13 Amendments of Michèle ALLIOT-MARIE related to 2014/2230(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Points out that more than 13 years of western intervention with numerous casualties (10 548 killed and wounded civil, despite western military and humanitarians in 2014 alone) have made it painfully clear that no military solution is possible in Afghanistan; stresses that the Western military presence, and especially its offensive operations, are part of the conflict and not a solution to ittervention, the situation in Afghanistan is continuing to deteriorate;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Calls for a break in the vicious circle of violence so that peace may be achieved; calls, therefore, onon the EU, the EUN, NATO and the US to withdraw all military troops; urges all foreign parties immediately to cease all civil-military cooperation since such an approach can imply a risk for aid organisations and civil societ, as well as all their allies, to make every effort needed in order to restore peace and stability in the country;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. RegretWelcomes the signing of the BSA and the NATO SOFA by the new Afghan administration as it undermines the sovereignty of the state of Afghanistan and its institutions and may lead to impunity of war crimes; is concerned that the NATO-Afghanistan SOFA allows Western troop deployments until the end of 2024 and beyond; is concerned by the fact that US President Obama authorised a more expansive and combative role for the US military in Afghanistan in NovemberStatus of Forces Agreement (SOFA) under the Partnership for Peace of the UN, which includes Afghanistan and the NATO member states; points out that NATO has been conducting the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, which is the successor to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission, since 1 January 20145;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Is concerned about the high costs of training for the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF),; which is estimated to have reached USD 6 billion in 2014, and the lack of long-term commitments by the EU, or by other members of the international community, to finance the ANSF budget; stresses that even with the planned reduction of personnel to about 230 000 in the coming years it will be impossible for the Afghan Government to provide the necessary financing; expresses its grave concern that this may lead to a dangerous situation in which a highly militarised and equipped police and army could look for alternative ways of generating incomeelcomes the action taken by EUPOL Afghanistan since 2007 in support of the Afghan Government's reform efforts;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Calls on the EU to support the Afghan Government in its pursuit of a comprehensive and inclusive, Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process, actively including the whole range of civil society and all conflict parties, including – following a ceasefire – combatant, insurgent and militia groups, as no lasting solution to the conflict can otherwise be achieved; calls on the EU actively to support an Afghan-led disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration into society (DDR) of former insurgents;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Stresses the need for inclusive regional cooperation with the objective of promoting long-term peace, stability and security in the wider region; promotes a new approach towards the security situation in Afghanistan and its neighbours in the form of a multilateral forum for dialogue and negotiation between the countries and regions concerned, covering issues and commitments on politico-security, social, economic, environmental and human rights issues; stresses that this forum could signal a new and constructive approach of ownership, self-determination and the behaviour of states towards their citizens, as well as towards each other; emphasises that this forum should be initiated in cooperation with the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and; stresses that this forum could be initiated in cooperation with the UN;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Welcomes the stated intent of the new President Ashraf Ghani to make combating corruption one of his priorities; encourages the Afghan Government to engage in establishing an independent judiciary; encourages a thorough review process of the role and failures of the attempts to establish a functioning justice system, as well as of the role of the EUPOL mission in this context;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Notes the lack of substantialinsufficient progress on human and fundamental rights since 2002, in particular with regard to women and girls in Afghanistan; calls on the new government to dedicate more political capital to this issue and, in particular, to implement the National Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan and the law on the elimination of violence against women (EVAW), as well as to comply with all other international treaties concerning human rights; calls on the Afghan authorities to promote the effective participation of women in all key bodies, nationally and internationally, and at all levels;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
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14. Is critical of the fact that a large portion of the aid provided through various funding channels does not serve the needs of the Afghan people, and that project funding is often not guided by social but by military considerations; uUrges the EU to use all allocated aid strictly for development, not for security purposes, and to encourage its allies to follow suit purposes;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
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16. Is alarmed about the country’s high aid-dependency ratio, severe budget deficits and decline in domestic revenue; emphasises the need for development programmes to create a gradually more independent economy in Afghanistan, weaning it off dependence on foreign donors; highlights the potentially important role that the country’s neighbours can play for such development;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
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19. Emphasises the potential of Afghanistan’s resources, which are estimated to have a value of USD 900 billion; encourages the EU to assist the government to realise this potential in a way that in the first instance benefits the Afghan people rather than safeguards the profits of multinational enterprises;