11 Amendments of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2023/2052(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas since 2011 half a million Syrians have died and 14 million have been displaced due to violent attacks by armed and terrorist groups, but mainly as a result of the fierce repression by the Syrian regime, with the help of its allies, of its own people; whereas this repression has included the repeated use of chemical weapons, incendiary bombs, barrel bombs, missiles and conventional aerial bombardments on civilians; whereas at least 150 000 Syrians are missing in the regime’s concentration-camp system and families have still not been informed of the fate of their loved ones; whereas over 1 500 civilians were killed by the Syrian regime during the sarin attack in Ghouta in 2013;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas authoritarian foreign actors, including Russia, the Wagner militia, Hezbollah and Iran, have played a destructive role for the country since 2011, and whereas the Syrian regime does not control the whole of national territory and can remain in power only with the support of these foreign actors and their proxy forces;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas ISISDaesh committed crimes against humanity, including genocide, in the territories temporarily under its control prior to the intervention of the international coalition;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the Syrian state is not sufficiently addressinggnores the basic needs of the Syrian people, especially in parts of the Syrian territory that are not fully controlled by the Syrian regime, the country’s economic situation is extremely precarious and Syria has turned into a narco-state;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) reaffirm the EU’s strong support for Syria’s continued democratic aspirations, despite the regime’s total repression since the peaceful protests in 2011, which has been bolstered by decisive military and financial assistance from Iran and Russia to enable Assad and his cronies to retain power;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) stress the regime’s personal responsibility for the death of more than half a million civilians, the destruction of the country, the displacement of the majority of the population (the internally displaced alone are estimated at six and a half million people), the torture and disappearance of 150 000 people at the hands of the concentration-camp system, the use of chemical weapons against civilians and the systematic destruction of any democratic and peaceful opposition;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) oppose any normalisation of relations with the Assad regime without any profound and objectively verifiable developments in the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2254 (2015), including the release of political prisoners, informing the families of the victims about the fate of the missing and the cessation of any attacks and obstacles to humanitarian aid;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) deplore the continued presence on Syrian territory of hundreds of Iranian and Russian bases and militias; express deep concern about the economic exploitation of the country by predatory foreign powers;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) condemn the attacks by Turkish forces and their occupation of Syrian territories in the north; express their deep concern about the persistence of radical Islamist opposition in Idlib province; support the continuation of the international coalition against the Islamic State, which remains active in Syria despite significant defeats; call for a determined international effort to continue its fight against the Islamic State in Syria until its complete elimination;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) step up efforts to counter Russian disinformation about the Syrian civil war and other conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, including disinformation in the Arabic language;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) strongly condemn Russia’s countless vetos against delivering aid to the people in the north; denounce once again Russia’s attempts to tarnish the image of wWhite helmetHelmets; stress that the White Helmets play a significant role in the rescue of Syrian civilians, often at the cost of their own lives;