2021/2163(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

— having regard to the EU Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on arms exports,

Amendment 10 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

— having regard to the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030,

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly fulfil the commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit and as part of the Grand Bargain; highlights the importance of making humanitarian aid more efficient and effective by increasing ~~multiannual and multi-country funding~~flexible funding through unearmarked, softly earmarked, and multi-year funding, and by enhancing harmonisation and simplification of donor proposal and reporting requirements, reducing the administrative burden for humanitarian partners and promoting innovative solutions, among other endeavours;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly fulfil the commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit and as part of the Grand Bargain; highlights the importance of making humanitarian aid more efficient and effective by increasing multiannual and multi-country funding, reducing the administrative burden for humanitarian partners by enhancing harmonisation and simplification of donor proposal and reporting requirements, and promoting innovative solutions, among other endeavours;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly fulfil the commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit and as part of the Grand Bargain; highlights the importance of making humanitarian aid more efficient and effective by ~~increasing multiannual and multi-country funding, reducing the administrative burden for humanitarian partners and promoting innovative solutions, among other endeavour~~promoting innovative solutions and better targeting needs and beneficiaries;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly fulfil the commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit and as part of the Grand Bargain; highlights the importance of making humanitarian aid more efficient and effective by increasing multiannual and multi-country funding, reducing the administrative burden for humanitarian partners and promoting innovative solutions that move away from the one- size-fits-all approach, among other endeavours;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly fulfil the commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit and as part of the Grand Bargain; highlights the importance of making humanitarian aid more efficient and effective by increasing multiannual and multi-country funding, reducing the administrative burden for humanitarian partners, funding national and local actors, and promoting innovative solutions, among other endeavours;

Amendment 105 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls upon the Commission and the European External Action Service to devise a strategy for long-term collaboration with third countries and, in particular, emerging donors by leveraging the EU’s bilateral, regional and multilateral diplomacy; notes with concern that many emerging donors do not qualify for membership of the DAC, which remains a major forum for the coordination of humanitarian financing; regrets that the United Kingdom, as the fifth largest humanitarian donor in the world, cut its humanitarian budget by 31% between 2019 and 202013a; notes with concern the lack of a formal arrangement within the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement regarding humanitarian aid and calls on the Commission and Member States to work towards such a formal EU-UK partnership on humanitarian aid; calls upon the Commission to invite the United Kingdom and other relevant partner governments to participate in the EU Humanitarian Forum in January 2022. _________________ 13a Development Initiatives, Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2021.

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Given the concerns over development additionally of blending- guarantee mechanisms as assessed by the European Court of Auditors in the case of EFSD, calls on the Commission and financial institutions, including the EIB, to ensure that all humanitarian operations undertaken through blending are compliant with the external action goals of the EU as defined in Article 21 TEU, including respect and promotion of human rights, eradication of poverty, and the management of environmental risks; calls on the Commission to provide the European Parliament with more information as well as a written assessment on the implementation of the pilot project for blending for humanitarian action, assessing the alignment with external action objectives;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to maintain and foster a realistic risk-sharing dialogue between the relevant departments, and with their humanitarian partners and other stakeholders, building on recent experiences and lessons-learned in order to continuously aim to improve existing funding regulations, making them more efficient and effective particularly in respect to highly volatile humanitarian crisis; risk-awareness has proven to be an effective tool for risk-mitigation;

Amendment 108 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that efforts to prevent and detect cases of humanitarian aid fraud should be stepped up, including but not limited to the actual number of beneficiaries;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Insists on the importance to preserve expertise and non interference into the neutrality principle of humanitarian actors; stresses that further engagement with the private sector requires: prior analysis of results achieved so far through this collaboration, and to promote exclusively partnerships which comply with international humanitarian principles, environment, social and human rights standards, and accountability to affected populations;

Amendment 11 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

— having regard to the right to self determination,

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Stresses that encouraging consortia is a concern for smaller NGOs which so far are left behind in a process which fits more the capacities of larger organisations; encourages the Commission to report on the advantages and risks of this mode of collaboration on partner country structures, local organisations and small-scale projects, but also for the donor organisations;

Amendment 111 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the particular importance of supporting local actors and urges the Commission to develop a localisation policy outlining how to provide more and better support for local respondents to enable them to make use of all the instruments available; calls on further development of a solid localisation policy, relying further on DG ECHO’s partners’ expertise and experience in strengthening local actors’ capacities as concrete elements for the EU to further implement its Grand Bargain commitments linked to localisation; calls on the Commission to ensure that women’s equal participation and empowerment is integrated explicitly into any new mechanisms to strengthen the role of local actors in humanitarian action;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the particular importance of supporting ~~local acto~~national and local actors as well as frontline responders and urges the Commission to develop a localisation policy outlining how to provide more and better support for local respondents and crisis affected people’s organisations to enable them to make use of all the instruments available; calls on the Commission to ensure that women’s equal participation and empowerment is integrated explicitly into any new mechanisms to strengthen the role of local actors in humanitarian action;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the particular importance of supporting local actors and urges the Commission to develop a localisation policy outlining how to provide more and better support for local respondents to enable them to make use of all the instruments available; underlines that relevant local actors should also be involved in the decision-making processes regarding humanitarian action in the territories where they operate, including priority-setting, response coordination and implementation;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the particular importance of supporting local actors and urges the Commission to develop a localisation policy outlining how to provide more and better support for local respondents to enable them to make use of all the instruments available; maintains that such a policy should foster transparency, focus on long-term funding to develop trust and local networks, and make use of existing partner capacity assessments by UN agencies and international NGOs;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the particular importance of supporting local actors and urges the Commission to develop a localisation policy outlining how to provide more and better support for local respondents to enable them to make use of all the instruments availablUrges the Commission to develop an ambitious localisation policy outlining how to improve and ensure equal partnership, strengthen local capacities and local actors participation, especially women-led organisations in decision making processes and addressing the issue of mutual accountability and risk sharing – as ultimately reinforcing local respondents is a major a path to reduce the need for international humanitarian assistance in the future;

Amendment 116 #

Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the particular importance of ~~support~~involving local actors, including organisations representing persons with disabilities, in decision-making and of supporting them, and urges the Commission to develop a localisation policy outlining how to provide more and better support for local respondents to enable them to make use of all the instruments available;

Amendment 117 #

Beata KEMPA, Ryszard CZARNECKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the particular importance of only supporting credible local actors and respecting their right to self determination and urges the Commission to develop a ~~localisation~~ policy outlining how to ~~provide more and better support for local respondents to enable them to make use of all the instruments available~~be very selective in the choice of partner- organizations and in programming and implementing fully respecting local customs and cultures;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of civil society in delivering aid and especially that of religious actors, cooperation with whom is crucial if we are to deliver aid to those who need it most; underlines that church figures have long taken the lead in providing basic social services in the field and remain when many others have departed; calls on the Commission to adopt a partnership strategy with churches and religious organisations in the area of development and humanitarian cooperation;

