecosystems in order to increase the readiness to respond to future health crises created by virus mutations of zoonotic origin;

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Points out that pandemics are often of zoonotic origin; underlines, therefore, the need to support education programmes regarding the dangers of hunting and trading in wild animals as well as the stricter protection of ecosystems and habitats and to address challenges posed by industrial farming;

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Points out that pandemics are often of zoonotic origin; underlines, therefore, the need to support education programmes regarding the dangers of hunting and trading in wild animals as well as the stricter protection and the restoration of ecosystems and habitats;

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Emphasises that the Member States should ensure that they do not themselves contribute indirectly to the illicit trafficking of wildlife and should reinforce their controls on, for example, certain processed products resulting from such trafficking activities, such as certain medicinal products from Asia made from animals such as the pangolin, an animal viewed as a possible source of COVID-19, stresses that research dating from 2019 has demonstrated cases of products resulting from pangolin trafficking transiting through Germany, and therefore encourages the Member States to be even more vigilant in ensuring that they do not contribute in any way to this trafficking;

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Is of the opinion that resilience to future public health crises must also be built upon research on diseases that cause deadly outbreaks in developing countries on a regular basis; regrets that currently there is not enough research to develop vaccines that effectively prevent diseases that are recurrent in developing countries, such as malaria or zika; calls on the EU and Member States to fund more research in view of developing vaccines that prevent future outbreaks of such diseases;

Amendment 307 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

17b. Stresses, on this point, the causal link between biodiversity loss, especially through the loss of highly biodiverse areas such as forests, and the proliferation of zoonoses because of more frequent contact between livestock, human beings and certain wild animals as well as possible pathogens, and is concerned about the acceleration of deforestation not only in South America but also in sub-Saharan Africa;

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Points out that, even in times of crisis, food production and distribution must be an absolute priority; considers that dependence on external sources of food, plants, seeds and fertilisers should be reduced, while local and diversified agricultural production should be increased, and knowledge about new, old and more resilient seeds shared;deleted

Amendment 309 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Points out that, even in times of crisis, food production and distribution must be an absolute priority; considers that dependence on external sources of food, plants, seeds and fertilisers should be reduced, while local and diversified agricultural production should be increased, and knowledge about new, old and more resilient seeds shared, and emphasises in particular that sub- Saharan Africa should augment its agricultural and food self-sufficiency by prioritising local production, in particular through the use of suitable distribution systems, rather than depending on imports;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas there is a disproportionately high risk of contagion for millions of refugees worldwide, who often live in densely populated refugee camps; it is therefore all the more important to remove obstacles that force people to flee their homelands;

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Points out that, even in times of crisis, food production and distribution must be an absolute priority; considers that dependence on external sources of food, plants, seeds and fertilisers should be reduced, while local and diversified agricultural production should be increased~~, and~~; welcomes in this regard the EU’s support for agroecology which needs to be further strengthened; calls for support to share knowledge about new, old and more resilient ~~seeds shared~~agro-ecological seeds;

Amendment 311 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Points out that, even in times of crisis, food production and distribution must be an absolute priority; considers that dependence on external sources of food, plants, seeds and fertilisers should be reduced, while local and diversified agricultural production should be increased, and knowledge about new, old and more resilient seeds shared; consequently, promotes the concept of food self-sufficiency;

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Recalls that developing countries are historically vulnerable to external shocks owing to narrow export bases and less diversified economies; therefore, stresses that one of the main challenges for developing countries is to climb up the global value chain through economic diversification and to shift from an a export-oriented production model towards development based on domestic and regional markets; to this end, emphasises the crucial role of regional economic cooperation, industrial domestic policy and investment promotion to increase national or regional autonomy in the production of essential goods and services; against this background, finds it essential to harness financing and business practises, with a view to promote the integration of sustainability standards along the entire investment chain; reiterates that corporate human rights and environmental mandatory due diligence is a necessary condition in order to prevent and mitigate future crises and ensure sustainable value chains;

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Underlines that research and innovation (R&I) have been of crucial importance in the global COVID-19 response by developing urgently needed therapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics; emphasises that R&I activities need to be steered towards tools that work in low resource settings to allow for a truly global response; emphasises that similar efforts are needed to address existing research and product gaps to fight other epidemics, in particular poverty-related and neglected diseases that affect billions of people worldwide but offer limited market incentives for private sector investments and in order to end the dependence on richer countries as regards their research on diseases that may not directly affect them;

