Activities of Pino ARLACCHI related to 2009/2217(INI)
Plenary speeches (4)
A new strategy for Afghanistan (A7-0333/2010, Pino Arlacchi) (vote)
A new strategy for Afghanistan (A7-0333/2010, Pino Arlacchi) (vote)
A new strategy for Afghanistan (debate)
A new strategy for Afghanistan (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on a new strategy for Afghanistan PDF (273 KB) DOC (185 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
– having regard to the (forthcoming) "Kabul Conference" scheduled forheld on 20 July 2010, which will assessed progress in implementing decisions taken at the London Conference, and willaimed to provide an opportunity for the Afghan Government to chart the way forward, notably on anti- corruption, reinforced security, good governance, economic and social development, human rights, gender equality, economic growth, and improved electoral processes,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the presidential elections held in Afghanistan in August 2009, to the final report of the EU Election Observation Mission published in December 2009, and to the forthcoming parliamentary elections due in autumnheld on 18 September 2010,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
– having regard to the new US and NATO strategy for Afghanistan, initiated under the command of General Stanley McChrystal and now taken over by General Petraeus, and to the strategy review announced by President Obama for December 2010,
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Fully welcomes the new guidelines issued in September 2010 by the NATO military command in Afghanistan on contracting – which is currently estimated as being worth about USD14 billion per year – aimed at reducing corruption and decreasing the funds that indirectly flow to the insurgency and the Taliban; believes that these new guidelines are the welcome result of joint pressure exerted by the US Congressional report, "Warlords Inc" on widespread unregulated practices in private contracting and by the denunciation of irregularities in the contracting process raised in the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs in the course of this year;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27 b. Welcomes, in this context, the recent decree by President Karzai giving a four- month deadline for all local and foreign private security firms in Afghanistan to cease operation;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 a (new)
Paragraph 70 a (new)
70 a. Add new heading Conclusions
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 b (new)
Paragraph 70 b (new)
70 b. Calls upon the Council and the Commission to fully incorporate this proposed strategy into their existing strategies, and urges EU Member States to take the proposal fully into account within their own national plans;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 c (new)
Paragraph 70 c (new)
70 c. Urges the Council and the Commission to take into full account all the budgetary implications of the proposals contained in this report;