Amendment 119 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, localisation allows a health response adapted to the context of developing countries in order to avoid, European biases, particularly with regard to containment protocols and prevention campaigns; calls on the prevalence of an eurocentric perspective over emergency situations to be adequately challenged through further localisation of humanitarian action;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas humanitarian needs are at an all-time high, with 238 million people in need of assistance in 2021, due largely to conflicts but also systemic factors such as climate change, natural disasters, environmental degradation, global population growth and failed governance; whereas the burgeoning of humanitarian needs and their increasing complexity touches upon each of the SDGs and points to a worrying lack of global progress on Agenda 2030;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative of integrating education in emergencies; emphasis the need for supporting child protection and quality education and training at all levels in crisis situation to prevent children from dropping out of the school especially in cases of long-lasting conflicts;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the need of ensuring equal partnership, strengthening local capacities, promoting access to local partners, especially women-led organisations in decision-making processes, and addressing the issue of mutual accountability and risk sharing;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses, however, that local partners must be subject to thorough and strict selection and auditing procedures, particularly in conflict or terrorist areas;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes th~~e challenges posed by 7. climate~~at the environment can as always be a challenge ~~and welcomes the commitments to strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable regions through disaster p~~for mankind, are concerned that the erroneous estimations and narrative spread by public reparedness and anticipatory action via a nexus approach; welcomes, in addition, the commitments to green the EU’s humanitarian aid and track climate- related spending; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary resources for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, among other tools, and to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai commitments in the EU’s external actionsentatives and media have cast a shadow over the policy work of the Commission and is concerned that the effects of the fact that humans are often reckless and unwilling to take nature in to consideration and that the effects caused by this inability or unwillingness to plan is taken as proof for acute needs due to a perceived catastrophic and non-natural climate change;

Amendment 124 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes the challenges posed by climate change and welcomes the commitments to strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable regions through disaster preparedness and anticipatory action via a nexus approach; welcomes, in addition, the commitments to green the EU’s humanitarian aid and track climate- related spending; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary resources for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, among other tools, and to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai commitments in the EU’s external action; stresses that the private sector has a vital role to play with regard to ensuring that the vulnerability of populations to climate change effects is not exacerbated and, therefore, calls on the Commission to include the necessary provisions in its legislative proposal on corporate due diligence to ensure that EU undertakings operating in third countries refrain from engaging in activities that could worsen the exposition of populations to the effects of climate change;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Not~~Stresses the challenges posed by climate change and welcomes the commitments to further mainstream climate change impacts and environmental factors into humanitarian action and build resilience of vulnerable communities over climate change; insists on the importance of involving indigenous people and local communities in this process; welcomes also the commitments to strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable regions through disaster preparedness and anticipatory action via a nexus approach; welcomes, in addition, the commitments to green the EU’s humanitarian aid and track climate- related spending; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary resources for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, among other tools, and to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai commitments in the EU’s external action;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes the challenges posed by the adverse effects of climate change and welcomes the commitments to mitigate and combat it, strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable regions through disaster preparedness and anticipatory action via a nexus approach; notes the specific assistance and protection needs of vulnerable populations affected by disasters and the adverse effects of climate change, in particular on disaster displaced persons and host communities; welcomes, in addition, the commitments to green the EU’s humanitarian aid and track climate- related spending; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary resources for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, among other tools, and to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai commitments in the EU’s external action;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Notes the challenges posed by climate change and welcomes the commitments to strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable regions through disaster preparedness and anticipatory action via a nexus approach; welcomes, in addition, the commitments to green the EU’s humanitarian aid and track climate- related spending; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary resources for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and prediction of weather events through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, among other tools, and to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai commitments in the EU’s external action and stresses that aid for the prediction of disasters and weather events must also take the form of technical assistance for beneficiary countries;

Amendment 128 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Not~~Recognises the challenges posed by climate change and welcomes the commitments to strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable regions through disaster preparedness and anticipatory action via a triple nexus approach; welcomes, in addition, the commitments to ~~green~~make the EU’s humanitarian aid more sustainable and track climate- related spending; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary resources for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, among other tools, and to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai commitments in the EU’s external action;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Regrets that the Communication of the Commission on humanitarian action presents the issue of gender equality as a tried and tested principle of humanitarian aid but not as a growing need to address; given the prominent role of women as victims of conflicts and disasters, calls on to assess on past experiences in humanitarian support in this field as well as to more concrete elements of gender mainstreaming in future humanitarian action, including specific expenditure, programmes, tracking and assessment methods oriented towards gender related activities;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas humanitarian needs are at an all-time high, with 238 million people in need of assistance in 2021, due largely to conflicts but also systemic factors such as climate change, natural disasters, environmental degradation, global population growth coupled with a paucity of economic opportunities in some countries and failed governance;

Amendment 130 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Welcomes the concrete achievements of the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge and the idea of creating a European Humanitarian Response Capacity to plug the gaps in the EU’s humanitarian response; calls for~~Reminds the Commission that the Member States ~~and humanitarian partners to~~must always be consulted on any new Commission aid-initiatives, which should build on – not duplicate – existing EU ~~mechanisms such as the civil protection~~ aid-mechanisms;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the concrete achievements of the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge and the idea of creating a European Humanitarian Response Capacity to plug the gaps in the EU’s humanitarian response; calls for the Member States and humanitarian partners to be consulted on any new Commission initiatives, which should build on – not duplicate – existing EU mechanisms such as the civil protection mechanism; stresses the importance to maintain a clear separation between the civil protection and humanitarian response in humanitarian contexts; is concerned with any considerations about combining the civil protection and humanitarian responses or using the same funding instruments for civil protection and humanitarian response as it mixes the mandates and presents an increased risk for principled humanitarian action;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the concrete achievements of the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge and the idea of creating a European Humanitarian Response Capacity to plug the gaps in the EU’s humanitarian response; calls for the Member States and humanitarian partners to be consulted on any new Commission initiatives, which should build on – not duplicate – existing EU mechanisms such as the civil protection mechanism but points out that the civil protection mechanism is intended primarily for tackling crises in the EU itself;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the concrete achievements of the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge and the idea of creating a European Humanitarian Response Capacity to plug the gaps in the EU’s humanitarian response; calls for the Member States and humanitarian partners to be consulted on any new Commission initiatives, which should build on – not duplicate – existing capacities of humanitarian actors and EU mechanisms such as the civil protection mechanism;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the concrete achievements of the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge and the idea of creating a European Humanitarian Response Capacity to plug the gaps in the EU’s humanitarian response; calls for the Member States and humanitarian partners to be regularly consulted on any new Commission initiatives, which should build on – not duplicate – existing EU mechanisms such as the civil protection mechanism;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the fact that while humanitarian aid seeks to tackle immediate, life-threatening situations, crises are caused by drivers that require long-term solutions; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to adopt a communication developing a clear policy on a humanitarian-development-peace nexus in order to bridge the gaps between the individual policy areas; calls for the EU and the Member States to swiftly implement this nexus approach, with a particular focus on preventing conflicts, tackling hunger, providing education and livelihood opportunities, and building resilience, while protecting the rights of vulnerable groups;deleted

