9 Amendments of Aldo PATRICIELLO related to 2015/2096(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is Vietnam’s biggest export marketsecond largest trade partner; whereas the EU together with its Member States is the largest ODA provider to Vietnam and there will be an estimated EU budget increase for this purpose of 30% to EUR 400 million in 2014-2020;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses its hope that the mutually agreed respect for democratic principles and human rights will further enhance the longstanding dialogue with the Vietnamese Government on promoting notably freedom of expression, assembly, association and religion as enshrined in the ConstitutionArticle 69 of Vietnam’s Constitution and in Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU to ensure that the policies the EU and its Member States pursue in the context of the implementation of the PCA and the future FTA with Vietnam help advance the respect for human rights, rule of law and good governance; suggests the setting up of a complaint mechanism that can be used by affected individuals and communities; n authority or arbitration body to which individuals and communities concerned may have recourse in the event of suspicions that the rules of the agreements are being infringed;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the revision of the Criminal Code, particularly Articles 79, 87, 88 and 258, which are often used to suppress the peaceful expression of opinion; calls for the release of more than 200 prisoners of conscience;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for the release of more than 200 prisoners of conscience (mainly journalists and bloggers) held in Vietnamese prisons and sentenced in summary trials of various kinds for offences concerning, above all, freedom of speech and crimes against the State;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for an urgent reform of the justice system to ensure international fair trial standards, as provided for in both Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Vietnamese Government to introduce measures to guarantee the effective enforcement of legislation to protect the environment and biodiversity; urges in particular the Vietnamese Government to proceed with accession to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. In view of the health and environmental legacy of the Vietnam War, calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider further support for the victims and the decontamination and demining effortsetting up a fund to support victims and war veterans, and also to step up action through the dispatch of specialist missions to decontaminate harmful substances and demine areas which even now, 40 years after the conflict ended, continue to claim victims;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on China and the neighbouring countries concerned including Vietnam to intensify efforts to defuse tension in the contested areathe EEAS and Vietnam to commit themselves actively to instigating a negotiating table that may lead to greater dialogue between China and the United States on resolving the dispute over jurisdiction of islands in the South China Sea;