16 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2015/2275(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the AU operates under different constraints to the UN and can take sides, intervene without invitation, and intervene where no peace accord has been signed; whereas given the number of intra-state conflicts in Africa this is an important differencebut according to a legal framework respecting the UN Charter;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the crises in Africa call for a global response which goes well beyond the purely security aspects; whereas all local and international actors have highlighted the need for close coordination between security and development policy as the only realistic way of remedying the instability which affects many African countries; whereas the EU, along with the UN, is the only international organisation which has the economic, financial and security resources needed to support this vital global approach;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU’s role needs to be seen in the context of the contributions made to PSOs by numerous countries and organisations; whereas, for example, the US is the world’s; whereas the EU member states are the largest contributors to the budget for UN peacekeeping operations; whereas the EU member states have deployed 959 troops within the nine peacekeeping operations; whereas the US is also a largest financial contributor to UN peacekeeping operations and provides direct support to the AU through its African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership, as well as approximately USD 5 billion in support of UN operations in the Central African Republic, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, South Sudan and Somalia; whereas China has become an active participant in UN peacekeeping operations and the Forum of China-Africa cooperation includes the AU Commission; whereas, after Ethiopia, it is India, Pakistan and Bangladesh that are the largest providers of personnel to UN peacekeeping;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas, in addition to the role of individual European countries, the EU has a distinctive contribution to make in PSOs with financial and other resourcesmultidimensional actions; whereas the EU is providing technical and financial support to the AU and the sub regional organizations, in particular trough the African Peace Facility, the instrument contribution to peace and stability and the European development fund; whereas the EU is conducting counselling and training actions in the framework of its CSDP missions, contributing to the reinforcement of African capacities in crisis management;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas EU missions and operationsthe five civilian EU missions and the four military EU operations ongoing in Africa frequently operate alongside or in sequence with UN, AU or national actions, for example in Mali, the Central African Republic or Somalia;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas Article 41(2) TEU prohibits expenditure from EU budgets on operations having military or defence implications; whereas Articles 209 and 212 TFEU do not explicitly exclude the financing of capacity-building in the security sector; whereas the EU is currently working on the creation of a new CBSD dedicated instrument to equip the trained personnel in the framework of the CSDP missions;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas, and above all, the needs of the countries concerned, rather than any institutional ambition or the desire prematurely to impose values which may have little relevance to the immediate crisis, and the EU security interests should be the guiding principles for EU involvement;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of early communication and enhanced procedures for crisis consultation with the UN and the AU, as well as other organisations such as NATO and the OSCE; highlights the need to improve information sharing, including on the planning, conduct and analysis of missions; encourages speedy finalisation of the negotiations for an EU- UN administrative arrangement on exchanging classified information; suggests an agreement between the AU, the EU and other key actors, and the UN of a set of shared aims for African security and developmenttresses the importance of the Africa-EU Partnership to reinforce political relations between Africa and the EU and jointly address global common challenges such as peace and security; encourages the cooperation with all security sectors in Africa;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the importance of the other instruments of the UE in security field, and in particular, the CSDP missions and operations; recalls that the EU is intervening in Africa to contribute to the stabilization of the countries facing crises, in particular through the training missions; underlines the role of the CSDP missions, both civilian and military, in supporting reforms of the security sector and contributing to the international crisis management strategy;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. NotWelcomes the UN-EU Strategic Partnership on Peacekeeping and Crisis Management and its priorities for 2015- 2018 as agreed in March 2015; encourages further work by the EU in order to take account of the key role of other organisations and countries and facilitate Member State contributionsrecalls that the EU has engaged in crises- management activities in Africa, aimed at peacekeeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security in line with the UN Charter; calls on the EU Member States to significantly increase their military and police contributions to UN peacekeeping missions;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the increasing capacity of the AU to provide a collective response by African countries to conflict on the continent, strengthening African ownership; highlights theUnderlines the need for a rapid African response to crisis, and identifies the key role in this of the African Standby Force (ASF); underlines, in this regard, the major contribution of the EU, through the African Peace Facility toand the funding of the AU; underlines the need for a rapid African response to crisis, and identifies the key role in this of the African Standby Force (ASF), in order to allow the AU to strengthen its capacities to provide a collective response to crises on the continent;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the EU and its Member States, as well as on other members of the international community, to assist with training, equipment, logistic support and development of rules of engagement (RoE), encouraging and facilitating African states in full and continuing their commitment to the ASF; urges, in this regard, more active advocacy of the ASF in African capitals by Member State embassies and EU delegations;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that the EU, in supporting PSOs, should not act in isolation but should, rather, take full account of the contributions of other international actors, improve coordination with them and rapidity of response, and focus its efforts on certain priority countries, using the most appropriate and experienced Member States as lead nations;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Supports the objectives of the Joint Communication on capacity-building, and joins the Council in calling for its urgent implementation; points out the EU’s potential particularly through civil means, to help strengthen security in fragile and conflict-affected countries, while reiterating that security is a precondition for development; encourages the EEAS and the Commission to speed up the implementation of CSBD initiative to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of CSDP missions;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for a concerted effort towards capacity-building by the EU and the UN, rather than capacity substitution, in order for the AU eventually to monitor and control Africa’s security independently; believes the current funding programme is unsustainable, and that conditions should be attached to the African Peace Facility in order to encourage the AU to increase its own contributions to PSOs;