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the fact that while humanitarian aid seeks to tackle immediate, life-threatening situations, crises are caused by drivers that require long-term solutions; notes that although humanitarian needs are often created by sudden, man-made or natural disasters, underlying fragility is a significant predictor of humanitarian crises; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to adopt a communication developing a clear policy on a humanitarian-development-peace nexus in order to bridge the gaps between the individual policy areas; calls for the EU and the Member States to swiftly implement this nexus approach, with a particular focus on preventing conflicts, tackling hunger, providing education and livelihood opportunities, tackling fragility and building resilience, while protecting the rights of vulnerable groups; stresses that the SDGs should be used as a framework for such an approach, given that 2030 Agenda provides a unique opportunity to address the root causes of fragility and conflict, as well as reversals into conflict, including by combatting climate change, strengthening global multilateralism, a rights-based approach to development and ensuring that ‘no one is left behind’; calls upon the Commission to publish an assessment of the six pilot projects aimed at operationalising the humanitarian-development-peace nexus in Chad, Iraq, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda and to consult with civil society organisations, Member States and the European Parliament in the drafting of lessons learned and the design of future projects under the nexus approach;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the fact that while humanitarian aid seeks to tackle immediate, life-threatening situations, crises are caused by drivers that require long-term solutions; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to adopt a communication developing a clear policy on a humanitarian-development-peace nexus in order to bridge the gaps between the individual policy areas;, building an approach based on NGOs practical experience, putting people at the centre of the approach, taking into account the context specificities and respecting the humanitarian principles. calls for the EU and the Member States to swiftly implement this nexus approach, with a particular focus on preventing conflicts, tackling hunger, providing education and livelihood opportunities, and ~~building resilience, while protecting the rights of vulnerable groups;~~ supporting early recovery, enhancing response capacity, building self-reliance and resilience as well as reducing risks at community level, while protecting the rights of vulnerable groups and ensuring that humanitarian actors can work in accordance with the humanitarian principles; ; calls for the Commission and Member States to ensure transparency on how the EU is concretely working towards the operationalisation and to implement complementary, flexible and multi-year programmes, suited to local contexts, need-based and people-centred;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the fact that while humanitarian aid seeks to tackle immediate, life-threatening situations, crises are caused by drivers that require long-term solutions; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to adopt a communication developing a clear policy on a humanitarian-development-peace nexus in order to bridge the gaps between the individual policy areas and the Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus Action Plan, that should be linked as much as possible to the EU programming process; underlines that coordination between the Humanitarian Aid Instrument and the NDICI-Global Europe Instrument will be crucial to ensure complementarity and a smooth transition from relief to sustainable development; calls for the EU and the Member States to swiftly implement this nexus approach, with a particular focus on upholding the do-no-harm principle, implementing a conflict-sensitive approach, preventing conflicts, tackling hunger, providing education and livelihood opportunities, and building resilience, while protecting the rights of vulnerable groups;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the fact that while humanitarian aid seeks to tackle immediate, life-threatening situations, crises are caused by drivers that require long-term solutions; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to adopt a communication developing a clear policy on a humanitarian-development-peace nexus in order to bridge the gaps between the individual policy areas, strengthening resilience and promoting sustainability of response; calls for the EU and the Member States to swiftly implement this nexus approach, with a particular focus on preventing conflicts, tackling hunger, providing education and livelihood opportunities, and building resilience, ~~while protecting the rights of vulnerable group~~including gender-sensitive analysis by context, while protecting the rights of vulnerable groups, and to implement complementary, flexible and multi-year programmes, suited to local contexts, need-based and people-centred; calls for sharing lessons and a thorough assessment of the nexus implementation in the EU pilot countries;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas humanitarian needs are at an all-time high, with 238 million people in need of assistance in 2021, due largely to conflicts but also systemic factors such as climate change, natural disasters, environmental degradation, global population growth, food insecurity, limited water resources and failed governance;

Amendment 140 #

Beata KEMPA, Ryszard CZARNECKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the fact that while humanitarian aid seeks to tackle immediate, life-threatening situations, crises are caused by drivers that require long-term solutions; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to adopt a communication developing a clear policy on a humanitarian-development-peace nexus in order to bridge the gaps between the individual policy areas, building an approach based on NGOs practical experience, putting people at the centre of the approach, taking into account the context specificities and respecting the humanitarian principles; calls for the EU and the Member States to prioritise the swiftly implement this nexus approach where appropriate, with a particular focus on preventing conflicts, tackling hunger, providing education and livelihood opportunities, ~~and building resilience~~supporting early recovery, enhancing response capacity, building self-reliance and resilience as well as reducing risks at community level, while protecting the rights of vulnerable groups;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the fact that while humanitarian aid seeks to tackle immediate, life-threatening situations, crises are caused by drivers that require long-term solutions; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to adopt a communication developing a clear policy on a humanitarian-development-peace nexus in order to bridge the gaps between the individual policy areas; stresses that the aid system as things stand is extremely overburdened and does not ensure adequate coordination between humanitarian interventions and development projects, often failing effectively to satisfy the requirements of those most in need; calls for the EU and the Member States to swiftly implement this nexus approach, with a particular focus on preventing conflicts, tackling hunger, boosting healthcare systems, providing education and livelihood opportunities, and building resilience, while protecting the rights of vulnerable groups;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the fact that while humanitarian aid seeks to tackle immediate, life-threatening situations, crises are caused by drivers that require long-term solutions; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to adopt a communication developing a clear policy on a humanitarian-development-peace nexus in order to bridge the gaps between the individual policy areas; calls for the EU and the Member States to swiftly implement this nexus approach, with a particular focus on preventing conflicts, tackling hunger, addressing displacement related to disasters and the adverse effects of climate change, providing education and livelihood opportunities, and building resilience, while protecting the rights of vulnerable groups;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Recalls that women, girls and persons from the LGBTIQ+ community are particularly vulnerable in contexts of fragility and conflict and are the hardest hit by humanitarian crises; insists, therefore, that achieving such a nexus approach requires that the EU’s humanitarian assistance is both gender- sensitive and actively promotes gender equality, LGBTIQ+ rights and sexual health and reproductive rights;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to implement and promote the Nansen Initiative Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Persons in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change; and highlights the importance of cooperation between humanitarian, development, disaster risk reduction and climate change actors to reduce the risk of displacement in the context of disasters and the adverse effects of climate change and address assistance and protection needs;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Points out that civil society organisations from Central and Eastern Europe are insufficiently involved in Commission-funded humanitarian assistance; this also translates into low awareness among the public about humanitarian assistance projects being implemented by the Commission; recognises the importance of building a network of key partners, integrating international and local humanitarian NGOs from all over the EU to promote and deliver humanitarian aid;

