Activities of Glenys KINNOCK
Plenary speeches (122)
Presentation by its President of the new Members of the enlarged European Commission
Question Time (Commission)
European Council / Security
Budgetisation of the EDF
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2003
Question Time (Council)
Illegal trade in bushmeat
Question Time (Commission)
Health issues and poverty reduction
NEPAD
Role of the Union in conflict prevention in Africa, particularly in the implementation of the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement in Côte d'Ivoire
Question Time (Commission)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Vote (continuation)
Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries
ACP cooperation and the EU budget
Outcome of the World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference (Cancún, 10-14 September 2003)
Developing countries
Question Time (Commission)
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
Reform of the common agricultural policy
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Question Time (Commission)
Crisis on the international coffee market
Vote
Aid for sexual health in developing countries
Question Time (Commission)
Authorisation of generic medicines at WTO level
World hunger and the elimination of barriers to trade with the poorest countries
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Agricultural development for self-reliance
Trade and development for poverty eradication and food security
Result of the preparatory meeting for the Johannesburg Summit (Bali, 27 May – 7 June 2002)
Order of business
WTO meeting in Qatar (continuation)
Order of business
Poverty reduction (combating the major transmissible diseases)
Zimbabwe
Human rights
Basic education in developing countries
Question Time (Commission)
EU/UN partnership on development and humanitarian issues
UN conference on least-developed countries
Conflict prevention and crisis management
EU election assistance and observation
Question Time (Commission)
WTO negotiations on the built-in agenda
Question Time (Council)
Question Time (Commission)
Question Time (Commission)
Question Time (Council)
Question Time (Council)
Human rights
Question Time (Commission)
Arms trade code of conduct (continuation)
Question Time (Commission)
European Council of 19/20 June 2000
Poor countries’ debt
Situation in Zimbabwe
Question Time (Council)
Reviewing aid to third countries
Development cooperation with South Africa
Food Aid 1999
EU – Africa Summit (Cairo, 3 and 4 April 2000)
WTO Millennium Round
WTO Millennium Round (continuation)
Vote
Assessing the Community’s humanitarian actions and looking to the future
Opening of the Millennium Round (continued)
Eleventh international AIDS conference in Lusaka
EC-South Africa trade, development and cooperation agreement
EC-South Africa trade, development and cooperation agreement
Question Time (Commission)
Question Time (Commission)
Approval of the Minutes
Explanations of vote
Economic Partnership Agreement between the EC and Cariforum – Stepping-stone Agreement towards an Economic Partnership Agreement between the EC and Côte d'Ivoire – EC-Cariforum States Partnership Agreement – EC-Côte d'Ivoire Stepping-stone Economic Partnership Agreement – Stepping-stone Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part – Interim Partnership Agreement between the Pacific States, on the one part, and the European Community, on the other part – EC-SADC EPA States Interim Economic Partnership Agreement – Economic Partnership Agreement between EC and Eastern and Southern African States – Economic Partnership Agreement between the EC and the East African Community Partner States – Stepping-stone Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Central Africa, of the other part (debate)
Economic Partnership Agreement between the EC and Cariforum – Stepping-stone Agreement towards an Economic Partnership Agreement between the EC and Côte d'Ivoire – EC-Cariforum States Partnership Agreement – EC-Côte d'Ivoire Stepping-stone Economic Partnership Agreement – Stepping-stone Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Ghana, of the other part – Interim Partnership Agreement between the Pacific States, on the one part, and the European Community, on the other part – EC-SADC EPA States Interim Economic Partnership Agreement – Economic Partnership Agreement between EC and Eastern and Southern African States – Economic Partnership Agreement between the EC and the East African Community Partner States – Stepping-stone Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Central Africa, of the other part (debate)
A special place for children in EU external action (short presentation)
The Millennium Development - Goal 5: maternal health (debate)
Situation in Zimbabwe (debate)
Situation in Kenya (debate)
Towards an EU strategy on the rights of the child (debate)
Second EU/Africa Summit (Lisbon, 8 and 9 December 2007) (debate)
Economic partnership agreements (debate)
Conclusions of the G8 meeting - MDGs at the Midway Point (debate)
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (debate)
The economic partnership agreements (debate)
EU partnership in the Horn of Africa (debate)
Statement by the President (Zimbabwe)
Situation in Darfur (debate)
Amendment of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (debate)
AIDS
Situation in Darfur (debate)
Suspension of negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Fair Trade and development (debate)
IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management – Conclusion of the IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (debate)
Work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2005 (debate)
World Health Day (debate)
Revision of the Cotonou Agreement and setting of the amount for the 10th EDF (debate)
The development impact of Economic Partnership Agreements (debate)
Commission Question Time
