13 Amendments of Ana GOMES related to 2014/2230(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Points out that more than 13 years of western interventionarmed conflict with numerous casualties (10 548 killed and wounded civilians in 2014 alone) have made it painfully clear that no military solution is possible in Afghanistan; stresses that the Western military presence, and especially its offensive operations, are part of the conflict and not a solution to ia solution in Afghanistan can only be found in a multifaceted strategy addressing the causes of conflict, poverty, lack of governance and development;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Calls for a break in the vicious circle of violence so that peace may be achieved; calls, therefore, on the EU, NATO and the US to withdraw all military troops; urges all foreign parties immediately to cease all civil-military cooperation since such an approach can imply a risk for aid organisations and civil society;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Is concerned about the high costs of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), which is estimated to have reached USD 6 billion in 2014, and the lack of long-term commitments by the EU, or by other members of the international community, to finance the ANSF budget; stresses that even with the planned reduction of personnel to about 230 000 in the coming years it will be impossible for the Afghan Government to provide the necessary financing; expresses its grave concern that this may lead to a dangerous situation in which a highly militarised and equipped police and army could look for alternative ways of generating income;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Calls on the EU to support the Afghan Government in its pursuit of a comprehensive and inclusive, Afghan-led and Afghan- owned peace and reconciliation process, actively including the whole range of civil society and all conflict parties, including – following a ceasefire – combatant, insurgent and militia groups, as no lasting solution to the conflict can otherwise be achieved; calls on the EU actively to support an Afghan-led disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration into society (DDR) of former insurgents;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. Calls for the transformation of EUPOL Afghanistan into a support mission for an Afghan-led DDR process, i.a. with the goals of demobilising the various militias and reducing the total number of ANSF personnel as far and as fast as possible; calls on the EU and on NATO to support and adequately fund efforts for demining Afghanistan;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Stresses the need for inclusive regional cooperation with the objective of promoting long-term peace, stability and security in the wider region; promotes a new approach towards the security situation in Afghanistan and its neighbours in the form of a multilateral forum for dialogue and negotiation between the countries and regions concerned, covering issues and commitments on politico- security, social, economic, environmental and human rights issues; stresses that this forum could signal a new and constructive approach of ownership, self-determination and the behaviour of states towards their citizens, as well as towards each other; emphasises that this forum should be initiated in cooperation with the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and the UN;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
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8. Believes that women’s rights are part of the security solution and that it is impossible to achieve stability in Afghanistan unless women enjoy their full rights in political, social and economic life; is deeply concerned that Afghan women continue to be victims of discrimination, sexual abuse and rape; stresses, therefore, the need for more female employees in all public offices; points out that progress in peace talks may not be made at the cost of any of the rights acquired by women in recent years; emphasises the need to ensure that women and civil society actors play a prominent role at all stages of any peace and reconciliation process; in this regard, calls on the EU, the UN and all other international actors to follow the recommendations laid down in UN Security Council resolutions 1325 and 1820;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Notes the lack of substantial progress on human and fundamental rights since 2002, in particular with regard to women and girls in Afghanistan; calls on the new government to dedicate more political capital to this issue and, in particular,Calls on the new government to implement the National Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan and the law on the elimination of violence against women (EVAW), as well as to comply with all other international treaties concerning human rights; calls on the Afghan authorities to promote the effective participation of women in all key bodies, nationally and internationally, and at all levels;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
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12. Calls on the Afghan authorities to commute all death sentences and to reintroduce a moratorium on executions with a view to achieving the permanent abolition of the death penalty; calls as well on the Afghan Government to stop any kind of torture and abuse, especially in prisonshalt all practices amounting to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, especially in prisons, which are crimes against humanity and fall under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court; recalls Afghanistan´s obligations in the field of International Human Rights Law and considers the implementation of human rights core treaties in the Afghan domestic legal order a precondition for peace, democracy and the establishment of a rule of law- abiding state, which in turn is instrumental to development;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
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14. Is critical of the fact that a large portion of the aid provided through various funding channels does not serve the needs of the Afghan people, and that project funding; urges the EU to improve the efficiency of its often not guided by social but by military considerations; urges the EU to use all allocated aid strictly for development, not for security purposes, and to encourage its allies to follow suitdevelopment aid to Afghanistan, to improve its monitoring mechanisms regarding how that assistance impacts on the reality on the ground;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
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