Amendment 146 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for a more dedicated focus on health, access and reinforcement of universal and free public health services and efforts to reduce mortality and morbidity, - as well as the need to strengthen epidemics / pandemic preparedness;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for a more dedicated focus on health, access to public health services and efforts to reduce mortality and morbidity, as well as the need to strengthen epidemics/pandemic preparedness;

Amendment 148 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Calls for a more dedicated focus on health, access to public health services and efforts to reduce mortality and morbidity as well as the need to strengthen epidemics/pandemic preparedness;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Requires significant emphasis to be devoted to nutrition, as fundamental right for all, in order to ensure food security and allow greater resilience of food systems to economic, climatic and human shocks; calls on the EU to revise the EU Action Plan on Nutrition, to address all forms of malnutrition in humanitarian and development contexts, in line with the Council Conclusion of November 2018;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas humanitarian needs are ~~at an all-time high, with~~in relative numbers roughly at the same level as it has always been throughout the history , the aid-industry claims that 238 million people inare need of assistance in 2021, due largely to ~~conflicts but also systemic factors such as climate change, natural disasters, environmental degradation,~~ global population growth and failed governance;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Reiterates the Commission’s commitment and ongoing efforts to promote visibility and awareness of EU humanitarian aid among different EU stakeholders, including NGOs, throughout the EU and strengthen the EU’s visibility in its external action;

Amendment 151 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Welcomes the announcement on the first ever~~Is concerned about the EU Humanitarian Forum~~, which is to be held~~ in January 2022~~; stresses that the forum should be inclusive and seek to increase the visibility of the EU’s humanitarian~~, as it will mainly lead to major interest groups representing international organizations (IOs) and Non Governmental Organizations/Civil Society Organizations(NGOs/CSOs) active within the aid-industry and exclusively dependant on ever increasing aid- and ~~the work of its partners, promote a st~~development-funding having a disproportionate and undemocrategic ~~dialogue on the EU’s humanitarian policy, and advance the implementation of the key actions set out in the Commission communication~~impact on EU aid- and development- policy, especially in regard to the perceived levels of funding needed by the Member States, circumventing the national parliaments of the Member States; thus, undermining the democratic system in the European nations concerned; suggests that the Commission cancels the EU Humanitarian Forum;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the announcement on the first ever EU Humanitarian Forum, which is to be held in January 2022; stresses that the forum should be inclusive of humanitarian implementing partners and seek to increase the visibility of the EU’s humanitarian aid and the work of its partners in particular local ones, promote a strategic dialogue on the EU’s humanitarian policy, raising political support and awareness about the nature of principled and needs-based EU humanitarian assistance and advance the implementation of the key actions set out in the Commission communication;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the announcement on the first ever EU Humanitarian Forum, which is to be held in January 2022; stresses that the forum should be inclusive and seek to increase the visibility of the EU’s humanitarian aid and the work of its partners, promote a strategic dialogue on the EU’s humanitarian policy, raising political support and awareness about the nature of principled and needs-based EU humanitarian assistance and advance the implementation of the key actions set out in the Commission communication;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the announcement on the first ever EU Humanitarian Forum, which is to be held in January 2022; stresses that the forum should be inclusive and accessible and seek to increase the visibility of the EU’s humanitarian aid and the work of its partners, promote a strategic dialogue on the EU’s humanitarian policy, and advance the implementation of the key actions set out in the Commission communication;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Regrets that despite the common position on arms exports, Member States continue to export arms to countries in conflict, responsible for humanitarian crises and repeated violations of international and humanitarian law; Calls on Member States and the Council to enforce an effective ban on arms exports to countries in conflict suffering humanitarian crises and responsible of violations for international and humanitarian law;

Amendment 16 #

Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas humanitarian needs are at an all-time high, with 238 million people in need of assistance in 2021, due ~~largely~~ to conflicts ~~but~~and also systemic factors such as climate change, natural disasters, environmental degradation, global population growth and failed governance;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing fragilities and inequalities, amplified humanitarian needs – notably a sharp increase in hunger, with almost 300 million people at risk of becoming acutely food insecure and over 40 million facing emergency levels of food insecurity – and hampered the humanitarian response owing to border closures and other restrictions; whereas the growth in humanitarian needs is, in part, a result of insufficient development assistance to address the drivers of fragility; whereas, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), humanitarian assistance for all fragile contexts increased by 38% from 2015 to 2016, while programmable development aid for fragile contexts did not increase over the same period 9a ; whereas, between 2014 and 2018, humanitarian assistance accounted for the second largest share of Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) contributions across the 29 countries in the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) 9b; _________________ 9aOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, States of Fragility, 2018. 9bNational Centre for Biotechnology Information, Tracking sectoral allocation of official development assistance: a comparative study of the 29 Development Assistance Committee countries, 2011– 2018, Global Health Action, 2021.

Amendment 18 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that, despite good intentions and commitment to accountability, the global humanitarian system is far from efficient, and exacerbated existing fragilities and inequalities, amplified humanitarian needs – notably a sharp increase in hunger, with almost 300 million people at risk of becoming acutely food insecure and over 40 million facing emergency levels of food insecurity – and hampered the humanitarian response owing to border closures and other restrictions;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing fragilities and inequalities, amplified humanitarian needs – notably a sharp increase in hunger and lack of food supply, with almost 300 million people at risk of becoming acutely food insecure and over 40 million facing emergency levels of food insecurity – and hampered the humanitarian response owing to border closures and other restrictions such as those attempted by parties to armed conflicts;

Amendment 2 #

Beata KEMPA, Ryszard CZARNECKI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

— having regard to the IV Geneva Convention relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has, on the one hand, created a number of logistical obstacles for international organisations carrying out aid operations, whilst on the other hand, these logistical challenges have contributed to a number of changes in the way aid programmes are implemented, particularly in terms of boosting the importance of locating humanitarian aid;

Amendment 21 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas in 2018, approximately 108 million people required international humanitarian assistance as a result of storms, floods, droughts and wildfires, whereas by 2050, over 200 million people could need humanitarian assistance every year as a result of climate-related disasters and the socioeconomic impact of climate change;

Amendment 22 #

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas women and girls are the hardest hit by emergencies. whereas adolescent girls in conflict zones are 90% more likely to be out of school, 70 % of women in humanitarian settings are more likely to experience Gender-Based Violence and as women represent more than 70% of people facing chronic hunger;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas women and girls are the hardest hit by emergencies. Adolescent girls in conflict zones are 90 per cent more likely to be out of school, 70 per cent of women in humanitarian settings are more likely to experience Gender-Based Violence and they represent more than 70 per cent of people facing chronic hunger;

