2 Amendments of Tokia SAÏFI related to 2011/0412(COD)
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, whilst democracy and human rights objectives must be increasingly mainstreamed in all external assistance financing instruments, Union assistance under this Regulation will have a specific complementary and additional role by virtue of its global nature and its independence of action from the consent of third country governments and other public authorities. This will allow for cooperation with civil society on sensitive human rights and democracy issues possible, providing the flexibility and adaptability necessary to respond to changing circumstances and the needs of recipients. It should also provide Union capacity to articulate and support specific objectives and measures at international level which are neither geographically linked nor crisis related and which may require a transnational approach or involve operations both within the Union and in a range of third countries. Moreover, it will provide the necessary framework for operations, such as support for independent European Union election observation missions requiring policy coherence, a unified management system and common operating standards.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) European Union Election Observation Missions contribute significantly and successfully to democratic processes in third countries. However, the promotion of democracy extends far beyond the electoral process alone. Expenditure forU assistance provided under this Regulation should be fairly distributed between election observation missions shouland otherefore not take up a disproportionate amount of the total funding available under this Regulation measures for the promotion of democracy.