Activities of Enrique GUERRERO SALOM related to 2010/2096(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on setting up an EU rapid response capability PDF (208 KB) DOC (120 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas disasters causing significant human, economic and environmental damage are on the increase worldwide and whereas such crises are happening with greater impact, frequency and scope in more parts of the world, mainly due to the effects of climate change; and whereas the European Union is making considerable efforts to respond to these crises,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Commission's budget for humanitarian disasters, and specifically that of the ECHO agency, has not merely been frozen, but has fallen slightly in real terms over the last five years,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b
Paragraph 1 b
(b) calls however for a clear distinction and demarcation of roles and mandates between civil protection and humanitarian aid in order to preserve their specific features and respective identities; calls also for military and civilian personnel and humanitarian workers involved in disaster response or humanitarian operations, to act in accordance with the principles of neutrality, independence and impartiality;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1(c)
Paragraph 1(c)
(c) reiterates that the use of civil protection resources, where deployed in any humanitarian crisis, should be needs drivenon an exhaustive prior investigation (carried out by the EU or UN Agencies) of the existing needs and complementary to, and coherent with, humanitarian aid ;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 point d
Paragraph 1 point d
(d) asks the Council and the Commission to clarify the arrangements for cooperation and coordination between the European External Action Service (EEAS)), establishing a specific and permanent cooperation structure bringing together the civilian and humanitarian players and the Commission for the management of a large-scale disaster response outside the territory of the European Union;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1(e b) (new)
Paragraph 1(e b) (new)
(eb) in the context of operations following a natural disaster, also calls for better coordination between the humanitarian agencies and the civil protection mechanisms of the Member States and the Commission's humanitarian agency, ECHO, and any future European civil protection force;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f a (new)
Paragraph 1 f a (new)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f b (new)
Paragraph 1 f b (new)
(fb) also calls for realistic budgets in which appropriations for natural disasters or humanitarian action are allocated on the basis of previous years' spending;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1(h a) (new)
Paragraph 1(h a) (new)
(ha) with particular reference to humanitarian aid operations, and based on the lessons learned from intervention in Haiti and Pakistan, the EU should, as far as possible, operate under the coordinating umbrella of the UN, concentrating on those fields where its intervention can contribute greater added value;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1i a (new)
Paragraph 1i a (new)
(ia) stresses that in order to achieve genuine civilian-military cooperation, exchanges of information, use of logistical means and resources and of escorts or armed protection by civilian personnel, and involvement in training or drilling exercises must all be promoted;