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Stresses in particular that, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), sub-Saharan Africa essentially exports ‘cash crops’ and imports essential agricultural products, emphasises the importance of domestic and regional development, and encourages the Commission, as part of the renegotiation of the Cotonou Agreement, to ensure that the trade agreements concluded with the African states do not have negative consequences for local producers and food security;

Amendment 315 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Underlines that investments in the recovery actions need to be responsible in line with the Committee on World Food Security's (CFS) Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security (VGGTs) and CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems to mitigate climate change and foster resilience of vulnerable populations;

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the EU to better mainstream children’s rights in the fight against climate change and in promoting resilience and disaster preparedness directly in social sectors such as education, health, WASH, nutrition, social and child protection;

Amendment 317 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Stresses the need to safeguard sufficient regulatory space in international investment agreements to protect public health and to minimize the risk of investor-State dispute settlement proceedings, with regard to claims related to government measures targeting the health-related, economic and social dimensions of the pandemic and its effects;

Amendment 318 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

18c. Underlines that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for medical goods and personal protective equipment, which led to a surge of export- restricting measures taken up by global suppliers of medical and other essential goods; points out that small and lower- income countries, with their high dependence on open trade, had to bear the brunt of export restrictions on essential goods and some abusive business practices; against this background, insists that the EU refrains from adopting a trade policy that prohibits, as a general rule, ACP countries from levying export taxes on raw material insofar as it is WTO-compatible, notably for industrial development and environmental protection purposes;

Amendment 319 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Underlines that implementation of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus has to be a priority in the programming of the NDICI in fragile countries; calls on the Commission’s DG ECHO and DG DEVCO to implement complementary programmes suited to local contexts and local opportunities, whenever possible, in order to mutually reinforce the different aspects of the nexus;deleted

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas there is a disproportionately high risk of contagion for millions of refugees worldwide, who often live in densely populated refugee camps and collective centres, where in particular the population of children is estimated to be around 3.7 million;

Amendment 320 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Underlines that implementation of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus has to be a priority in the programming of the NDICI in fragile countries; calls on the Commission’s DG ECHO and DG DEVCO to implement complementary programmes suited to local contexts and local opportunities, whenever possible, in order to mutually reinforce the different aspects of the nexus; calls on Commission to create a financing instrument to support complimentary activities in countries with both humanitarian and development programmes in order to ensure also efficiency and effectiveness of the EU actions;

Amendment 321 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Underlines that implementation of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus has to be a priority in the programming of the NDICI in fragile countries; emphasises the importance of peace building for sustainable development, therefore calls for a renewed focus on addressing the root causes of conflict and instability around the world; calls on the Commission’s DG ECHO and DG DEVCO to implement complementary and flexible programmes suited to local contexts and local opportunities, whenever possible, in order to mutually reinforce the different aspects of the nexus;

Amendment 322 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Underlines that implementation of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus has to be a priority in the programming of the NDICI in fragile countries; calls on the Commission’s DG ECHO and DG DEVCO to implement complementary programmes suited to local contexts and local opportunities, whenever possible, in order to mutually reinforce the different aspects of the nexus taking full consideration of each actors mandate and obligations, including humanitarian principles and International Humanitarian Law;

Amendment 323 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19.~~ Underlines that implementation of ~~19.~~ the humanitarian-development-peace nexus has to be a priority in the programming of the NDICI in fragile countries; calls on the Commission’s DG ECHO and DG DEVCO to implement complementary programmes suited to local contexts and local opportunities, whenever possible, in order to mutually reinforce the different aspects of the nexus and better monitoring of the effectiveness of the funds deployed;

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Underlines that implementation of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus has to be a priority in the programming of the NDICI in fragile countries; calls on the Commission’s DG ECHO, DG DEVCO and DG ~~DEVCO~~NEAR to implement complementary programmes suited to local contexts and local opportunities, whenever possible, in order to mutually reinforce the different aspects of the nexus;

Amendment 325 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Underlines the need to work alongside local communities and local civil societies in the definition and implementation of the response; acknowledges the key role and expertise of civil society and national/local and international NGOs in the COVID-19 response while they are very much on the forefront of the local response and are legitimate and trusted actors present in hard-to-reach areas;

