24 Amendments of Miguel URBÁN CRESPO related to 2020/2118(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the UNCTAD report "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on trade and development: transitioning to a new normal",
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas both the epidemic itself and the resulting economic and social crises are global problems; whereas now more than ever, competition must be replaced with solidarity and cooperation on a global level;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas climate change and the continuous worldwide loss of biodiversity and destruction of natural habitats greatly increase the risks of zoonotic diseases; whereas the COVID-19 outbreak must in no way be misused as an excuse for delays in tackling the climate and environmental emergency; whereas there is an urgent need for a green, social rebuilding of the global economy after the COVID-19 outbreak;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, according to recent analysis , most developed and rich countries representing just 14 per cent of the world’s population have bought 53 per cent of the most promising vaccines and consequently 9 out of 10 people in most developing countries will not have access to a COVID-19 vaccine during this year;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) estimates that an additional 140 million people will be thrown into living in extreme poverty, living on less than US$1,90 per day in 2020 due to the pandemic, and the number of people facing acute food insecurity stands to double and rise to 265 million in 2020; whereas almost 690 million people were hungry globally in 2019, an increase of 10 million over 2018; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic could have pushed an additional 83 million to 132 million into chronic hunger in 2020;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has revealed the weaknesses of health systems due to consistent lack of funding and support and illustrates the systemic and geographic inequalities in access to essential services (such as health and WASH) as a result of neoliberal and austerity economic policies implemented globally over the last decades;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the vaccines developed by AstraZeneca/Oxford, Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech have received more than $5 billion dollars of public funding;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which demonstrates its ambition to lead and show solidarity with all partner countries; points out, however, that current funds are essentially reallocated from other budget lines and that the challenge of aid front-loading has to be tackled; calls, therefore, for substantial new funds to be mobilised to assist developing countries worldwide in fighting the direct and indirect consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that making safe vaccines available globally in a fast and affordable manner must be one of the first steps; therefore calls on the EU to support the WTO initiative of India and South Africa for a temporary waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments and calls on the pharmaceutical companies to share their knowledge and data through the World Health Organization COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP);
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the need to maintain and scale up the current level of response to the existing humanitarian crises and allocate sufficient and flexible funding to address both the global pandemic and ongoing humanitarian crises, as diverted funding would have catastrophic impacts on the most vulnerable regions worldwide whilst ensuring adequate emergency funding to respond to the impending hunger crisis as well as long-term investments to improve resilience and to prevent future similar crises;]
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Urges the EU and Member States to allocate additional money to the countries who will suffer the greatest impacts to address the direct and indirect impacts of the global crisis and insists on the need to accelerate the implementation of emergency food aid programmes targeting those who were already identified as being vulnerable before the COVID-19 crisis, while enforcing procedures to reduce the risks of transmission;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls the importance of the multisectoral approach to nutrition in the COVID-19 response, meaning a guarantee for all to have access to nutritious food, ensure access to basic social services such as health, social protection, WASH and education;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need to support the actions of the FAO and the WFPa coordinated international response, the actions of FAO , WFP and local and international NGO's aimed at mitigating hunger and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to food, to organise cash transfers and in-kind food distribution, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems while focusing on smallholder farmers by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that it is crucial to develop local agriculture for local consumption, in order to reduce developing countries dependence on imports and exports and their vulnerability to international price fluctuations as well as possible disruptions along the food chain; emphasises that local markets and short supply chains ensure the continuity of accessible, safe, affordable, nutritious and healthy food for all; calls on the EU to promote sustainability across all aspects of food supply chains, from production to consumption, in line with the Farm to Fork strategy;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights the need to transform our current agriculture model and food systems to make them resilient, fair, sustainable, equitable and empowering and the need to support agro-ecology as a response to COVID-19 and to prevent similar crises in the future, as it could secure nutritious food for all, is climate resilient and preserves biodiversity, in line with the Green Deal, and enables farmers to be less dependent on external inputs and more resilient to crises;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Refugees and displaced populations
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of displaced populations and refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve; stresses the absolute need to factor migrants and refugees' vulnerability into any national plan to respond to COVID-19 and for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes for all affected people, regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristic;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the revision of proposed or existing strategies with the aim of further strengthening health systems in partner countries, in particular as regards preparedness for pandemics and the organisation and management of health systems, including the provision of universal and public healthcare, health monitoring and information, training of medical staff, diagnostic capacity and medicine supply;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises that strengthening the public provision of universal healthcare is the best way to fight global epidemics , and stresses that public health should be in the hands of the public or non-profit sector in order not to depend on the market; calls on the EU to support medicines and vaccines manufacturing capacities of developing countries, also through the creation of publicly owned pharmaceutical companies; calls for the preservation of public healthcare systems and a substantial increase in their funding to ensure universal access to good quality hospitals, care facilities for the elderly, local health services and medicines and that the rights of people with disabilities are upheld;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that, when EU public money is spent on research, the results of that research are not protected by intellectual property rights and price accessibility to patients is guaranteed for the products developed; stresses the importance of public research and development activities and institutions and of cooperation at international level, while expressing concerns over the dominant role of multinationals in the pharmaceutical sector; urges all pharmaceutical companies and research institutes that have benefitted from public support and funding to pool their data and knowledge on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments through the World Health Organization COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C- TAP);
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Believes that COVID-19 vaccines must be a global public good, free of charge to the population, and fairly distributed and based on need and not ability to pay. Urges the Commission to support South Africa's and India’s proposal to the World Trade Organisation Council to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments until everyone is protected;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Underlines that national and local health authorities should be supported to ensure the continuity of primary health care services (including mental healthcare) and sustain health interventions linked with lethal diseases (including undernutrition, tuberculosis, malaria, HIV);
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Highlights that the continuity of basic health services, including nutrition, is needed in the response and recovery to COVID-19; underlines that quality nutrition services should be provided as part of primary healthcare, including the prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of all forms of malnutrition; recognizes the role of community health workers as front liners that need to be reinforced including through training;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines the need to work alongside local communities and local civil societies in the definition and implementation of the response; acknowledges the key role and expertise of civil society and national/local and international NGOs in the COVID-19 response while they are very much on the forefront of the local response and are legitimate and trusted actors present in hard-to-reach areas;