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6 Amendments of David MCALLISTER related to 2015/2220(INI)

Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas reaching a common understanding of democracy, the rule of law and human rights is a basic prerequisite for deeper cooperation between the EU and the five countries of Central Asia in areas of mutual interest, in the very meaning of the term ‘partnership’ as vested in the Partnership Cooperation Agreements; whereas the overall situation of democracy and human rights in the region remains to various degrees poor and deeply worrying;
2015/12/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Shares the view that a differentiated and conditional approach should be applied in order to achieve better results both bilaterally and regionally; believes that regional programmes, such as those for border management, drugs and trafficking, transport and energy, should be tailor-made so as to target interested parties, and could therefore benefit from participation in them being confined to a limited or flexible number of countries of the region, possibly also including Afghanistan, Iran, and Mongolia and Azerbaijan;
2015/12/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Is of the opinion that development aid should be disbursed only in countries with a genuine interest in the alleviation of poverty and equal and sustainable socio- economic progress, and that those countries must demonstrate efficient anti- corruption policies and allow the EU to monitor implementation; questions, in this respect, the rationale for and cost- effectiveness of the aid to Turkmenistan which will graduate from bilateral aid in 2017, and of that to Uzbekistan; requests that the policy be reviewed should improvements occur; encourages the VP/HR to help foster progress in this field;
2015/12/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Encourages the EU to enhance connectivity by identifying, together with the countries from Central Asia, fields of intensified cooperation, especially with regard to transport and energy; stresses that priority should be given to the integration of Central Asian countries among and between each other as well as into international markets and corridors;
2015/12/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Asks the Member States to refrain from arms deliveries to Central Asia, in line with the eight criteria laid down in the 2008 EU common position on arms export controls; in this respect, raises concern over the export of 300 US armoured vehicles to Uzbekistan in 2014- 2015;deleted
2015/12/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Encourages the EU to increase its dialogue on Central Asia with relevant regional and international organisations as well as with neighbours of the Central Asian countries and other active states in the region;
2015/12/11
Committee: AFET