Amendment 326 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Regrets that only three Member States meet the requirement to dedicate 0.7% of GNI to international aid in 2019; calls on all Member States to increase their national budgets dedicated to development cooperation and humanitarian aid in order to attain a proper humanitarian-development nexus and to effectively tackle the additional needs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 327 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Underlines the need to work alongside local communities and local civil societies in the definition and implementation of the response; emphasises the role of the European Solidarity Corps in supporting CSOs on the ground to provide assistance to people in need;

Amendment 328 #

György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls for enforced empowerment of local communities and for engagement in humanitarian and development actions with local civil society including, churches, faith-based organisations and other local representatives;

Amendment 33 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the increase in the number of internally displaced persons can also be attributed to weather events, in particular global warming and its consequences specifically on livestock farming and pastoralism, activities carried out by approximately 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (2017), and other natural phenomena which could be partially linked to global warming, such as locust invasions in eastern Africa, where 42 million people are experiencing acute food insecurity in this region and in Yemen1 a; _________________ 1a http://www.fao.org/3/cb1500en/CB1500E N.pdf

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has massively impacted access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), in particular for women and young people due to the de-prioritization and disruption in the provision of SRHR services as well as mobility restrictions and changes in health-seeking behaviours; whereas an additional 49 million women have had an unmet need for modern contraceptives because of COVID-19;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas climate change and the continuous worldwide loss of biodiversity and destruction of natural habitats greatly increase the risks of zoonotic diseases; whereas the COVID-19 outbreak must in no way be misused as an excuse for delays in tackling the climate and environmental emergency; whereas there is an urgent need for a green, social rebuilding of the global economy after the COVID-19 outbreak;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas armed conflicts and especially Islamist terrorism, in particular in the Sahel and in Mozambique, have caused substantial population displacements, and whereas the number of internally displaced persons in the Sahel reached 1 930 482 as at 30 November 2020 according to figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;2 a _________________ 2a https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/sahe lcrisis

Amendment 37 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the existing debt problems of developing countries and highlights the significant indebtedness of some developing or least developed countries to China, in certain cases to contribute to the funding of energy or transport infrastructure projects that are, moreover, questionable at times (in particular with regard to the numerous investments in fossil fuels) and, as a result, China should assume its share of responsibility for the indebtedness of those countries;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the existing debt problems of developing countries, further endangering their efforts at mobilizing sufficient resources to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals;

Amendment 39 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the existing debt problems of developing countries, while also severely reducing global remittances and FDI;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

- having regard to the ~~WFP~~ Global Report on Food Crises 2020,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the COVID-19 ~~pandemic has~~situation is expected to greatly exacerbated the existing debt problems ~~of developing countries~~across the world;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas, according to recent analysis , most developed and rich countries representing just 14 per cent of the world’s population have bought 53 per cent of the most promising vaccines and consequently 9 out of 10 people in most developing countries will not have access to a COVID-19 vaccine during this year;

Amendment 42 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic, the pressures on public health systems and the lockdown measures have further restricted access to sexual and reproductive health services and this jeopardises the health of women;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas, according to UNICEF, 1.6 billion children and young people have been affected by school closures – many do not have internet access at home and at least 24 million students could drop out of school due to the coronavirus pandemic;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas 1.6 billion children and young people have been affected by school closures – many do not have internet access at home and at least 24 million students could drop out of school due to the coronavirus pandemic;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas lower income countries lose more than half what they spend on public health every year to tax havens; whereas tax evasion has especially deprived developing countries from resources to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 46 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the needs of communities affected by extreme weather events, natural disasters and climate change;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas development finance is characterised by declining level of concessionality;

Amendment 48 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas for many developing countries, the economic effects of the pandemic include huge capital outflows, commodity price drops, falls in tourism income and remittances and escalating debt service costs; whereas most African countries lack the fiscal space to respond adequately to the crisis due to low domestic saving rates, low levels of domestic resource mobilisation, high illicit financial outflows, volatile commodity prices, high fiscal deficits and stagnating official development assistance; whereas, accordingly, additional efforts in terms of debt relief is urgently needed to avoid widespread defaults in developing countries and to facilitate investments in recovery and the SDGs;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) estimates that an additional 140 million people will be thrown into living in extreme poverty, living on less than US$1,90 per day in 2020 due to the pandemic, and the number of people facing acute food insecurity stands to double and rise to 265 million in 2020; whereas almost 690 million people were hungry globally in 2019, an increase of 10 million over 2018; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic could have pushed an additional 83 million to 132 million into chronic hunger in 2020;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to the proposal submitted by India and South Africa before the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 2 October 2020 under Article IX:3 and IX:4 of the WTO Agreement asking for a temporary waiver of patent obligations under the TRIPS Agreement for COVID-19 vaccines,

