8 Amendments of Tokia SAÏFI related to 2012/2136(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication of 27 January 2012 from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee entitled ‘Trade, growth and development - Tailoring trade and investment policy for those countries most in need’ (COM(2012)0022),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the financial and economic crisis has become intertwined with numerous other crises, such as the food, energy, environmental and social crises;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU’s collective ODA decreased from EUR 53.5 billion in 2010 to EUR 53.1 billion in 2011, bringing the EU ODA level to 0.42% of GNI, down from the 2010 outcome of 0.44% of GNI; whereas the EU and its Member States nevertheless remain the world’s leading providers of ODA;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the objective of the trade agreements signed by the EU with partner countries is, inter alia, to promote and expand trade and investment, and to improve market access, with a view to increasing economic growth and integration, reducing poverty, creating new employment opportunities, improving working conditions and raising living standards, and thereby ultimately contributing to the fulfilment of human rights;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Y. whereas remittances are an important, microfinance and foreign direct investment are means of alleviating the shock of the crisis on the economies of developing countries;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BA
Recital BA
BA. whereas the agricultural sector provides employment and livelihood for more than 70% of the labour force in developing countries; whereas the share of ODA allocated to agriculture is falling all the time and currently accounts for only 5 % of the total; whereas, in resource- poor low-income countries, growth in the agricultural sector is five times more effective in reducing poverty than growth in other sectors (eleven times in sub- Saharan Africa);
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages developing countries to take advantage of trade preferences afforded by the EU within the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP+) framework in order to boost their economy, diversify their exports and improve their competitiveness; recalls their obligation, under the GSP+ arrangements, to ratify and implement the 27 core international human rights conventions;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls forWelcomes the introduction of a specific enforcement mechanism to monitor implementation of human rights clauses in ‘new generation’ bilateral and internatregional EU agreements signed by the EU; welcomes efforts to improve analysis of the human rights situation in third countries when launching or concluding trade and/or investment agreements;