Amendment 24 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ~~the~~Member State funds needed in Europe was spent to set up the so called EU Humanitarian Air Bridge, ~~which was set up~~ in response to the transport constraints caused by the pandemic, has ~~greatly helped to plug critical gap~~alleviated some problems in the humanitarian response by facilitating the transport of aid, emergency assistance and humanitarian staff;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge~~, which~~ was set up in response to the transport constraints caused by the pandemic, ~~has greatly helped~~ to plug critical gaps in the humanitarian response by facilitating the transport of aid, emergency assistance and humanitarian staff;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the greater frequency and intensity in climate-induced disasters; fuels conflicts and locks more people in protracted displacement in ways never witnessed before, while a number of protracted crisis remain unresolved;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~growing humanitarian needs have not been matched by adequate resources, leading to a rapidly increasing funding gap:~~ in 2020, less than half of the UN humanitarian appeal was met, and as of August 2021, only USD 10.9 billion in funding was available for needs amounting to USD 36.6 billion (30 % of the total)10; _________________ 10UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Financial Tracking Service, 2021 humanitarian aid contributions.

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas growing humanitarian needs have not been matched by adequate resources, leading to a rapidly increasing funding gap: in 2020, less than half of the UN humanitarian appeal was met, and as of August 2021, only USD 10.9 billion in funding was available for needs amounting to USD 36.6 billion (30 % of the total)10 ; whereas, in 2020, funding unrelated to the Covid-19 pandemic response from the largest 20 public donors fell below 2019 levels 10a. _________________ 10UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Financial Tracking Service, 2021 humanitarian aid contributions. 10a Development Initiatives, Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2021.

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~growing~~the claims by the aid- industry in regard to humanitarian needs have not been matched ~~by adequate resources~~globally, leading to a rapidly increasing funding gap insofar as the aid-industry is concerned: in 2020, less than half of the UN humanitarian ~~appeal~~ever increasing budget needs was met, and as of August 2021, ~~only~~a staggering amount of USD 10.9 billion in funding was available for needs ~~amounting~~that according to the aid- industry amounted to USD 36.6 billion (30 % of the total)10 ; _________________ 10UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Financial Tracking Service, 2021 humanitarian aid contributions.

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)

— having regard to Council Decision 2003/335/JHA of 8 May 2003 on the investigation and prosecution of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas global humanitarian funding continues to rely heavily on a very limited number of donors, with the ten largest accounting for around 85 % of all funding; whereas the share of total ODA contributed by emerging donors, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Korea, is estimated to have grown by 47% between 2010 and 2015 11a, yet has plateaued in recent years, with the annual contribution from Saudi Arabia falling by 53% and that of the United Arab Emirates falling by 39% in 2020 11b; _________________ 11aDevex, Emerging Donors 2.0 Report, 2021. 11b Development Initiatives, Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2021.

Amendment 31 #

E. whereas global humanitarian funding continues to rely heavily on a very limited number of donors, with ~~the ten largest accounting for around 85 % of all funding~~EU Member States having to bear the largest share for decades;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. points out that, according to the European Commission, ‘the top three donors (the United States, Germany and the European Commission) provided 62% of reported humanitarian funding globally’ in 2020;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. recalls that the United States provided some 30% of the Development Assistance Committee’s aid between 2013 and 2017 and that the top five donors (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan) provided 69% of that aid in the same period; stresses that it is therefore crucial that new donor countries be rallied to provide both humanitarian and development aid; 1a _________________ 1aOverton, John, and Warwick E. Murray. Aid and Development, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas humanitarian aid is a key pillar of the EU’s external action and whereas in 2020 the EU and Member States’ combined funding was 36 % of global humanitarian assistance – the largest share in the world; whereas the level of contributions varies within the EU, with four Member States and the Commission accounting for around 90 % of all EU humanitarian financing;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas in 2020 the EU and Member States’ combined funding was 36 % of global humanitarian assistance – the largest share in the world; whereas the level of contributions varies within the EU~~, with four Member States and the Commission accounting for around 90 % of all EU humanitarian financing~~;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas in 2020 the ~~EU and Member States’ combined funding was~~Commission induced the tax payers in the Member States to contribute with 36 % of all global humanitarian assistance – the largest share in the world; whereas the level of contributions varies within the EU, with four Member States ~~and the Commission~~ accounting for around 90 % of all EU humanitarian financing;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas European States also provide a disproportionate share of official development aid globally and whereas four EU Member States met the ‘0.7% of gross national income’ criterion for official development aid; 1b _________________ 1b https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press /press-releases/2020/06/08/council- approves-eu-development-aid-targets-for- 2020-in-a-report-to-the-european-council/

Amendment 38 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the re-commitment by GB 2.0 signatories of ensuring that response is as local as possible and as international as necessary entails the commitment to provide at least 25% of humanitarian funding as directly as possible to local and national actors but this target is far to be met;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas this funding gap makes it imperative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the humanitarian system and to ensure that more countries contribute to the humanitarian effort so that aid meets the needs of the populations affected, as highlighted most recently by Grand Bargain 2.0, which focuses on localisation and quality financing as key enabling priorities;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)

— having regard to the EU guidelines on the promotion of compliance with international humanitarian law,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas this funding gap makes it imperative to improve the efficiency ~~and~~, effectiveness, visibility, risk sharing, transparency and accountability of the humanitarian system and to ensure that aid meets the needs of the populations affected, as highlighted most recently by Grand Bargain 2.0, which focuses on localisation and quality financing as key enabling priorities;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas this funding gap makes it imperative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness, visibility, risk sharing, transparency and accountability of the humanitarian system and to ensure that aid meets the needs of the populations affected, as highlighted most recently by Grand Bargain 2.0, which focuses on localisation and quality f~~inanc~~unding as key enabling priorities;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas this funding gap makes it imperative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the humanitarian system and to ensure that aid meets the needs of the populations affected, as highlighted most recently by Grand Bargain 2.0, which focuses on localisation and quality financing as key enabling prioritiescut costs in all international organizations and minimize dealings with NGOs/CSOs as well as to ensure effectiveness of the humanitarian aid delivery system;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas this funding gap makes it imperative to improve the efficiency, transparency and effectiveness of the humanitarian system and to ensure that aid ~~meets the needs of~~actually reaches the populations affected and meets their needs, as highlighted most recently by Grand Bargain 2.0, which focuses on localisation and quality financing as key enabling priorities;

Amendment 44 #

H. whereas basic norms and principles are being challenged around the world through regular violations of international humanitarian law, including attacks on civilians and humanitarian workers, in addition to growing obstacles to the provision of humanitarian aid;deleted