New financial instrument for development in connection with the Millenium Goals (debate)
Explanations of vote
Common organisation of the market in sugar – Support schemes for farmers (sugar) – Restructuring the sugar industry
WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong
Preparation for the WTO conference
Banana import arrangements
EU policy on Africa
Reform of the UN, the Millennium Development Goals
Tourism and development
Africa, globalisation and poverty
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Situation in Sudan
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2004
EU aid for tsunami victims in Asia (continuation)
Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 115)
Question Time (Commission)
Generalised System of Preferences
Humanitarian situation in Sudan
Reports (5)
PDF (194 KB) DOC (113 KB)
PDF (56 KB) DOC (79 KB)
REPORT on a special place for children in EU external action PDF (252 KB) DOC (155 KB)
REPORT Report on the Millennium Development Goals – the midway point PDF (249 KB) DOC (158 KB)
REPORT Report on the role of the European Union in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) PDF (214 KB) DOC (108 KB)
Opinions (5)
OPINION on the proposal for a recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 64th UN General Assembly
OPINION Towards an EU strategy on the rights of the child
OPINION Commission working document: Proposal for renewal of the Interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure
OPINION Proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems
Written declarations (6)
Amendments (83)
Amendment 11 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas the 2009 Cotonou revision will seek to clarify the future relationship of the ACP with the AU,
Amendment 14 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the fact that the EU and the AU have never met so often as during the first year after the signature of the joint Africa-EU strategy;
Amendment 51 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Expresses concern that Africa's recent period of record growth will be reversed by the global economic slowdown, and stresses that the continent could be set back by decades as a result of falling commodity prices, lower investment flows, financial instability and a decline in remittances;
Amendment 52 #
2008/2318(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls, as regards climate change, that developed countries are primarily responsible for climate change, while its negative impact is greatest on developing countries; insists, therefore, that fresh funds are necessary if African states are to avoid being forced to pay a disproportionate price for adaptation to and mitigation of its effects; furthermore supports the joint EU-Africa declaration on climate change presented at the Poznan UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in December 2008;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to respond to the renegotiation requests made by several ACP countries and regions, in line with the statements made by the President of the Commission and by the Commissioner with responsibility for trade to that effect;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Is concerned at the way in which the EPAs are currently funded, which is predominantly based on the EDF; reiterates its view that the EPAs must be funded not by the EDF but by additional aid for trade, to which the EU committed itself in 2005, namely EUR 2 000 000 000 annually, starting in 2010, 50% of which would go to ACP countries; opposes any kind of conditionality linked to the EPAs in the matter of granting European aid, and calls on the Commission to guarantee that access to funds under the 10th EDF is kept separate from the outcome and pace of the negotiations;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Voices concern at the establishmentUnderlines the need for close parliamentary scrutiny during the negotiation as well as during the implementation of EPAs; regrets that the work and role of the JPA is threatened by the prospect of the creation of a new body in the EPA context of EPAs – namely the parliamentary committee – without the relationship between that body and the JPA being made clear; calls for conflicts of competence or pointless friction in this areathe parliamentary committee to operate as part of the JPA, to be avoided; welcomes, at the sa a costly and complicated proliferation of meetings, taking advantage of the JPA’s system of regional me etime, the parliamentary dimension given to the EPA process and the fact that the JPA has starngs, and to exploit the experience of the JPA and promote synergy between all the EPA regions; stresses the desirability of this committee operating in a flexible manner, able to accommodated to implement this dialogue at parliamentary level by means of its regional meetinghe expertise on both trade and development issues of the Members of the European Parliament involved in the examination of the EPA in committees;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses in particular the crucial role of ACP national parliaments, non-state actors and local authorities in monitoring and managing EPAs, and calls on the Commission to guarantee their involvement in the ongoing negotiation process, which requires a clear agenda for further negotiations, to be agreed by ACP countries and the EU and based on a participatory approach;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Is in favour of incorporating the EDF into the EU budget in order to increase the consistency, transparency and effectiveness of development cooperation policy and guarantee democratic scrutiny thereof; underlines that incorporating the EDF into the EU budget is also an appropriate response to the difficulties of execution and ratification of successive EDFs;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2303(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on parliaments to exercise close parliamentary scrutiny of the European Development Fund (EDF); highlights the JPA’s key position in this debate and calls on it and the parliaments of the ACP countries to take an active part therein, in particular in connection with the revision of the Cotonou Agreement scheduled for 2010; insists that the JPA be involved in the whole process of negotiating that revision;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Indent 24 a (new)
