19 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2010/2101(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
- having regard of the Humanitarian Response Review commissioned by the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs in August 2005,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 b (new)
Citation 33 b (new)
- having regard of the Report on "Setting up an EU Rapid Response Capability" (2010/2096 (INI)),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 c (new)
Citation 33 c (new)
- having regard of the Principles of the Partnership endorsed by the Global Humanitarian Platform, in July 2007,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there has been a dramatic increase in the number and severity of natural disasters caused, in particular, by the impact of man-made climate change; actions and whereas industrialised countries bear a historical responsibility; whereas the incidence of complex crises is rising; violations of international humanitarian law are worsening; and the ‘humanitarian space’ is shrinking,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it regrettable that the Member States are not more involved in implementing the consensus and considers that the role of the Council’s Working Party on Humanitarian Aid and Food Aid (COHAFA) should be reinforced with a view to better monitoring of how the consensus is implemented and more active pursuit of the remit to argue the case for humanitarian aid with other Council working groups and with the Political and Security Committee (PSC), while continuing to focus on effective and speedy coordination;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of a yearly exchange of best practices with EU National Parliaments about their implementation of the Consensus commitments;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates increased funding for humanitarian aid to reflect the growing number of humanitarian interventions, and calls on the budgetary authority to transfer all or part of the emergency reserve allocation to DG ECHO's initial budget; and underlines the importance of achieving the OECD/DAC target of 0.7% of GNI by 2015;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the provision of aid must be based solely on need, that the quality of the aid is determined primarily by an initial evaluation and that the evaluation process needs to be further improved, particularly with regard to the application of vulnerability criteria, especially regarding women, children and disabled groups;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for harmonisation of the methodologies used by the various parties involved and encourages the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to continue working towards the definition of a common methodological framework which prioritises effective and speedy intervention and permanently involves, as far as possible, the local stakeholders, including non-state stakeholders;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Actively encourages the Commission to pursue its work in specific fields such as nutrition, protection, gender and sexual violence, refugees, returnees and IDPs and calls for the issues of gender and reproductive health to be systematically integrated into the emergency healthcare aspect of humanitarian response;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for respect for the diversity of bodies actively involved in financing and implementing international humanitarian programmes – the UN, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs – and encourages efforts to reinforce the capacity of local players;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Requests all government bodies to respect the primary role of NGOs in raising funds through private donations;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the pursuit of humanitarian reforms at UN level and calls for the system of humanitarian coordinators to be reinforced; for ‘pooled funds’ to be used in a more transparent, recipient-driven and flexible way; and for improvements in the ‘cluster’-based approach (with regard to sectoral responsibility), based on the UN HRR recommendations and reinforcing the transparency and accountability principles, notably in terms of coordination with local structures and non state actors, consideration of inter-sectoral aspects and coordination between ‘clusters’;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Council and the Commission to introduce strict and transparent rules on cooperation and coordination between the EEAS and the Commission in the management of large- scale crises outside the EU; and to work actively regarding EU's visibility of those resources and capabilities used on the field;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the need to promote the International disaster response laws guidelines, within the EU rapid response capability mechanism;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reaffirms that a very clear distinction needs to be maintained between the remits of military and humanitarian bodies, particularly in areas affected by natural disasters and armed conflicts, and that it is essential for military resources and capabilities to be used only in a very limited number of cases and as a last resort in support of humanitarian aid operations, in accordance with UN guidelines (the MCDA and Oslo guidelines)12 ;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reaffirms that the use of civil protection resources in humanitarian crises must be needs-based and must complement and be consistent with humanitarian aid, and points out that, in the case of natural disasters, such resources can make a substantialcertain contribution to humanitarian action, if employed in line with IASC principles on the subject;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to bring forward ambitious legislative proposals for the establishment of a European civil protection force, based on optimising the existing Community Civil Protection Mechanism and pooling existing national resources so that no major additional costs will be incurred, and drawing on systems tried and tested during preparatory initiatives; civil protection force financing has to be additional to funding for humanitarian emergencies;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for more resources with the aim to assure the continuity of aid and a focus on flexibility and complementarity among existing financial arrangements in the phases of transition from emergency to development;