19 Amendments of Maria HEUBUCH related to 2015/2051(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas a billion people could be displaced because of climate change by 2050, with more than 40 per cent of the global population living in areas of severe water stress; whereas economic losses from natural disasters are likely to increase dramatically from the $300 billion currently lost annually;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas international humanitarian law requires that all necessary medical care, including safe abortion services, be provided without discrimination to girls and women raped in war;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the consolidated humanitarian appeal for 2015 reached a record high in UN history at close to EUR 19 billion; whereas, despite record contributions by donors, only a quarter of the global appeal was funded and the EU has struggled to fund global humanitarian appeals and ECHO supported operations, therefore reinforcing the need for globally coordinated, timely, predictable and flexible funding tailored to different contexts and sustained by a new public- private partnership for innovative preparedness and by delivery methods; whereas the EU has struggled to fund global humanitarian appeals and ECHO operations; whereas the renewed commitment to the 0.7% aid target and the timely delivery on pledges are all the more important in such a context;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas local and national NGOs in crisis affected countries receive only a very limited part of international humanitarian assistance, even though their reactivity, knowledge of needs and possibilities to reach out to affected people is at times better than that of international actors;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas strengthening resilience to disaster through mitigation of risks and protection from shocks is of key importance in order to reduce humanitarian needs;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that today’'s enormous humanitarian challenges require a more inclusive, diverse and truly global humanitarian system to be built at the WHS recognising the diversity in today's humanitarian response system and the complementary roles of all actors; calls on the EU to promote a Global Consensus on Humanitarian Action that reaffirms the principles of humanitarian aid and promotes people-centred protection responses, and also holds governments accountable for their roles and responsibilities in protecting peoplethe obligations and entitlements under International Humanitarian law (IHL), while ensuring people-centred and human rights-based protection responses, and also holds governments accountable for their roles and responsibilities in protecting people; deplores the growing politicisation of assistance witnessed in recent years and recalls that the upholding of and the continued commitment to the core humanitarian principles is critical to ensure a humanitarian space in areas of conflict and natural disasters;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the WHS to link the Post- 2015 Development, the Sendai Framework on DRR and the COP21 in order to enhance coherence across policies and institutions for building disaster resilience and request a more active role of development actors in building resilience; calls on donor governments to develop for their national policies a common set of targets, priorities and indicators linking these frameworks;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the funding issue should be a key topic at the WHS; highlights the need for a more coherent global approach which should aim to bridge the divide between the humanitarian and development architecture, avoid parallel systems, broaden the funding base by including foundations, civil society and emerging donors, ensure greater predictability, promote joint needs assessment and develop innovative means of financing; highlights the need to ensure continued funding for humanitarian action in so- called forgotten crises;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges that the provision of humanitarian aid follow international humanitarian law, and not be subject to restrictions limiting victims' access to necessary medical treatment, including access to abortion for women and girls who are victims of rape in armed conflicts, as required by the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that migrants must be offered the same level of protection of their rights as guaranteed to all other groups in times of crises; calls for attention to be paid to particularly vulnerable groups, such as migrants, stateless persons and refugees, that are often neglected in the humanitarian debate;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for the universal ratification of all international instruments pertaining to the protection of civilians, including the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention; insists on the importance of incorporating international humanitarian law (IHL) into domestic legislation; stresses the need to monitor the application of IHL and to hold perpetrators of violations, including Non State Actors, to account; calls on the EU and its Member States to provide their strong support to the future IHL compliance mechanism and to carry out effective reporting on grave violations, particularly through EU Delegations, Member States' Missions and EU CSDP missions;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Expresses concern at the blurring of distinction between humanitarian and military actors and the co-optation of humanitarian action for military or political ends, which undermines and endangers genuine humanitarian operations and their staff; invites the WHS to set up guidelines for the use of military means in humanitarian action respecting key humanitarian principles; considers that the use of military assets and capabilities in support of humanitarian operations should constitute a 'last resort', i.e. where there is no comparable civilian alternative;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to increase financing for education for children in humanitarian emergencies; calls on the Council to endorse the Commission’s proposal to dedicate 4% of the EU humanitarian aid budget to this purpose; considers that this increase should not lead to a reduced consideration for other primary needs;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges that predictability, operational flexibility and multi-year contributions are key prerequisites of efficient and effective aid delivery; calls on the EU and its Member States to reinvigorate the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) principles in the WHS declaration; calls on the EU to ensure predictable and timely funding for humanitarian aid through the EU budget by ensuring that the EU's humanitarian commitment appropriations are matched by a sufficient level of payment appropriations;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines that an international response should build on existing local or national initiatives and partnerships rather than creating parallel efforts; insists on the importance of strengthening local and regional capacity for the delivery of humanitarian assistance and of providing for inclusive processes where local authorities, civil society, the private sector and the affected populations are included in the planning process;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Deplores the negative impact of counter-terrorism measures on humanitarian action, including increased administrative procedures for procurement or vetting of partners, which may significantly impede aid delivery to populations in areas where armed groups designated as terrorists may be active; insists that counter-terrorism measures should not undermine humanitarian efforts and invites the WHS to address this issue in an appropriate way;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need for a new global model for humanitarian/development cooperation starting with joint analysis and programming, the inclusion of entry strategies for development actors in order to build bridges in the field, of crisis modifiers in development programmes and of exit strategies in humanitarian responses that allow a more flexible approach; calls on donors to systematically consider this link in their development policy and humanitarian aid frameworks and to work with partner countries, including their governments, local NGOs and civil society, to develop national strategies for disaster response, preparedness and risk reduction;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the WHS to give sufficient emphasis to the issue of climate change and humanitarian action; this should include planning for the consequences of climate change, including climate- induced displacement and migrations, in all relevant policy making, at regional and global level;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Underlines that an increased complementarity between humanitarian and development aid in order to address humanitarian aid financing gaps should go hand in hand with increased, not less, development aid funding and recalls in this context the international commitment of reaching an expenditure level of 0.7 % of GNI;