Indent 24 a (new)
- having regard to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Resolution on the social consequences of child labour and strategies to combat child labour adopted in Port Moresby on 28 November 2008,
Amendment 5 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas if the Lisbon Treaty is ratified by all Member States, protection of the rights of the child will become a specific objective of the Union's external policy,
Amendment 14 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to help partner countries adopt child-friendly budgeting, especially when the EC is providing budget support, and to develop integrated, comprehensive National Action Plans for Children with clear benchmarks, measurable targets, timelines and review and reporting mechanisms on children’s rights;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Insists that general budget support of the EU should include funds for capacity- building for relevant ministries (such as Ministries of Welfare, Health, Education and Justice) to ensure that they have the appropriate policies and tools to budget for and implement services for children;
Amendment 20 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support institutional structures in partner countries to protect and promote children’s rights, including independent ombudspersons;
Amendment 21 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Believes that efforts should also be made to increase the understanding of, and respect for, children’s rights among parents and carers, as well as those who work with children such as teachers and health workers;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes the particularly adverse effects of the food price crisis on children, and underlines the need for broad strategies to enhance nutrition security, which means not just access to adequate food, but also access to appropriate micronutrients, safe water, hygiene and sanitation, healthcare, adequate child care and a healthy environment;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that achieving MDG 2 on universal primary school education and MDG 3 on gender parity are central to preventing child rights violations, and that female education is recognised as making the highest contribution to social progress and child survival; stresses therefore that education facilities and programmes need to be 'girl friendly', and offer, for example, alternative forms of education outside formal institutions, or flexible hours to cater for girls who take care of siblings;
Amendment 26 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that quality education should be a priority particularlyincluding in situations of conflict and fragility, and welcomes the Commission's plan to address education in its humanitarian aid operations; underlines the need for operational guidelines committing the EU to include education in every stage of its humanitarian response, in line with the minimum standards outlined by the Interagency Network for Education in Emergencies, and calls for sufficient funding and staffing at EU level to implement the new policy commitment;
Amendment 28 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the ECommission and Member States to provide more support to fair trade and labelling initiatives which encourage companies not to use child labour, and; recommends that compliance with voluntary codes of conduct regarding core labour rights should be better controlled and made transparent to European consumers; believes that public procurement contracts should be made conditional on compliance with international child labour standards;
Amendment 31 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Amendment 34 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Believes that a child protection adviser should be part of all ESDP missions, and stresses that training for ESDP mission staff should cover child protection issues;
Amendment 35 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Calls for special attention to be given to the needs of girl-child mothers in conflict and post-conflict situations and to refugees and internally displaced girls, as well as girls who are subjected to rape and sexual violence;
Amendment 36 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Calls on the Commission to invest in programmes aiming at preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence against girls and boys, which should include provision of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) kits to prevent HIV infection, support for recovery and social reintegration services, and confidential reporting mechanisms;
Amendment 37 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Underlines that the EU should also support measures to overcome stigma and discrimination, as often vulnerable girls or young women – such as those who are HIV positive, victims of rape or sexual violence, have had children through rape, or have undergone abortion – are rejected by their communities;
Amendment 38 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls for all EU policies with a likely effect on children in third countries to be subject to consistent child rights impact assessments prior to their adoption, as well as subsequent evaluations; underlines that children should be considered as a separate and distinct group as they are not affected in the same way as adults;
