2 Amendments of Joachim ZELLER related to 2012/2050(INI)
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Supports the EU's promotion of a regional approach in Central Asia, which is essential to tackling the regional dimension of issues including organised crime, trafficking in drugs, radioactive materials and human beings, terrorism, natural and manmade environmental disasters and management of water and energy resources; calls for such engagement to be differentiated and conditional upon progress in democratisation, human rights, good governance, sustainable socio- economic development, the rule of law and the fight against corruption; notes that the EU cooperation Strategy for Central Asia identifies seven priorities, but provides resources too limited to have an impact in all policy areas; calls therefore for the EU to define priorities better according to the resources available, whilst ensuring that development cooperation is not subordinated to economic, energy or security interests;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Notes that the overall situation in human rights, labour rights, lack of support for civil society and the status of the rule of law remain worryingneed to be improved; calls for the human rights dialogues to be strengthened and made more effective and result- oriented, with the close cooperation and involvement of civil society organisations in the preparation, monitoring and implementation of such dialogues; calls on the EU and HR/VP to raise publiclclarify the cases of political prisoners and imprisoned human rights defenders and journalists and to call for their immediate release; calls for the Rule of Law Initiative to improve transparency towards civil-society organisations and to include clear objectives to make possible a transparent assessment of its implementation and results;