2 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2007/2208(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Stresses the urgent need for the international community to analyse whatre-examine the strategic and conceptual misjudgements have contributed tobasis of the current situationtrategy in Afghanistan, including an honest assessment of both the current military strategy and particular the strategy for civil reconstruction; concludemphasises that a major shift of strategytrengthening of political will and commitment is necessary, as peace, security and development will only prevail if the spiral of violence is brought to an end, if the prevailing military solution is replaced bynd that this should be followed up not only by a willingness to provide additional combat troops in the most difficult areas, unrestricted by national caveats, but also by urgent and reinforced civil reconstruction efforts, and if, as in the forward a result, the confidence of the Afghan population is restored; considers in particular that ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’ is politically counterproductive because reconciliation and consolidation of peace cannot be imposed militarily from the outside but have to be developed inside Afghanistanas, in order to consolidate practical military gains and restore the confidence of the Afghan population on a long-term and sustainable basis;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Draws attention to the fact that the EUPOL mandate foresees the coordination of activities in reforms of the police and justice sectors , andission has yet to reach full strength more than ten months after being launched on 15 June 2007, and notes that even when fully deployed it will consist of only 195 personnel supervising high-level decisions in Kabul and provincial centres; takes account of the refore calls on the Council and the Commission to better co-ordinate their respective activities in order to make the EU’s policies more coherent and efficient; considers it equally important for cent statement by the Afghan Foreign Minister that at least 700 extra trainers are urgently needed in the country, and of the contribution this shortage has made to a situation in which mortality rates are significantly higher for the police than the army; points out that the German government has offered to increase its own contribution from 60 to 120 trainers if similar commitments are given by other EU to considerably increase the resources foreseen for EUPOL both in terms of personnel and financingcountries, but that no such commitments have been forthcoming; questions, therefore, the level of commitment to EUPOL amongst Member States and asks the Council to examine this situation as a matter of urgency;