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas basic norms and principles are being challenged around the world through regular violations of international humanitarian law, including attacks on civilians and humanitarian workers, in addition to growing obstacles to the provision of humanitarian aid, particularly in conflict zones and areas grappling with the threat of terrorism;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas basic norms and principles are being challenged around the world through regular violations of international humanitarian law, including attacks on civilians ~~and~~, humanitarian and medical workers, in addition to growing obstacles to the provision of humanitarian aid;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas ‘quality funding' comprises one of the two enabling priorities of the Grand Bargain 2.0 and Pillar Two of the 2016 High-Level Political Forum on Humanitarian Financing calls for a widening of the humanitarian resource base through partnerships with new/emerging bilateral donors and the private sector, facilitating remittance flows and Islamic social finance 12a; whereas humanitarian assistance from private donors is already on the rise, having increased by 9%, from US$6.2 billion in 2018 to a record US$6.8 billion in 2019 12b; _________________ 12aHigh-Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing Report to the Secretary- General, Too important to fail— addressing the humanitarian financing gap, 2016 12b Development Initiatives, Global Humanitarian Assistance Report, 2021.

Amendment 48 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas, more specifically, in some conflict zones, humanitarian aid is liable to be diverted by those involved in the conflict or by terrorist groups and, as a result, some humanitarian organisations can no longer work there (in Somalia, for example);

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the Commission proposes to launch a pilot project on blending to significantly increase the resource base for humanitarian action and thus calls for further involvement of the private sector;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— Having regard to UNSC resolution 2286 on the protection of the medical mission,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the fragmentation of humanitarian aid remains a persistent challenge arising from the proliferation of donors and aid agencies and lack of coordination of their activities and projects;

Amendment 51 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. points out that European humanitarian aid should, to the extent possible, be conditional on due regard for European values, including in connection with women and their status, and is concerned, in that respect, about the situation in Afghanistan and the management of humanitarian aid deployed there;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas consortium organisation is encouraged by donors in development cooperation and humanitarian aid; whereas, compared to other modalities, it is characterised by an often larger scale of objectives and means made available;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas addressing humanitarian crises requires not only more funding but also decisive political efforts to reduce needs by preventing and ending conflicts, protecting basic human rights, promoting sustainable development ~~and~~, reducing risks and vulnerabilities, tackling corruption in the allocation of funds and addressing the lack of transparency in relations with local organisations;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas addressing humanitarian crises requires ~~not only more funding but also~~ decisive political efforts to reduce needs by preventing and ending conflicts, protecting basic human rights, promoting sustainable development and reducing risks and vulnerabilities and fostering economic growth and the creation of economic opportunities, particularly in countries with high birth rates and young populations;

Amendment 55 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas addressing humanitarian crises requires not only more funding but also decisive political efforts to reduce needs by preventing and ending conflicts, protecting basic human rights, promoting sustainable development ~~and~~, reducing risks and vulnerabilities as well as adapting to climate change;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas addressing humanitarian crises requires not only more funding but also decisive political efforts to reduce needs by preventing and ending conflicts, countering climate change protecting basic human rights, promoting sustainable development and reducing risks and vulnerabilities;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas addressing humanitarian crises ~~require~~is not ~~only~~about more funding but a~~lso~~bout decisive local will and local political efforts to ~~reduce needs by~~ preventing ~~and~~or ending conflicts~~, protecting basic human rights, promoting sustainable development and reducing risks and vulnerabilities~~ and the creation of a stabile society and for third countries to fully respect the rule of right to self determination;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas the gradual curbing of birth rates should be encouraged where necessary, taking account of some cultural factors, such as early marriage;

Amendment 59 #

Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas the Covid 19 pandemic highlighted the fragility and unsustainability of an economic system that increases social inequality, which is one of the root causes of conflicts and humanitarian crises;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

— having regard to the UNSC Resolution 2286 on the protection of medical missions,

Amendment 60 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas people with disabilities represent 15% of the total population, and 80% of them live in developing countries;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas attacks against humanitarian personnel have dramatically increased in recent years;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Is very concerned about the Commission communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles ands it~~s concrete proposals to improve the provision of humanitarian aid, and calls for the swift implementation of these proposal~~ provides proof that the communication show little understanding of aid-interventions and are focused to commit the European taxpayer to many more years of squandered tax funds; reiterates that in accordance with the European Consensus~~, the EU’s humanitarian aid must always be provided solely on the basis of need, must be fully in line with the humanitarian princip~~ all volumes of funds for aid in third countries must be reduced to invest in critical aspects in the Member States such as the family, education, research, infrastructure, defence, rules of ~~humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, and~~law and welfare, and future aid- intervention planning must pay particular attention to vulnerable groups in the Member States;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles and its concrete proposals to improve the provision of humanitarian aid, and calls for the swift implementation of these proposals; reiterates that in accordance with the European Consensus, the EU’s humanitarian aid must always be provided solely on the basis of need, must be fully in line with the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, and must pay particular attention to ~~vulnerable groups~~the challenges that vulnerable groups and minorities face when accessing humanitarian assistance due to marginalization, active targeting on the ground or weak socio-economic position; calls on the Commission to assess the effective access of minorities and vulnerable groups to humanitarian assistance and to ensure that EU's humanitarian policy leaves no one behind;

Amendment 64 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles and its concrete proposals to improve the provision of humanitarian aid, and calls for the swift implementation of these proposals; reiterates that in accordance with the European Consensus, the EU’s humanitarian aid must always be provided solely on the basis of need, must be fully in line with the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, and must pay particular attention to vulnerable groups, such as people with disabilities; Calls the European Commission to ensure serious backstops measures regarding the growing risk of politization of aid;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles and its concrete proposals to improve the provision of humanitarian aid, and calls for the swift implementation of these proposals in close consultation and cooperation with humanitarian partners – especially NGOs and frontline responders; reiterates that in accordance with the European Consensus, the EU’s humanitarian aid must always be provided solely on the basis of need, must be fully in line with the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, and must pay particular attention to vulnerable groups;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles and its concrete proposals to improve the provision of humanitarian aid, and calls for the swift implementation of these proposals; reiterates that in accordance with the European Consensus, the EU’s humanitarian aid must always be provided solely on the basis of need, must be fully in line with the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, and must pay particular attention to vulnerable groups, especially in conflict zones;

Amendment 67 #

1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles and its concrete proposals to improve the provision of humanitarian aid, and calls for the swift implementation of these proposals; reiterates that in accordance with the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid, the EU’s humanitarian aid must always be provided solely on ~~the basis of~~well- defined and pre-assessed needs, must be fully in line with the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, and must pay particular attention to vulnerable groups;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines the important role of civil society, humanitarian organisations and local partners in identifying the needs on spot and delivering humanitarian aid directly to those in need; calls however for enhanced coordination of assistance distributed among NGOs and other donors to secure predictability of aid and to avoid fragmentation of aid as well as overlapping actions;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission to put the principle ‘no one left behind’ at the heart of the new approach to humanitarian actions, that should be also reflected in the budget for new and ongoing crisis in order to exclude the phenomenon of forgotten conflicts;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

