5 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2014/2230(INI)
Amendment 18 #
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 civilians 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 it; is keen to point out that the natural role of the EU is to be a standard-bearer for the protection of human rights and soft power, opposing any military solution to international disputes, especially if it is delegated or where it is actually generated by funding or relationships with military factions of civil society, which the EU should avoid and discourage;
Amendment 64 #
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; calls on the EU to foster cultural, ethnic and religious dialogue that is able to involve, in a peaceful exchange and meeting of minds, first and foremost ethnic Pashtuns and Islamic reformist groups, which have been torn apart by decades of Taliban dominance; urges the EU to stimulate regional dialogue and facilitate the re- establishment of peace in Afghan relations, especially with regard to relations with neighbouring Pakistan;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. Calls for the transformation of EUPOL Afghanistan into a support mission for an Afghan-led DDR process, i.a. with the goals of demobilising the various militias and reducing the total number of ANSF personnel as far and as fast as possible; calls urges the EU and the Member States to implement the 1997 Ottawa Treaty and, given that Afghan territories are among the EU and on NATO to support and adequately fund efforts for demining Afghanistan; ose which have been the most adversely affected by the scourge of anti-personnel mines, to support and adequately fund demining programmes which include assistance in care and rehabilitation, the social and economic reintegration of mine victims and the launch of public information programmes on mines;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Notes the lack ofenormous difficulties encountered in making substantial 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 135 #
Motion for a resolution
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13. Regrets the fact that, despite modest progress in some areas, the large amounts of development aid provided so far has failed to improve significantly the social and economic situation of the majority of the population; is concerned about the high rate of unemployment (which is estimated to have reached 50 %)7, the poor access to medical care, the poor state of the health system and the fact that more than half of the population is living in poverty; calls on all public and private European funding schemes run by the EU or its Member States to bring down the Afghanistan's public debt, so that its national unity government can introduce expansionary economic and fiscal policies while defending the human rights of its people; __________________ 7 German Foreign Ministry progress report on Afghanistan 2014 (‘Fortschrittsbericht Afghanistan 2014’). http://www.auswaertiges- amt.de/cae/servlet/contentblob/691670/pub licationFile/199488/141119- Fortschrittsbericht_AFG_2014.pdf.