Amendment 39 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Welcomes the initiative launched in the Council Conclusions to better coordinate and enhance the division of labour in the area of children’s rights, by mapping out existing Commission and Member State policies and activities in pilot countries;
Amendment 40 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Is concerned that pilot countries have still not been identified, and calls on Member States to work closely with the Commission to ensure that this exercise is implemented quickly;
Amendment 41 #
2008/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Suggests that the interparliamentary assemblies (ACP-EU JPA, Eurolat, Euro- Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly) invite children’s organisations of the host country to their meetings, and supports the creation of inter-regional youth fora, such as an EU-Africa Youth Platform;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation (new)
Citation (new)
- having regard to the Declaration on EPAs by the ACP Heads of State adopted in Accra on 3rd October 2008,
Amendment 6 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas ACP countries have voiced a series of concerns regarding ‘contentious clauses’ in the initialled Economic Partnership Agreements and have requested these be addressed before signing;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. Whereas some ACP countries are unable to make commitments beyond a trade in goods agreement at the present time and wish to opt out of other aspects of the Economic Partnership Agreement until they reach a sufficient level of development to embrace the full agreement; and whereas a goods-only agreement is all that is needed for WTO compatibility;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the adjustment costs resulting from the EPAs will have a significant adverse impact on the development of ACP countries, which, whilst difficult to predict, will consist of direct impact through the loss of customs duties and the costs of regulatory reform and enforcement to comply with the wide range of regulations stipulated in the EPA; and indirect impact through the costs necessary for adaptation or social support in the areas of employment, skills enhancement, production, export diversification and reform of public financial management,
Amendment 9 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas ACP countries are concerned that there may be adverse impacts on local producers and food security;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Jb. (new)
Recital Jb. (new)
Jb. whereas ACP countries and third parties are concerned that the MFN clause in the initialled texts will undermine South-South trade,
Amendment 11 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas ACP countries are concerned that rules of origin remain unduly restrictive for some products;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the development impactbenefits of EPAs willshould result from their effects on: - the reduction of net customs revenues and its effect on the budgets of the ACP States, - the improvement of the supply of ACP countries' economies and provision of customers with imported EU products, - growing: - ACP regional integration, which has the capacity to improve the framework for economic development, but only if the EPAs complement rather than undermine indigenous regional integration processes, - possible increased exports tofrom the EU from ACP countries through improved RACP to the EU, if the rules of Oorigin, which would lead to economic growth, more employment, increased state revenue which could be used to fund social measures, - regional integration and other trade facilitation measures are improved, including inf the ACP regions, which has the capacity to improve the framework for economic development and would therefore contribute to economic growth, - the successful use of financing for Aid for Trade in connection with the EPAs, full €2 billion Aid for Trade commitment is delivered without delay to support trade capacity building, - the implementation of reform measures in the ACP countries, in particular as regardson public finance management, collection of customs duties and establishment of a new tax revenue systems,
Amendment 23 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1
Paragraph -1
-1. Urges the Council, the Commission and governments of the EU Member States to do their utmost to re-establish an atmosphere of confidence, mutual respect and trust in so far as it has been damaged in the course of negotiations; (text of paragraph 7 modified and moved back)
Amendment 29 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reminds the Council and the Commission that Europe has a legal obligation to ensure that neither the conclusion nor the renunciation of an EPA should lead to a situation where an ACP country may find itself in a less favourable position than it was under the trade provisions ofconferred by the ACP preference waiver under Lome Convention, and subsequently the Cotonou Agreement;
Amendment 30 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that WTO compatibility as defined by GATT XXIV pertains only to trade in goods and requires "a substantial part of the trade" to be liberalised "within a reasonable length of time" and urges the Council and Commission to accept any goods-only WTO compatible proposals from ACP countries;
Amendment 41 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to allow the ACP countries to renegotiate the disputed clauses before the agreements are signed, and to give ACP negotiators sufficient time to evaluate the agreement and to make suggestions before adopting the relevant agreement; stresses in particular the importance of taking into account the concerns of partner countries and their parliaments, local authorities and civil society in the framework of negotiating full EPAs, which should not be concluded under pressure and in haste, as they exceed the requirements of the WTO;
