6 Amendments of Jean LAMBERT related to 2017/2025(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the EU-India Agenda for Action - 2020 reaffirms the commitment of both parties to establishing a stable economic climate favourable to the expansion of trade and economic cooperation; whereas existing dialogue and consultation mechanisms will need to be strengthened to take on this enhanced role;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Notes with concern the absence of progress in resolving the long-running dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir; calls for redoubled efforts to achieve a rapprochement between the neighbouring countries and to lay the foundations for a sustainable peace process; suggests that a possible first step could be to convene a senior officials meeting, taking place on neutral ground, to address the technical issues involved and to establish a framework for a high level political meeting which would agree on concrete proposals;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Calls for the regional actors, the EU and the international community to encourage and support the reconciliation process between India and Pakistan over Kashmir drawing on the expertise and experience of existing fora for regional cooperation, and to promote the establishment of a durable peace process for the region; calls on the EU to support the involvement of local civil society in the peace process and, above all, to sustain people-to-people projects in order to promote dialogue and collaboration among Pakistani, Indian and Kashmiri NGOs;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17 c. Stresses the urgent need for effective confidence-building measures to reduce tension between India and its neighbour, through measures such as a return to barracks of some of the security and military personnel stationed on the Line of Control and convening of an international meeting to prepare for a high level political dialogue on the de- militarisation of the border area;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Notes the correlation between access to channels open to citizens for the legitimate expression of dissenting views and the frequency and scale of civil unrest and emphasises the importance for a functioning democracy of having a legal system that is both independent and unbiased and is perceived as being a genuine source of remedy for victims of human rights abuses;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Deplores the means used by the Indian security forces, including the use of pellet guns, in Jammu and Kashmir, to control expression of dissent on the part of ordinary citizens, which have resulted in numerous fatalities and permanent injuries; believes that such methods have no place in law enforcement and should be banned immediately;