Activities of Iva ZANICCHI related to 2010/2096(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on setting up an EU rapid response capability PDF (208 KB) DOC (120 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Union's response to the earthquake in Haiti triggered not only a rapid, significant and large scale humanitarian aid operaintervention but also the activation of the civil protection mechanism which was able to deploy immediately, and for the first time, two modules (a water purification unit and an advanced medical post) that had been kept on stand-by under arrangements financed through a 2008 Preparatory Action for an EU rapid response capability,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b
Paragraph 1 b
b) cCalls however for a clear distinction and demarcation of roles and mandates between civil protection and humanitarian aid in order tofor an increased integration between civil protection and humanitarian working methodologies within DG ECHO, while preserveing their specific features and respective idities by maintaining a clear distinction and demarcation of roles between them, in order to maximize synergies and complementarities;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e
Paragraph 1 e
e) urges the Council to consider the strengthening of the EU's disaster response capacity as a high priority, especially in view of the discussions onaround the setting up of an EU Civil Protection Force (which have seen limited progress since the publication of the Barnier report in 2006);
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i
Paragraph 1 i
i) remindInvites the Council that the use of military assets and capabilities in disaster response should be exceptional, used as a "last resort" and always in compliance wi, building upon the framework of the existing agreements such as the European Consensus on hHumanitarian aAid and the Oslo gGuidelines on the use of military and civil defence assets in international disaster relief, to consider a wider use of military assets and capabilities in disaster response capacity taking into account the added value, in terms of efficiency and rapid deployment, that military assets and capabilities have provided during relief operations in response to the earthquake in Haiti and to recent floods occurred in Pakistan;