Amendment 50 #

Norbert NEUSER, Manuel PIZARRO, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has revealed the weaknesses of health systems due to consistent lack of funding and support and illustrates the systemic and geographic inequalities in access to essential services (such as health and WASH) as a result of neoliberal and austerity economic policies implemented globally over the last decades;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak in the education and training systems across the world is likely unprecedented in contemporary history, with the closure of schools and training institutions affecting 94 % of the global learner population, according to UNESCO; whereas school closures due to the pandemic have deprived vulnerable children of school feeding and nutrition services that are essential to their health;

Amendment 52 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas school closures due to the pandemic have deprived vulnerable children of school feeding and nutrition services that are essential to their health; whereas interruptions to education could have a lasting impact on the long-term prospects of many young people, in particular girls;

Amendment 53 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

D. whereas school closures due to the pandemic have deprived vulnerable children of school feeding and nutrition services that are essential to their health along with their schooling, thus jeopardising their social and professional future;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas school closures due to the pandemic have deprived vulnerable children of school feeding and nutrition services that are essential to their health, thereby increasing the number of children living in hunger by 36 million in 2020;

Amendment 55 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas school closures due to the pandemic have deprived vulnerable children of school feeding and nutrition services that are essential to their health; whereas due to school closures children are more exposed to violence and abuse;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas globally, two out of five people do not have access to basic handwashing at home[1]; and whereas the lack of access to water, which is essential to reduce the spread of COVID- 19, has made containing the disease in developing countries much more challenging; [1] Sources: UNCTAD report « The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development : Transitioning to a New Normal” (2020), p. 27.

Amendment 57 #

Norbert NEUSER, Manuel PIZARRO, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas education plays a key role in breaking the cycle of poverty and in reducing inequalities; whereas the target of SDG 4 is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all and whereas this is essential for the achievement of other SDGs; whereas culture’s contribution to sustainable development is pointed out in several SDG targets, notably in SDG 4;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas armed conflicts and Islamist terrorism have also caused numerous school closures, in particular in the countries of the Sahel, given that attacks against educational institutions, for example, more than doubled in Niger and Burkina Faso between 2018 and 2019, contributing to the closure of more than 2 000 schools in those two countries;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the pandemic will have devastating consequences for populations, especially women and girls, in countries with underfunded health systems, and for populations of conflict-affected countries; whereas the pandemic will put more than 47 million women and girls worldwide below the poverty line by 20211a; _________________ 1a UN Women, ‘From Insights to Action: Gender Equality in the wake of COVID- 19’.

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to the UNCTAD report "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on trade and development: transitioning to a new normal",

Amendment 60 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the economic consequences of the measures taken to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries will exacerbate existing inequalities and vulnerabilities, including a further weakened health infrastructure, food insecurity and education gaps, poverty and social exclusion;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas around 1,8 billion people are at heightened risk of COVID-19 and other diseases because they use or work in health care facilities without basic water services, according to a December 2020 WHO-UNICEF report;

Amendment 62 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the provision of routine immunisation programmes and other basic health services, which is putting lives at risk;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the vaccines developed by AstraZeneca/Oxford, Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech have received more than $5 billion dollars of public funding;

Amendment 64 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas, according to recent data from UNFPA, the delay or interruption of community outreach programmes and education on harmful practices globally is estimated to lead to 2 million more cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) and 13 million more child marriages over the next decade compared to pre-pandemic estimates;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability of the global supply chain, notably in food and health, and the need to build regional value chains and boost regional integration;

Amendment 66 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the lockdowns have had a particularly severe impact on persons with physical and intellectual disabilities;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas local markets and short supply chains are crucial to ensure the continuity of accessible, safe, affordable, nutritious and healthy food for all;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas improved coordination is needed of international efforts to promote an efficient and resilient humanitarian- development-peace nexus, along with greater consistency between development aid and humanitarian aid;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas improved coordination, capacity sharing and cooperation is needed of international efforts to promote an efficient and resilient humanitarian- development-peace nexus;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to the report "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020",

