9 Amendments of Brian HAYES related to 2016/2094(INI)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the importance of a clear European external strategy requiring coherence of policies, notably on human rights, support to civil society and the rule of law, fight against inequality, peace and security, migration, trade, the environment and climate change, humanitarian assistance and development cooperation; reiterates, however, that development objectives are goals in their own right; recalls the treaty-based obligation enshrined in Article 208 TFEU to ‘'take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’'; recalls the principles of EU external action under Article 21(1) TFEU, namely democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need to fulfil EU's commitment to allocate 20% of its ODA to human development and social inclusion, with a focus on health and education;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a continued strong EU commitment to and promotion of rules- based global governance, whereby developing countries have an equal say and weight in multilateral bodies making decisions impacting them, and notably the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of environmental sustainability, including a stable climate, for poverty eradication and sustainable development; calls for environmental considerations to be integrated across all sectors of development cooperation; calls for the 2030 Agenda to be implemented as a whole and not selectively and in a coordinated and coherent manner with the Paris agreement on climate change;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises the special role of the good governance dimension of sustainable development; calls on the EU to strengthen the balance between economic, social and environmental domains by putting in placesupporting comprehensive national sustainable development strategies and supporting the right mechanisms and processes of good governance, with a central attention to civil society participation;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for EU development policy to continue to prioritise support to least developed and low-income countries (LDCs and LICs) while also finding new ways of cooperation with theddressing the diverse and specific needs of middle- income countries (MICs) in which the majority of the world’'s poor live, in line with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for gender equality and women’'s rights to be a cross-cutting goal in EU development policy in accordance with the EU Gender Action Plan, coupled with specific policy-driven action to target challenges in this area; calls for further EU efforts to promote the important role of women and youth as agents of development and change; underlines in this regard, that gender equality comprises women and men and girls and boygirls and boys and women and men of all ages and that programmes should encourage equal co-participation of rights and services, for example as in the case of access to education;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for specific EU development strategies to better target, protect and support vulnerable and marginalised groups such as women of all ages, and children, the elderlyolder people, persons with disabilities, linguistic and ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples, in order to offer them the same opportunities and rights as everyone elensure that their rights are equally realised, in line with the principle of Leaving No- one Behind;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. In the light of demographic growthtransition [or 'change'], most notably in Africa and in the LDCs, taking into account the fact that of the 21 countries with the highest fertility, 19 are in Africa, that Nigeria is the country with the world’'s fastest-growing population, and that by 2050 more than half of global population growth is expected to be in Africa and this is a problem for sustainable development; and that the world's population is rapidly ageing with African countries expected to age at unprecedented rates; suggests that EU development cooperation should put more emphasis on programmes that address this topic;