Amendment 48 #
2008/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underscores the need for stronger monitoring and evaluation provisions in the EPAs which will determine the impact of the EPA on country and regional development and poverty reduction objectives - not merely EPA compliance levels - and provide for a redress mechanism to allow for the amendment or repeal of any aspect of the EPA that undermines a process of regional integration, or damages chances of reducing poverty or achieving the MDGs;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas in Afghanistan 90 % of public money comes from international aid, which illustrates the high levels of both need and aid dependency in the country;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. QuestionNotes the channelling of funds through the government's core budget ("budget support") by multi-donor trust funds (MDTFs) with contributions from the Community budget, when Afghanistan is not yet considered to fulfil the requirements for the EC to participate directly in a budget support programme; considers that when such requirements are met, budget support should ideally be delivered on a sectoral basis, however recognises that this may not be the appropriate approach in the Afghan context;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Further notes that bypassing governments risks undermining efforts to strengthen country systems and build effective state institutions;
Amendment 63 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w a (new) (plus new heading)
Paragraph 1 – point w a (new) (plus new heading)
The EU and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (wa) reaffirms the fact that there is equal importance and complementarity between the three pillars of the UN – peace and security, human rights and development – and draws the attention of the Council and the Member States to the fact that the achievement of the MDGs would create a more secure, just and prosperous world, and would reduce the probability of conflict,
Amendment 64 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w b (new)
(wb) recognises that 2008 is a crucial year for efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve the MDGs worldwide by 2015; welcomes the EU Agenda for Action on MDGs with its 2010 milestones, and urges the Council and the Member States to provide global leadership ahead of the key meetings to be held in the second half of this year: the G8 summit in Hokkaido, the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, the UN high-level meeting on the MDGs, and the International Conference on Financing for Development in Doha,
Amendment 65 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w c (new)
(wc) supports the calls by President Barroso and Commissioner Louis Michel for Member States to draw up clear national timetables to increase real aid to meet the collective target of 0.56% of gross national income in 2010 and 0.7% in 2015; praises Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom for having already agreed timetables; underlines that, in order to ensure the predictability of aid, Member States must make these timetables binding and respect them in national budget allocations,
Amendment 66 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w d (new)
(wd) believes that EU efforts will also serve as an important catalyst and an example to other donors; however, warns EU Member States that if current trends are not reversed, the EU will fall short of its official development aid commitments by EUR 75 billion by 2010,
Amendment 67 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w e (new)
(we) remains concerned that in sub- Saharan Africa many countries are not on track to meet any of the MDGs and also that in many middle-income countries there are regions and ethnic groups made up of millions of people who are making unsatisfactory progress towards meeting the targets,
Amendment 68 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w f (new)
(wf) draws the attention of the Member States to the remarkable successes achieved in the rest of Africa, where several countries are on track to reach every MDG with the exception of maternal mortality, and observes that this proves the feasibility of rapid progress if government leadership and rigorous implementation plans are backed up by adequate domestic and external financing,
Amendment 70 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w g (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w g (new)
(wg) reminds Member States that no new promises or new procedures are needed now to achieve the MDGs, and that the focus must be on meeting the promises and pledges already made and scaling up the existing procedures,
Amendment 71 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w h (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w h (new)
(wh) notes the continued need for the crisis in the public financing of health services to be addressed if the three health MDGs are to be put back on track, through adequate and predictable recurrent funding for human resources, access to medicines and decentralised and participatory management, and calls on EU Member States to make every effort to strengthen universal, integrated health systems which respond to local needs, and gradually to include the integration of disease-specific programmes (MDG 6),
Amendment 72 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w i (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w i (new)