Amendment 70 #

Marc ANGEL, Maria WALSH, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER, Terry REINTKE, Frances FITZGERALD, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Barry ANDREWS, Fabio Massimo CASTALDO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas improved ~~coordination is needed of international efforts to promote an efficient and resilient humanitarian- development-peace nexus~~transformation of the United Nation and its organizations is needed to promote an efficient, cost effective and resilient ability to provide aid;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated human rights violations and stigma and discrimination faced by people living with HIV, LGBTI persons and other vulnerable groups, underlining the critical need for COVID-19 responses to be rooted in human rights and equality, as learned from the HIV response; whereas key populations have on occasion suffered from denied access to services or discriminatory enforcement of the COVID-19 response under lockdown orders;

Amendment 72 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas official development assistance continues to represent a critical source of external finance for some developing countries, particularly those unable to attract large foreign direct investment inflows or lacking large diaspora communities; in particular, whereas Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States are extremely reliant on official development assistance and, to a lesser extent, on remittances, to finance their capital accumulation;

Amendment 73 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the pandemic has highlighted the fragility of global supply chains and heightened the vulnerability of those developing countries that depend on them; whereas the pandemic presents an opportunity to develop more sustainable and resilient supply chains;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has not put on hold most armed conflicts in the world; whereas populations living in conflict zones and refugees have more difficulties to access COVID-19 treatment and their food insecurity is increasing;

Amendment 75 #

Norbert NEUSER, Manuel PIZARRO, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the medium-term consequences of COVID-19 are likely to have a devastating impact, reversing years of development gains and require unprecedented global cooperation;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the pandemic-induced crisis has accelerated the digital transition and the shift towards new learning tools such as remote and blended learning;

Amendment 77 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas developing countries are particularly vulnerable to public revenue leakages arising from tax-motivated illicit financial flows; whereas recent estimates of those revenue losses in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean account for 2.3% of their GDPs; whereas, moreover, tax-motivated illicit financial flows affect revenue raising capacity most strongly in low-income and lower middle-income countries, due to the higher proportion of corporate tax in their total revenues[1]; [1] Sources: UNCTAD report « The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development : Transitioning to a New Normal” (2020), p. 56.

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas, at the height of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, 168 countries fully or partially closed their borders, with around 90 making no exception for those seeking asylum; whereas some countries have pushed asylum seekers, including children, back to their countries of origin;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas it is crucial to acknowledge once more that achieving the 2030 Agenda SDGs and the Paris Agreement objectives require investing in human development and pursuing a rights-based approach, while respecting the Busan principles on development effectiveness;

Amendment 8 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)

- having regard to the Committee on World Food security (CFS) High level Panel of Experts' report on the "Impact of COVID-19 on food security and nutrition: developing effective policy responses to address the hunger and malnutrition pandemic",

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas food insecurity and malnutrition are on the rise as a secondary effect of the pandemic;

Amendment 81 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)

Ec. whereas UNCTAD estimates a 20% fall in remittances in 2020 compared with 2019[1], which indicates that remittances will not provide a cushion against the downturn in international financial flows to developing countries; [1] Sources: UNCTAD report « The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development : Transitioning to a New Normal” (2020), p. 57.

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)

Ec. whereas strict implementation of intellectual property rights in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic could severely hinder manufacturing and supply of medical equipment and vaccines to developing countries;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)

Ed. whereas European pharmaceutical industries did not complete their research on coronavirus diseases SARS (2003) and MERS (2012) due to lack of potential economic profitability; whereas the completion of the research on such diseases would have provided knowledge likely to enable faster development of vaccines against COVID-19; whereas the European pharmaceutical industry has received between EUR 200 million and EUR 1.1 billion from the public sector, especially from the Commission;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Deplores the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front-loading has to be tackled; calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that making safe vaccines available globally in a fast and affordable manner must be one of the first sput all others before the citizens of the Member Stateps;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Acknowledges the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic~~, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however,~~; notes that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front- loading has to be tackled; ~~calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic;~~ stresses that making safe vaccines available globally in a fast and affordable manner must be one of the first steps;

