Activities of Michael CASHMAN related to 2010/2037(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: mid-term review in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010 (debate)
Progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: mid-term review in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010 (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: mid-term review in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010 PDF (262 KB) DOC (175 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Indent 8 a (new)
Indent 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Addis Call to Urgent Action for Maternal Health and the Berlin Call to Action and the Strategic Options for NGOs which commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD/15),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Indent 19
Indent 19
- having regard to its resolutions of 4 September 2008 on maternal mortality1, of 24 march 2009 on the MDG contracts2 and of 8 October25 March 20109 on the effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation3, ________ 1 Texts adopted, P6_TA(2008)0406. 2 Texts adopted, P6_TA(2009)0152. 3 Texts adopted P7_TA(20109)002934.
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas illicit capital flows from developing countries are estimated at 641 - 941 billion USD, and this outflows undermine developing countries capacity to generate their own resources and allocate more funds to poverty reduction1, _____________ 1 Professor Guttorm Schjelderup, Hearing European Parliament, 10 November 2010
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph V
Paragraph V
V. whereas a third13% of all maternal deaths in Africadeveloping countries are due to unsafe abortions, and whereas this figure is much higher in Africa1, _________ 1 Facts on induced abortion worldwide", World Health Organization and Guttmacher Institute, 2007
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU unilaterally to introduce a tax of at least 0.05% on currency and derivatives transactions to fund global public goods, including MDGs;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on all Member States to support UN initiatives and take measures to increase lender and borrower responsibility in sovereign debt transactions and to establish a fair, transparent and independent debt resolution mechanism;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on all Member States to continue to improve donor coordination and division of labour and to untie all their aid; and improve aid effectiveness by reducing overfragmentation of aid budget;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EU not to pressure poor countries through its trade policy into opening up vulnerable market sectors when their level of development precludes them from competing fairly on the global stage; , while enhancing the pro-poor focus of the EU Aid for Trade policy;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on EU and Member States, parties to the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Espoo Convention, to fully comply to the Protocol's provisions when assisting in developing programmes and public projects in developing countries;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
III. Priority MDG targets 18a. Calls the EU to maintain a global and comprehensive approach to MDGs, recognising that all individual goals and targets are interlinked and minimum requirements for the achievement of poverty eradication; Health and education
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on all Member States and the Commission to reverse the worrying decline in funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights in developing countries and to support policies on voluntary family planning, safe abortion, treatment of sexual diseases and provision oftransmitted infections and provision of reproductive health supplies made up of life-saving drugs and contraceptives, including condoms;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the EU and developing countries to pay particular attention to the rights of ethnic, religious, linguistic, sexual and other minorities and insists the EU inserts non-negotiable human rights and non- discrimination clauses in its international agreements, inter alia with regard to discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and towards people living with HIV/AIDS;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Decent Work 26a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to reinforce their efforts on the fight against the child labour, supporting specific programmes and in the guidelines of development policies and international trade;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the IMF to direct a higher proportion of its loans to LDCincrease low income countries' access levels to its concessional facilities and increase Special Drawing Rights allocations for LICs on the basis of their needs;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Recognises the need for developing countries to improve international accounting standards in order to prevent tax avoidance and tax evasion practices, and thereby achieving better Global Fiscal Governance;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on developing countries to involve parliaments, local government and civil society, and other Non-State actors, at all stages of policy formulation and implementation;