(wi) considers that gender equality (MDG 3) is an essential element in efforts to meet the MDG targets and recommends that EU Member States urgently address the global financing gap for the achievement of MDG 3; notes that, alongside education, the empowerment of women significantly contributes to the attainment of MDG 4 on child mortality and MDG 5 on maternal health, which are critical indicators of overall progress in development,
Amendment 73 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w j (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w j (new)
(wj) notes that, despite significant progress towards universal primary education in recent years, some 93 million children of primary school age were still not in school in 2006, the majority of them girls; calls on the EU Member States to address the increased financial needs to support education, including in conflict- affected fragile states,
Amendment 74 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w k (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w k (new)
(wk) notes that debt relief is one of the targets of MDG 8, which aims specifically to ‘deal comprehensively with developing countries’ debt problems through national and international measures to make debt sustainable in the long term’,
Amendment 75 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w l (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w l (new)
(wl) recommends that the Council and EU Member States renew discussions about debt relief at UN level, with a view to redefining debt sustainability criteria in such a way as to promote the advancement of development goals rather than debt reimbursement, and with a view to considering the principle of creditor co- responsibility for the remaining USD 500 billion of odious and illegitimate debt, as well as its possible cancellation,
Amendment 76 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w m (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w m (new)
(wm) recalling the EU’s commitments to promote policy coherence for development, recommends that the Council and the EU Member States encourage a UN-wide discussion on how to ensure that efforts and targets on climate change reinforce the attainment of the MDGs; and notes that much greater contributions to adaptation funds are required in order to ‘climate-proof’ development in the poorest countries,
Amendment 77 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w n (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w n (new)
(wn) considers that soaring food prices and slowing global growth threaten to set back progress on the MDGs by an estimated 7 years; underlines the need for further investment in the agricultural sector and the agro-food industry in developing countries, particularly for the benefit of small-scale farmers who are typically female, since development of productive capacity, particularly in the agro-food industry, is essential to long- term poverty reduction,
Amendment 78 #
2008/2111(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w o (new)
Paragraph 1 – point w o (new)
(wo) in light of the current food crisis, urges the Council and EU Member States to take steps to reduce trade distortion and promote a fair and equitable rules-based trade system,
Amendment 19 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Indent (new)
Indent (new)
- having regard to ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 3937/07 and the July 2007 report by its Political Committee on good governance, transparency and accountability in relation to the exploitation of natural resources in the ACP countries1,
Amendment 63 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the concept of "Responsibility to Protect" must be considered as a form of enhancing the national sovereignty of citizens and not as a means of reducing it, by stressing that the primary responsibility for the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity against a population lies with the state itself, reinforces the responsibility of each government towards the protection of its own citizens;
Amendment 106 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that a high priority should be to establish and improve L, in post conflict situations, registration of land titles and Rregistries, provide the resources for mapping and registration of land and intellectual property, and for courts to enforce property and commercial law and to facilitate land restitution regardless of gender;ularization of land ownership needs to be made in accordance with international human rights law, to avoid governments, private companies or ruling elites illegally appropriating land, often at the expense of the poorest and most vulnerable, including returnees and IDPs
Amendment 110 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Observes that exploitation and trade in natural resources such as oil and diamonds can drive countries back into the conflict cycle; recognising the achievements of the Kimberley Process calls for it to be strengthened and more effectively enforcedurges Member States to take action against exploitation and trafficking of natural resources where it contributes to the outbreak, escalation or continuation of armed conflict;
Amendment 114 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11a (new)
Paragraph 11a (new)
Amendment 115 #
2008/2097(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11b (new)
Paragraph 11b (new)
11b. Urges Member States to promote and support good governance of natural resources as a means of preventing further conflict in fragile states, notably via the implementation of sound legal and policy frameworks, transparency of access and revenue management, and monitoring mechanisms; stresses the importance of implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in line with the recommendations of ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly;