— having regard to the UN Global Compact on Refugees adopted on 17 December 2018,

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes with concern the ~~sharp increase in the humanitarian funding gap, as major donors are reducing funding at a time of growing needs; underlines the stark differences~~ inability of NGOs and especially international organizations to household with the funding provided and the continues and increasing contributions both at a global level and from within the EU; calls for the EU to advocate for greater international responsibility-sharing and an increase in humanitarian funding; urges the Member States to lead by example and contribute a fixed share of their gross national incomes to humanitarian aidalls from these organizations for more and yet more funding; calls for that the Commission provides a proposal with drastic cutbacks in aid-interventions from the Member States and how the Commission itself shall have no more role to play in the distribution of funds from Member States destined for aid but instead focus on European matters; calls on the Commission to report annually and extensively on the amount of humanitarian funding disbursed from ~~within the EU and at a global level~~the funds provided by the Member States until they have relinquished their hold over this function;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes with concern the sharp increase in the humanitarian funding gap, as major donors are reducing funding at a time of growing needs; underlines the stark differences in contributions both at a global level and from within the EU; calls for the EU to advocate for greater international responsibility-sharing ~~and an increase in humanitarian funding; urges the Member States to lead by example and contribute a fixed share of their gross national incomes to humanitarian aid~~; calls on the Commission to report annually on the amount of humanitarian funding disbursed from within the EU and the effectiveness of those funds and at a global level;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes with concern the sharp increase in the humanitarian funding gap, as major donors are reducing funding at a time of growing needs; underlines the stark differences in contributions both at a global level and from within the EU; calls for the EU to provide an appropriate budget for EU humanitarian actions to guarantee that financial needs are ready in a flexible manner and to keep a ring-fenced envelope within the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) for humanitarian crises outside the Union and maintaining the existing capacity to rapidly mobilise additional funds in the case of emerging, escalating or sudden onset emergencies; calls for the EU to advocate for greater international responsibility-sharing and an increase in humanitarian funding to meet the needs; urges the Member States to lead by example and contribute a ~~fixed~~ share of their gross national incomes to humanitarian aid; calls on the Commission to report annually on the amount of humanitarian funding disbursed ~~from within~~by the EU ~~and~~ at a global level;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes with concern the sharp increase in the humanitarian funding gap, as major donors are reducing funding at a time of growing needs; underlines the stark differences in contributions both at a global level and from within the EU; calls for the EU to provide a robust annual budget for EU humanitarian aid to guarantee timely, predictable and flexible funding for humanitarian aid from the start of each financial year and to keep a ring-fenced envelope within the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) for humanitarian crises outside the Union; calls for the EU to advocate for greater international responsibility-sharing and an increase in humanitarian funding; urges the Member States to lead by example and contribute a fixed share of their gross national incomes to humanitarian aid; calls on the Commission to report annually on the amount of humanitarian funding disbursed from within the EU and at a global level;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes with concern the sharp increase in the humanitarian funding gap, as major donors are reducing funding at a time of growing needs and that in many cases it is an issue of political will rather than affordability; underlines the stark differences in contributions both at a global level and from within the EU; calls for the EU to advocate for greater international responsibility-sharing and an increase in humanitarian funding; urges the Member States to lead by example and contribute a fixed share of their gross national incomes to humanitarian aid; calls on the Commission to ensure a more predictable, timely, and flexible revenue for humanitarian action, both for long-term protracted crisis in fragile and conflict affected settings and in order to respond timely to new rapid onset disasters; calls on the Commission to report annually on the amount of humanitarian funding disbursed from within the EU and at a global level;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes with concern the sharp increase in the humanitarian funding gap, as major donors are reducing funding at a time of growing needs; underlines the stark differences in contributions both at a global level and from within the EU; calls for the EU to advocate for greater international responsibility-sharing and an increase in humanitarian funding and launch a joint initiative on new donorship and burden sharing; urges the Member States to lead by example and contribute a fixed share of their gross national incomes to humanitarian aid; calls on the Commission to report annually on the amount of humanitarian funding disbursed from within the EU and at a global level;

Amendment 76 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for the EU to provide a robust annual budget for EU humanitarian aid to guarantee timely, predictable and flexible funding for humanitarian aid from the start of each financial year and to keep a ring-fenced envelope within the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) for humanitarian crises outside the Union and maintaining the existing capacity to rapidly mobilise additional funds in the case of emerging, escalating or sudden onset emergencies;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for the EU to provide a robust annual budget for EU humanitarian aid to guarantee timely, predictable and flexible funding for humanitarian aid from the start of each financial year and to keep a ring-fenced envelope within the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) for humanitarian crises outside the Union and maintaining the existing capacity to rapidly mobilise additional funds in the case of emerging, escalating or sudden onset emergencies;

Amendment 78 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that more private humanitarian-action donors must be mobilised, for the purposes of both fundraising and the provision of innovative services;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls for an expansion of the circle of donor countries which contribute to humanitarian aid on a voluntary basis, to include the 100 countries that the World Bank identifies as high-income and richest countries in the world amounting to a gross national income (GNI) of $80 trillion in 2018; underlines that a contribution of these countries counting for 0.03% of their GNI should be compulsory and would allow to raise the $30 billion needed to address international humanitarian crises; stresses that the involvement of new countries would not only solve the question of the volume of aid, but contribute to depoliticising humanitarian aid and making it less exposed to divisions between major state powers as was the case over funding for the WHO during the Covid-19 crisis;

Amendment 8 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)

— having regard to the UNHCR Report on use of Flexible Funding in 2020 and the updates thereof,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on modalities for the distribution of the financial envelope for humanitarian aid to be entrusted to an independent body that is non-aligned in conflicts, in particular with regard to the members of the UN Security Council, and composed of representatives of the United Nations, the ICRC and international NGOs;

Amendment 81 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is alarmed at the growing number of serious violations of international humanitarian law and calls for the establishment of an EU coordination mechanism in order to monitor violations and advocate for ensuring that international humanitarian law is respected, including by using the relevant political, development aid, trade and economic levers in the EU’s external actionsaddened and concerned by all serious violations of international humanitarian law;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is alarmed at the growing number of serious violations of international humanitarian law and calls for the establishment of an EU coordination mechanism in order to develop an EU coherent approach towards international humanitarian law, as well as monitor violations and advocate for ensuring that international humanitarian law is respected, including by using the relevant political, development aid, trade and economic levers in the EU’s external action;

