12 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2018/2236(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Point c
Point c
(c) recognise the ongoing reforms to improve the business climate, the judicial system and security services, labour conditions, and administrative accountability and efficiency; highlight that Uzbekistan’s comprehensive reform plan, the Development Strategy for 2017– 2021, must be implemented in a socially sustainable way, promoting eradication of poverty and social exclusion and backed up by measures facilitating external trade and improving the business environment;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Point e
Point e
(e) welcome the release of political prisoners and encourage the authorities to resolve cases of prisoners of conscience; however, note that released prisoners remain under surveillance and have not been officially pardoned and many other prisoners of conscience are still being held on politically motivated charges and calls for their release and rehabilitation;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Point e a (new)
Point e a (new)
(ea) note that Uzbekistan’s ranking in Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index has improved only slightly, from 166th out of 180 countries in 2016, to 165 in 2018; remain concerned about the censorship, harassment and politically motivated criminal charges, censorship and self- censorship of journalists and bloggers;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Point f
Point f
(f) welcome the progress made towards the eradication of child labour and the phasing-out of forced labour, as well as the recent visits to Uzbekistan by UN Special Rapporteurs and the reopening of the country to international non- governmental organisations in this field; emphasise, however, the need to eradicate all forms of forced labour in the cotton and silk sector as well as in public works and to apply the rule of law evenly and without discrimination and the importance to ensure that EU companies who invest in the cotton and garment and other sectors in Uzbekistan play a key role in promoting all respective ILO core labour standards;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Point f a (new)
Point f a (new)
(fa) underline the importance of efforts to develop a sustainable cotton supply chain and introducing modern, socially and environmentally sound cotton growing technologies and farming practices in the country; stress the need to support the domestic cotton farmers to improve their production efficiency, safeguard the environment and improve labour practices;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Point g a (new)
Point g a (new)
(ga) take into consideration that labour migration and remittances are a key mechanism to address poverty in Uzbekistan; note that more than three million people, almost one third of the able-bodied population, live on earning outside Uzbekistan, including about two million citizens of Uzbekistan who work in Russia, transferring annually about $ 3 billion; applaud the Uzbek government for reaching an agreement with Russia on labour migration which significantly improves the conditions of the migrants;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Point i
Point i
(i) urge the authorities to improve public, in particular the local healthcare system, since the situation has deteriorated significantly since the country gained its independence;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Point q
Point q
(q) take into account the development of relations with other third countries in the context of the implementation of China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Point s
Point s
(s) negotiate a modern, all- encompassing and ambitious agreement between the EU and Uzbekistan that will replace the PCA of 1999, enhancing people-to-people contact, political cooperation, trade and investment relations, and cooperation on sustainable development, environmental protection, connectivity, human rights and governance, and contributing to the sustainable transitioneconomic and social development of Uzbekistan;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Point t a (new)
Point t a (new)
(ta) support the regional efforts to solve the problem of water shortage and to address the challenges of climate-induced arable land loss and desertification in Central Asia in a joint effort of all partners concerned; support the efforts to improve irrigation infrastructure in border areas, where there is some risk of renewed local conflict over water; call for a strong interregional and international cooperation in tackling environmental challenges as well as for strong political and participatory democratic solutions to implement the obligations of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 UN Agenda, especially SDG aims #14 and #12 regarding the dramatic shrinking of the Aral Sea and other water resources;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Point v
Point v
(v) enhance provisions related to trade and economic relations, by promoting social market economy principles, including legal certainty, and independent and transparent institutions, social dialogue and implementation of ILO labour standards in order to guarantee sustainable FDI and contribute to the diversification of the economy;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Point x
Point x
(x) ensure the involvement of all relevant actors, including civil societyall relevant actors of the civil society, in particular women’s organisations and trade unions, during both the negotiations and the implementation phase of the agreement;