Amendment 84 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the need to make afor incremental and predictable funding from the Commission and the Members States, in the form of multi-year (3 years or more) aid commitments by the Commission and the Members States, which are based on clear and transparent criteria agreed with partner countries, and thwhich are delivery of those commitmentsed on schedule, in a transparent manner;
Amendment 86 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22a (new)
Paragraph 22a (new)
22a. Notes that in most developing countries, most of the MDG targets will not be met by 2015; and urges Member States to prepare annual timetables to meet the promises they have made;
Amendment 94 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24c (new)
Paragraph 24c (new)
24c. Recalls that the European Consensus on Development recognises gender equality as a goal in its own right, and therefore should be a key area for discussion on aid effectiveness;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Suggests that one way to improve the assessment of budget support results would be to make the partnership and review procedures of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement more inclusive;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the Commission's plans to implement its proposed Millennium Development Goals (MDG) contracts as soon as possible; and calls for the principles behind the contracts to be extended to all other general and sectoral budget support;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Invites the Commission to further develop thinking and practice on how parliamentary scrutiny of budgetary aid in partner countries could be improved;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls for the gender performance indicators attached to budget support to be strengthened, and expanded into areas such as women's civil rights;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Supports the continued inclusion of targets to increase spending on health and education in budget support agreements; and suggests that agreements include clear timelines to reach the Abuja Declaration target of spending 15% of a national budget on health, and the Global Campaign for Education target of spending 20% of a national budget on education.
Amendment 34 #
2008/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. Such measTo optimise the utility and impact of this regulation, resources will specify a list of target countries identified on the basis of the set of criteria laid down in the Annex, building on information, including on actual country needs, made available, in particular through its delegations and through internationally relevant evaluations made byshall be concentrated on an absolute minimum number of high-priority target countries; countries shall be identified on the basis of the set of criteria laid down in the Annex, and in coordination with other donors, building on relevant needs- assessment made available by specialist and international organisations such as those of the UN system, including the World Bank.
Amendment 1 #
2007/2184(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for the introduction of a more democratic system of decision making at the WTO that takes into account the views of the entire membership, which comprises countries at varying levels of development;
Amendment 2 #
2007/2184(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the role of the WTO Secretariat is critical, and believes that it is important that the Secretariat has a proportionate representation of developed and developing countries in order for it to discharge its mandate more effectively;
Amendment 3 #
2007/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2(a) new
Paragraph 2(a) new
2a. considers that the endorsement by the Parliament of the Kigali declaration would have been a strong sign of co- operation towards its ACP partners;
Amendment 5 #
2007/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 6 #
2007/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the establishment of a new body in the context of EPAs, i.e. the parliamentary committee, without the relationship between this body and the JPA being made clear; calls for any kind of conflict of competence or pointless friction in this area to be avoided; at the same time welcomes this parliamentary dimension given to the EPA and is strongly convinced that the JPA will start implementing this dialogue at parliamentary level immediately by means of its regional meetings.
Amendment 8 #
2007/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Welcomes the debate that took place on Somalia during the 14th JPA in Kigali in 2007, which shows that the JPA can serve as a forum to tackle such complex issues; however regrets that the situation in the country has not improved, and continues to be a "forgotten crisis".
Amendment 9 #
2007/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Regrets that the JPA was not sufficiently consulted in the drafting of the Joint EU-Africa Strategy, and hopes that the JPA will be actively involved in the implementation of the Strategy.
Amendment 10 #
2007/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the fact that the regional meetings provided for in the Cotonou Agreement and the JPA Rules of Procedure may at last be held as from 2008; hopes that these meetings will give rise to a genuine exchange of views on regional issues, including conflict prevention and resolution, and that European policies will help to strengthen regional cohesion; stresses that these meetings should focus in particular on regional cooperation in the context of the prevention and settlement of conflicts and on theare particularly timely regarding the negotiation, conclusion and implementation of EPAs and that this should be a key focus; supports the organisation of the first meeting in April 2008 in Windhoek, Namibia;.