Activities of Janina OCHOJSKA related to 2021/2208(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Addressing food security in developing countries (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recognises the right to food as part of the right to an adequate standard of living,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 10 March 2021 on “the EU humanitarian action, new challenges and same principles”, which envisages inter alia key actions to strengthen the humanitarian-development-peace nexus to better link urgent relief and longer- term solutions (COM(2012)110),
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 b (new)
Citation 20 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission Communication COM(2013) 141 final of 2.3.2013 on “Enhancing Maternal and Child Nutrition in External Assistance: An EU Policy Framework”,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
— having regards to the Council Conclusions on Food and Nutrition Security in external assistance of 28.5.2013,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
H c. whereas the number of undernourished people globally is projected by 7.6 million people to 13.1 million people;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the right to food refers to the dimension of availability, accessibility, adequacy (sufficient quantity and stability of access);
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the unprovoked and unjustifiable Russian war of aggression in Ukraine has further destabilised already fragile agricultural markets and exacerbated the already severe situation caused by COVID-19;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas Russian invasion risks having serious consequences for global food security, in Ukraine but also for many food-deficit countries in Africa (including Sub-Saharan Africa), the Middle East, and the Western Balkans; together with rising food prices, this is likely to increase poverty and instability in these countries;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas FAO estimates that the global supply gap that would result from a sudden and steep reduction in grain and sunflower seed exports by Ukraine could push international food and feed prices well above their already elevated levels;
Amendment 59 #
D. whereas malnutrition is an abnormal physiological condition caused by undernutrition as well as overweight and obesity; whereas an unacceptably large number of people are still affected by malnutrition: of all children under five, 22 % are stunted due to chronic malnutrition, 6.7 % are affected by wasting – a form of acute malnutrition – and 5.7 % are overweight14 ; _________________ 14 UNICEF, World Health Organization and World Bank joint child malnutrition estimates, Levels and trends in child malnutrition, 2021.
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the number of people in need of urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance is on the rise15 ; whereas the major drivers of this are conflicts, climate variability and climate extremes, environmental degradation, rising energy prices, limited access to water, economic shocks, global population growth and failed governance; _________________ 15 Global Report on Food Crises 2021.
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas nutrition is an important investment as good nutrition during the first thousand days of a child’s life is critical to achieving full physical, intellectual and human potential; whereas hunger and malnutrition negatively affects children's abilities to learn and influence them to drop out of school; whereas good nutrition is therefore the cornerstone of prosperity for societies;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas children in developing countries lost their only warm dish a day at schools as a result of lockdown and restrictive measures triggered by COVID- 19;