Amendment 83 #

Ádám KÓSA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is alarmed at the growing number of serious violations of international humanitarian law and ~~calls for the establishment of an EU coordination mechanism in order to monitor violations and~~ advocates for ensuring that international humanitarian law is respected, including by using the relevant political, development aid, trade and economic levers in the EU’s external action;

Amendment 84 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is alarmed at the growing number of serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, and calls for the establishment of an EU coordination mechanism in order to monitor violations and advocate for ensuring that international humanitarian law is respected, including by using the relevant political, development aid, trade and economic levers in the EU’s external action;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Is concerned about the risk of instrumentalisation of humanitarian aid via the EU humanitarian-development- peace nexus approach which may imply that the promotion of humanitarian principles and International Humanitarian Law will not necessarily prevail for humanitarian action but be side-lined by joint-up and coherent action between the 3 axes of the nexus in line with policy objectives set by the EU agenda; in this regard, stresses in particular that humanitarian action must urgently be dissociated from the security or stability agendas;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Supports the Commission’s commitment to leveraging private finance and further involving the private sector in EU humanitarian assistance and welcomes the launch of pilot blending initiative from the EU’s humanitarian budget in 2021; calls upon the Commission to lead by example in trialling a range of blending initiatives, including humanitarian impact bonds and disaster risk insurance schemes, and to make full use of the European Investment Bank and the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus for humanitarian purposes;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include international humanitarian law violations as a criterion for listing individuals or entities in the relevant EU sanctions regimes; notes that sanctions and restrictive measures must comply with international humanitarian law and must not hinder the provision of humanitarian assistance; underlines the need to consistently include humanitarian exceptions in regimes of restrictive measures and to provide the necessary support and guidance to partners to apply these exceptions effectively;deleted

Amendment 88 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include international humanitarian law violations as a criterion for listing individuals or entities in the relevant EU sanctions regimes; notes that sanctions and restrictive measures must comply with international humanitarian law and must not hinder the provision of humanitarian assistance; underlines the need to consistently include humanitarian exceptions in regimes of restrictive measures and to provide the necessary support and guidance to partners to apply these exceptions effectively;deleted

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to closely monitor, notably through existing mechanisms such as the International Humanitarian Fact Finding Commission, and include international humanitarian law violations as a criterion for listing individuals or entities in the relevant EU sanctions regimes; notes that sanctions and restrictive measures must comply with international humanitarian law and must not hinder the provision of humanitarian assistance; underlines the need to consistently include humanitarian excemptions in regimes of restrictive measures and to provide the necessary support and guidance to partners to apply these excemptions effectively; recalls that protracted crises are still humanitarian contexts, and that a substantial part of ‘nexus funding’ is channelled through development envelopes which cannot provide the same flexibility as humanitarian support in the allocation of funding; calls on the EU and its Member States to envisage concrete solutions for effective allocation of funding for partners operating in these contexts;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

— having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include international humanitarian law violations as a criterion for listing individuals or entities in the relevant EU sanctions regimes; notes that sanctions and restrictive measures must comply with international humanitarian law and must not hinder the provision of humanitarian assistance; underlines the need to consistently include humanitarian exceptions in regimes of restrictive measures and to provide the necessary support and guidance to partners to apply these exceptions effectively; recalls that protracted crises are still humanitarian contexts, and while a substantial part of ‘nexus funding’ is channelled through development envelopes and its funding rules, in such contexts, normal development funding rules cannot always apply, and flexibility is key; calls on the EU and its Member States to discuss and find practical solutions for partners operating in these contexts;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider where appropriate includeing international humanitarian law violations as a criterion for listing individuals or entities in the relevant EU sanctions regimes in line with the EU Guidelines on the promotion on compliance with International Humanitarian Law; notes that sanctions and restrictive measures must comply with international humanitarian law and must not hinder the provision of humanitarian a~~ssistance~~ctivities; underlines the need to consistently include humanitarian excemptions in regimes of restrictive measures and to provide the necessary support and guidance to partners to apply these excemptions effectively;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include international humanitarian law violations as a criterion for listing individuals or entities in the relevant EU sanctions regimes; notes that sanctions and restrictive measures taken in the context of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy must comply with international humanitarian law and must not hinder the provision of humanitarian assistance; underlines the need to consistently include humanitarian excemptions in regimes of restrictive measures and to provide the necessary support and guidance to partners to apply these exceptions effectively;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to closely monitor international humanitarian law violations and to include international humanitarian law violations as a criterion for listing individuals or entities in the relevant EU sanctions regimes; notes that sanctions and restrictive measures must comply with international humanitarian law and must not hinder the provision of humanitarian assistance; underlines the need to consistently include humanitarian exceptions in regimes of restrictive measures and to provide the necessary support and guidance to partners to apply these exceptions effectively;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that enforcement of international humanitarian law requires that procedural criminal law of all EU Member States enable the effective universal prosecution of international humanitarian law violations without any restriction regarding the place where these breaches are committed, the citizenship of perpetrators or the place where perpetrators reside; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal to harmonize the procedural aspects for the universal prosecution of international humanitarian law violations in all EU Member States;

Amendment 95 #

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for the EU humanitarian action to be fully inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities and other most-marginalised people. This applies equally to all mainstream EU humanitarian aid as well as ensuring financial resources for specific and targeted activities; stresses the importance of investment in capacity-building and training of EU staff in fully inclusive and accessible humanitarian action;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Given widespread violations of the right to food during conflicts, the recurring use of starvation as a method of warfare, and denial of humanitarian access, calls on the European Commission and the Member States to strengthen international humanitarian law and vigorously prosecute and sanction those who use starvation as a weapon of war;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly fulfil the commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit and as part of the Grand Bargain; highlights the importance of making humanitarian aid more efficient and effective by increasing multiannual and multi-country funding, reducing the administrative burden for humanitarian partners and promoting innovative solutions, among other endeavourCommission to ensure that the funds they are administrating is more efficient and effective, reducing the administrative costs while ensuring a higher level of oversight and ensuring less funding supplied to local NGOs who has a notorious track record of embezzling and squandering funds;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly fulfil the commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit and as part of the Grand Bargain; highlights the importance of making humanitarian aid more efficient and effective by increasing multiannual and multi-country funding, reducing the administrative burden for humanitarian partners and promoting innovative solutions, among other endeavours; calls upon the Commission to continue efforts to ensure the flexibility and fungibility of humanitarian and development assistance and, to this end, to regularly monitor and report upon the pilot Programmatic Partnerships launched in 2021 with partner NGOs; encourages the EU and its Member States to introduce crisis modifiers in grant agreements with local development partners to ensure sufficient programme flexibility for those partners to rapidly shift from development activities to emergency response in case of a sudden emergency; encourages the Commission and the EEAS explore ways of making full use of the Rapid Response pillar of the ‘Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument', Global Europe'.

Amendment 99 #