Amendment 86 #

Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Patrizia TOIA, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front-loading has to be tackled; calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that making safe vaccines available globally in a fast and affordable manner must be one of the first steps; considers that patent rights should not prevent the availability of vaccines against COVID-19 in developing countries, especially when the concerned laboratories have received massive public funding without which the research to produce a vaccine in such a short timeframe could have never been carried out; is worried that compulsory licensing foreseen in the Trade Related Aspects of the Intellectual Property (TRIPS) agreement might not suffice to make vaccines and medical products available in a number of developing countries, since compensation is still to be paid to the companies owning the patents; deems necessary that the EU reconsiders its position and supports the proposal of India and South Africa for a temporary waiver of Sections 1, 4, 5 and 7 of Part II of the TRIPS Agreement in order to ensure that life-saving medical products, including vaccines, are effectively available and affordable in all developing countries in the shortest term possible;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries, including those affected by conflict and humanitarian crisis; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front- loading has to be tackled; requests that the distribution criteria for the allocation be updated according to the impact of the pandemic in partner countries; calls, therefore, for substantial new flexible funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID- 19 pandemic; stresses that making safe vaccines available globally in a fast and affordable manner must be one of the first steps; highlights that it is also important that vaccines are prioritized for health and social workers, followed by teachers and other essential workers and people who are at highest risk of COVID-19 complications;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front-loading has to be tackled; calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that making safe vaccines available globally in a fast and affordable manner must be one of the first steps; therefore calls on the EU to support the WTO initiative of India and South Africa for a temporary waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments and calls on the pharmaceutical companies to share their knowledge and data through the World Health Organization COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP);

Amendment 89 #

Marc ANGEL, Maria WALSH, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER, Terry REINTKE, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front-loading has to be tackled; calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and addressing the critical needs of developing countries in health governance and epidemiological surveillance; stresses that making safe vaccines available globally in a fast and affordable manner, as well as an efficient vaccination strategy must be ~~one of~~ the first steps;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

- having regard to the UNAIDS Progress Report to the 47thMeeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board of 23 November 2020, entitled “COVID- 19 and HIV: Progress Report 2020";1a _________________ 1a https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/ media_asset/COVID-19_HIV_EN.pdf

Amendment 90 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front-loading has to be tackled; calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; urges donors to rapidly scale up official development assistance to achieve levels already committed in the past but never delivered; stresses that making safe vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics available globally in a fast and affordable manner must be one of the first steps;

Amendment 91 #

Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines ~~and that the challenge of aid front-loading has to be tackled~~; calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that making safe vaccines, treatments, equipment and diagnostics available globally in a fast and affordable manner must be one of the first steps;

Amendment 92 #

Patrizia TOIA, Pierfrancesco MAJORINO, Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front-loading has to be tackled; calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that making safe vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics available globally in a fast and affordable manner must be one of the first steps;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front-loading has to be tackled; calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that making safe vaccines available globally in a fast, equitable and affordable manner must be one of the first steps;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front-loading has to be tackled; calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that making safe ~~vaccine~~drugs and treatments available globally in a fast and affordable manner must be one of the first steps;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes in this regard COVAX, the world's facility to ensure fair and universal access to COVID-19 vaccines and the strong support of Team Europe, being the biggest donor and having allocated so far more than 850 million euro to this initiative, while EU and third countries already announced to donate their vaccine surplus via COVAX; welcomes the WHO’s announcement that global rollout to 91 eligible countries starts in the first quarter of 2021 and that by now 2 billion vaccine doses are accessed; underlines that safe vaccines should be made universally available, affordable and easily accessible for all in order to curb the pandemic; stresses that health personnel and the most vulnerable have to be prioritised;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on Team Europe to strengthen effective mechanisms to ensure policy coherence for sustainable development, securing their more systematic and efficient use by all EU institutions and Member States; stresses that the EU should perform sustainability impact assessments in every policy sphere, including as regards its responses to the pandemic;

Amendment 97 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Caroline ROOSE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that the momentum gained from the common Team Europe approach in terms of joint analysis, joint programming and joint implementation must translate into a new standard for cooperation in the fields of humanitarian aid and development policy, both in law and in practice; considers that the EU should promote that such increased coordination be attained not only between Member States, but also with non-EU donor countries in view of maximizing the efficacy and efficiency of international cooperation and humanitarian aid;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that the momentum gained from the common Team Europe approach in terms of joint analysis, joint programming and joint implementation must translate into a new standard for cooperation in the fields of humanitarian aid and development policy, both in law and in practice; highlights the importance of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to ensure funding for human development, including the health sector, and calls on EU Delegations and Member States' embassies to prioritise human development and health in their joint programming;

Amendment 99 #