11 Amendments of Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ related to 2012/2137(INI)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. wWhereas the EU adheres to theits One China Policy in the Cross Straits Relations between the PRC and Taiwan;.
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. wWhereas the vasTibet aAutonomous provinces of Tibet and Xinjiang are vital for the PRC from the viewpoint of ‘unity of the countRegion and other Tibetan autonomous areas, and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have become important territories for China's regional, military’ and because of their great strategic, military and economic importance; onomic ambitions and therefore are seen as core issues of 'territorial integrity' by the current Chinese Government;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. Whereas since 2009, 54 Tibetans have self-immolated in Tibetan populated areas of the People's Republic of China, including the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan Autonomous Areas within the Gansu, Sichuan and Qinghai provinces;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. Whereas the rising tensions over the disputed islands and overlapping and conflicting claims exist in the East Asia's maritime areas;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Admires the courage and the social responsibility of numerous Chinese citizens for defending precious social rights in their country, but denounces the tragic state of affairs whereby several of them are being officially persecuted and punished for their efforts toactivism of those Chinese citizens acting in socially responsible ways to promote and defend universally recognized human rights, and to challenge and correct well- known social dangers/criminal acts by Chinese officials, such as corruption, abuse of office, environmental damage, AIDS infection, food poisoning, construction fraud concerning schools, and illegal land and property expropriation, often committed by local party authorities; urges the Chinese leadership to encourage civil responsibility for observing social human rights and to rehabilitate officially persecuted and punished defenders of these right; denounces all incidences of official retaliation against these Chinese citizens; alsond expects a responsible Chinese leadership to comply strictly with individudomestic and international human rights law;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises the enormoussignificant efforts made by the Chinese Government to develop Tibet and Xinjiang economically; urges the Chinese Government to act in a politically responsible way by respecting and protecting Tibetan and Uighur traditional cultures and lifestyles; believes that Beijing cannot win the hearts and minds of the and the impact of such efforts on nomad communities and traditional livelihoods; urges the Chinese Government to act in a politically responsible way by meaningfully engaging the Tibetan and Uighur peoples in governance issues, including resource management and economic development priorities, and respecting rather than diluting cultural elements such as language and religion; strongly asserts that the Chinese Government will not achieve lasting stability in Tibet or Xinjiang or comity among Chinese, Tibetan and Uighur peoples by way of through forcible assimillations of surveillance cameras, cultural destruction or repressive police and security methods;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that, notwithstanding a harsh policy of repression, a religious revival is taking place in China which is demonstrated by the reopening or reconstruction of countless places of worship; urges the Chinese authorities to replace their ineffective policy of controlling religion with one offering realpull back on policies and practices that curtail any citizen's fundamental right to freedom of religion or belief ;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 12 f – subparagraph 1 (new)
Cross-Strait Relations
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 h (new)
Paragraph 12 h (new)
(h) Welcomes the increasing contacts between the PRC and Taiwan; stresses that the improvement in Cross-Strait relations is still seriously undermined by PRC's missiles aimed at Taiwan and China's international isolation of Taiwan; calls on China and the EU to respect Taiwan's right to meaningful participation in international organisations, as endorsed by the Council's declaration 9486/09 of 8 May 2009;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
(d) Due to the European Union's significant interests in the security and stability of East Asia, calls upon all parties concerned (China, Japan and Taiwan) to demonstrate restraint and to take steps to calm the situation; urges all parties concerned to settle disputes peacefully in a spirit of cooperation and in respect of international law, in particular the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea;