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B4-1125, 1134, 1145 and 1156/98

Resolution on human rights in Iran

The European Parliament,

- having regard to its previous resolutions on human rights in Iran,

A. whereas in Iran there is an intensified wave of persecution and repression of dissident intellectuals and in particular writers and journalists,

B. deeply concerned by:

- the disappearance, in August 1998, of Pirouz Davani, editor-in-chief of the newspaper 'Pirouz',

- the murder, on 22 November 1998, of Darioush Forouhar and his wife Parvaneh, symbols of the political opposition,

- the unexplained death of Majid Charif, publisher of the 'Iran Farda' monthly, on 25 November 1998,

- the murder of the writer Mohamad Mokhtari, founder of the Association of Iranian Writers,

- the murder of the writer and translator Mohamed Jafar Pouyandeh,

C. whereas the position of women in Iran is becoming increasingly difficult, especially since laws have been enacted which limit the freedom of women, for example by forcing Iranian women to seek medical treatment only from women doctors and specialists,

D. whereas the persecution of the Baha'i continues as severely as ever,

1. Condemns the use of violence in kidnappings and murders, with the aim of pressurising intellectuals and dissidents and silencing them through terror;

2. Calls on the Iranian President and authorities to do all in their capacity to bring those responsible for these murders and disappearances to justice and to take the necessary steps to guarantee the security of all its citizens;

3. Notes President Khatami¨s speech in favour of freedom of the media and calls on the Iranian Government to reform its state policy on existing restrictions on freedom of opinion;

4. Calls on the Iranian authorities to take all necessary measures to ensure equality of treatment of women;

5. Calls for human rights organisations and a delegation of independent human rights observers to be granted unhindered access to Iran in order to monitor the human rights situation;

6. Calls upon the Commission and the Council to use their relations with the Iranian authorities:

- to make clear the European Union¨s rejection of the recent wave of persecutions of dissidents,

- to urge them to respect the international treaties against discrimination against women;

7. Asks the Council to discuss recent developments in Iran, especially the status of asylum seekers from that country, with special regard to the situation of women;

8. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the governments of the Member States and the President, Government and Parliament of Iran.
B4-0898, 0913, 0928, 0936 and 0938/98

Resolution on the Slovak Republic

The European Parliament,

- having regard to its previous resolutions on the political and economic situation in Slovakia,

- having regard to the elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic, which took place on 25 and 26 September 1998,

A. welcoming the high turn-out in the election which, according to the joint statement by the observer missions of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Council of Europe and the European Parliament, took place in a correct and orderly manner, although some problems occurred during the run-up to the elections,

B. welcoming the result of the vote which gave victory to those struggling for democracy and the rule of law and the integration of Slovakia into the European Union and which has created the opportunity for a new government to start the necessary process of political reform that will make it possible for Slovakia to fulfil as soon as possible the political criteria for membership of the European Union,

C. hoping that a strong and stable government will now be formed quickly,

D. aware, however, that a new government can, according to the provisions of the Slovak Constitution, only take up its duties after 29 October 1998 and noting that the necessary legal changes for a fundamental democratisation of the Slovak Republic may not be made in time for the drawing-up of the Commission¨s annual report on developments in countries that are candidates for accession to the European Union,

1. Congratulates the Slovak population on the results of the national elections held on 25-26 September 1998, which represent a significant political change;

2. Calls on the incoming government of the Slovak Republic to give absolute priority to the establishment in its country of a political system that fully respects human rights and the rights of minorities, democracy and the rule of law and thus fulfil the necessary conditions for the continuation of the process of Slovakia¨s integration into the structures of the European Union;

3. Calls on the Council and the Commission to give their full support to the incoming government of the Slovak Republic in its efforts to bring about political reform and the necessary legal changes for a fundamental democratisation of the Slovak Republic;

4. Emphasises the significance which Slovakia's accession to the European Union has for the process of creating a united Europe;

5. Calls on the Council and the Commission in particular to take account of the new political situation and to show the necessary flexibility in the process of screening and drawing up its report on the situation in Slovakia regarding its fulfilment of the political criteria for membership of the European Union, thus allowing for a fundamental re-assessment of the European Union¨s position towards Slovakia;

6. Calls on the Commission to postpone the Association Committee meeting, originally planned for October 1998, until the new Slovak Government has been formed;

7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the Government and Parliament of the Slovak Republic.
B4-0237, 0273, 0287, 0292 and 0296/99

Resolution on human rights violations in Colombia

The European Parliament,

- having regard to its previous resolutions on Colombia,

- having regard to the forthcoming sittings of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights,

A. alarmed by the violent attacks on human rights supporters, members of the Technical Research Corps of the State Prosecutor's Office (Fiscalía General de la Nación) and of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS),

B. extremely concerned that the massive violations of human rights show no signs of abating and by the systematic elimination of human rights supporters, social activists and trade unionists,

C. whereas the continuing climate of violence in Colombia and the systematic violation of human rights by paramilitary and guerrilla groups, above all the FARC (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces), are endangering the future of the peace negotiations,

D. whereas the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued a communiqué calling for emergency measures to provide individual and institutional protection for representatives of human rights associations,

E. whereas a special committee to promote the investigation of human rights violations was set up on 1 December 1998,

1. Condemns the murderous attacks and abductions of human rights activists in Colombia, and expresses its solidarity with all those working on behalf of the rule of law in that country;

2. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the executions and kidnappings carried out by paramilitary groups, the FARC and other guerrillas;

3. Repeats its call to the Colombian authorities to defend and protect those active in the defence of human rights and reaffirms its support for the authorities' efforts in this area;

4. Urges the Council and Commission to continue their efforts to secure the protection of human rights activists, and bring all possible pressure to bear on the Colombian Government to meet its obligations to protect the lives of its citizens and punish all those who threaten their safety, and calls on the Council to support the Colombian case at the forthcoming UN meeting in Geneva;

5. Calls on the Colombian Government to implement the UN recommendations on the disbanding of paramilitary groups, the arrest of their members and the punishing of those who support them;

6. Calls, furthermore, for the state security bodies' files to be searched under international supervision;

7. Calls on the Colombian Senate and Congress to adopt the bill making 'forced disappearance' a specific crime under the penal code;

8. Reiterates its firm support for the peace negotiations which President Andrés Pastrana is conducting with the FARC and ELN (National Liberation Army) guerrillas as an essential precondition for bringing these intolerable violations of human rights to an end;

9. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Colombian Government, Senate and Congress and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
B4-0272, 0295 and 0317/99

Resolution on the disaster in Cermis (Italy) and the verdict of the United States court-martial

The European Parliament,

- having regard to its resolution of 19 February 1998 on the tragedy at Monte Cermis ((OJ C 80, 16.3.1998, p. 247.)) caused by the severing on 3 February 1998 of the cables of a ski-lift by a US military aircraft, killing 20 people of Italian, Belgian, German, Austrian, Dutch and Polish nationality,

A. whereas, in a verdict delivered by the court-martial in Camp Lejeune in the United States, the pilot of the aircraft was cleared of the charges levelled against him,

B. whereas the inquiry by the Italian judicial authorities had clearly shown that the rules of aviation had been violated, causing the disaster,

C. whereas the pilot and crew of the US military aircraft were tried by an American court-martial on the basis of the 1951 London Convention between the NATO member states on the status of their armed forces, enabling the country to which the military personnel belong to have full jurisdiction in criminal and disciplinary proceedings,

D. whereas the President of the United States had personally pledged to ensure that responsibility was assigned and compensation paid to the families of the victims,

1. Expresses its concern at a judgment which, in the way that it was formulated, has failed to assign any responsibility for a disaster that claimed 20 civilian lives and has been judged unacceptable by the victims' families;

2. Calls for the United States authorities to make use of all available judicial and administrative procedures to continue and complete the inquiry into the disaster in order to assign direct and indirect responsibility for it and ensure that the families of the victims are fairly compensated;

3. Notes the statement by the President of the United States on the judgment clearing the pilot of all charges and calls for the United States Administration to provide the victims' families with compensation without further delay;

4. Calls on the EU Member States that are members of NATO to encourage the taking of coordinated measures to revise the London Convention in order to ensure that responsibility for incidents or violations of the law brought about by NATO armed forces stationed in various countries is properly determined;

5. Calls on the Council and Commission, in conjunction with the governments of the Member States concerned, to promote the adoption of a Joint Action aimed at improving the safety conditions governing military training activities in the air or on the ground in areas inhabited by civilian populations;

6. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Italy and Poland, the President of the United States and the Secretary-General of NATO.
6. Decides that it is politically relevant to send its own parliamentary delegation to the next working
session of the preparatory commission, which will finalise the annexes to the Court’s Statute shortly inNew York, and asks parliaments of Member States to send parliamentary observers to the PreparatoryCommission;
7. InstructsitsPresidenttoforwardthisresolutiontotheCouncilandtheCommission,theparliaments
oftheMemberStates,thegovernmentsandparliamentsofapplicantcountries,andtotheSecretary-Gen-eraloftheUnitedNations.
17.Naturaldisasters:France
B5-0334,0345,0374and0387/1999
EuropeanParliamentresolutiononfloodingintheSouthofFrance
The European Parliament,
A. having regard totheparticularly severe weather conditionsandthe exceptional rain in the Southof
France,infour départementsinparticular(Tarn,Aude,Pyrénées-OrientalesandHérault)inthenightof
FridaytoSaturday,12to13November1999,
B. whereasseveraldozenpeoplewerekilled,C. whereas thousands of people in the region are still facing hardship, enormous damage has been
caused toroad andtransport infrastructure, many homeshave been destroyedandthere are seriouseconomicandsocialconsequencesfortheinhabitants,businessesandfarms,
D. having regard to the scale of the disaster and the funds which have been made available to restore
normallivingconditions,
1. Expresses its sympathy and support for the families of the victims and with the people who have
beeninjured;
2. WelcomestheCommission’sundertakingtoParliamenton16November1999toadjustandadapt
thefundingallocatedtoFrancetocopewiththeurgencyofthesituation;
3. Calls on the Commission to take exceptional emergency aid measures to assist the victims of this
natural disaster and to supplement the action taken by the French government and the local authorities
by using the facilities affordedby the Structural Funds, in particular by redeploying the outstandingbal-
anceonthe1994-1999programmingperiod;
4. Believes that the new regional development programme for 2000-2006 financed by the Structural
Fundsshouldincludesubstantialfundingaimedatpreventingnaturaldisastersandsystematicpriorevalu-ationoftheenvironmentalimpactoftheprojectsfinanced;
5. Calls on the Commission,in view of the damage suffered by the region, to make particularly sure
thatthefour départementsareproperlytakenintoaccountwhenthezoneseligibleforStructuralFundsare
definedfortheperiod2000-2006;
6. Callsonthe Commissiontosubmit tothe Council a proposalfor a decision torelease exceptional
Communityaidforthereconstructionofdisasterareas, identical totheaidwhich certain Member Stateshavebenefitedfromincomparablesituations;
7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments
andparliamentsoftheMemberStatesandthemembersoftheregionalcouncilandlocalcouncilsofthedépartementsofTarn,Aude,Pyrénées-OrientalesandHérault.C296/208 EN18.10.2000 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
Thursday16December1999
4dash having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
4dash havingregardtothereportoftheCommitteeontheEnvironment,PublicHealthandConsumerPolicy
and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0317/2001),
1. Approves the Commissionproposal as amended;
2. Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend the proposal substantially or
replace it with another text;
3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
6. Appointment of nine Members of the Court of Auditors (procedure without
debate)
A5-0346/2001
1.
European Parliament resolution on the appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors
(C5-0282/2001 /dash 2001/0808(CNS))
The European Parliament,
4dash having regard to Article45b(3) of the ECSC Treaty,
4dash having regard to Article247(3) of the EC Treaty,
4dash having regard to Article160b(3) of the EAEC Treaty,
4dash having regard to Rule 35 of its Rules of Procedure,
4dash having been consulted by the Council by letter of 22 June 2001 on the appointment of a Member of
the Court of Auditors (C5-0282/2001),
4dash whereas at its meeting of 8-10 October 2001 the Committee on Budgetary Control heard the Coun-
cil’s nominee forthe office ofMember ofthe Court of Auditors andconsidered the nominee’squalifi-cationsinthe light ofthe criteria laiddownby Articles45bofthe ECSCTreaty, 247ofthe ECTreatyand 160b of the EAEC Treaty,
4dash having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A5-0346/2001),
1. Delivers a favourable opinion on the appointment of Mr Jean-François Bernicot to the office of
Member of the Court of Auditors;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and, for information, to the Court of
Auditors,the other institutionsofthe European Communitiesandthe Audit Officesofthe Member States.
2.
European Parliament resolution on the appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors
(C5-0283/2001 /dash 2001/0809(CNS))
The European Parliament,
4dash having regard to Article45b(3) of the ECSC Treaty,
4dash having regard to Article247(3) of the EC Treaty,9.5.2002 EN C112E/101 Official Journal of the European Communities
Tuesday 23 October 2001
18. Human rights: Kidnapping of Mr Tsiakourmas in Cyprus
B5-0266, 0271, 0279, 0286 and 0296/2001
European Parliament resolution on the abduction of Mr Tsiakourmas in Cyprus
The European Parliament,
 having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Cyprus, its resolution on Cyprus appli-
cation for membership of the European Union of 12 July 1995 (1) and its resolutions on Turkey,
 having regard to the declaration of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee of 5 June 2000,
 having regard to the UN resolutions on Cyprus,
A. recalling that Mr Panicos Tsiakourmas was abducted on 13 December 2000 from the territory of the
sovereign British base of Dhekelia near Pyla in Cyprus and forcefully taken to the Turkish-occupiedarea, where he was handed over and arrested by the police and has remained in detention ever since,
B. whereas the authorities of the sovereign British base have publicly affirmed that Mr Tsiakourmas was
violently and arbitrarily abducted from sovereign British territory,
C. whereas there is every indication that drugs were planted on the person of Mr Tsiakourmas after his
abduction,
D. whereas, although the allegations of possession of drugs against Mr Tsiakourmas have not been
proven, proceedings have commenced in the illegal courts in the area occupied by the Turkish armyon trumped-up charges,
E. whereas Mr Tsiakourmas has chronic health problems and his health continues to deteriorate, accord-
ing to UN and other doctors who have examined him,
1. Condemns the abduction and subsequent arrest of Mr Tsiakourmas by the Turkish Cypriots, with the
apparent support of the Turkish occupation forces, which constitutes a flagrant violation of internationallaw;
2. Urges the government of Turkey to make all efforts to ensure that this case is brought to a positive
conclusion; demands that the local administration in the occupied area of Cyprus release Mr Tsiakourmasimmediately, without any preconditions; urges that he be given adequate medical attention while still indetention;
3. Calls on all parties concerned to continue to seek a peaceful solution to the Cyprus problem, in
accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the efforts of the UN Secretary-General;
4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Governments of
the Member States, the Governments and Parliaments of Cyprus and Turkey and the UN Secretary-General.
(1) OJ C 249, 25.9.1995, p. 74.C 21 E/352 EN 24.1.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities
Thursday 5 April 2001
P6_TA(2005)0173

Recognition of professional qualifications ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications (13781/2/2004 — C6-0008/2005 — 2002/0061(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Council common position (13781/2/2004 — C6-0008/2005) [1],

- having regard to its position at first reading [2] on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2002)0119) [3],

- having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2004)0317),

- having regard to Article 251 (2) of the EC Treaty,

- having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (A6-0119/2005),

1. Approves the common position as amended;

2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

[1] OJ C 58 E, 8.3.2005, p. 1.

[2] OJ C 97 E, 22.4.2004, p. 231.

[3] OJ C 181 E, 30.7.2002, p. 183.

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P6_TA(2005)0353

Statutory audit of annual accounts and consolidated accounts ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on statutory audit of annual accounts and consolidated accounts and amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (COM(2004)0177 — C6-0005/2004 — 2004/0065(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2004)0177) [1],

- having regard to Article 251 (2) and Article 44(2)(g) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0005/2004),

- having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0224/2005),

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

[1] Not yet published in OJ.

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P6_TC1-COD(2006)0195
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 7 June 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods
(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the
final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No …/2007.)
P6_TA(2007)0227
Visa Information System (VIS) ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 7 June 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange ofdata between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) (COM(2004)0835 —
C6-0004/2005 —2004/0287(COD))
(Codecision procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council
(COM(2004)0835) (
1),
— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 62(2)(b)(ii) and 66 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the
Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0004/2005),
— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
(A6-0194/2007),
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Approves the annexed joint statements and draws attention to the statement by the Council;
3. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal
substantially or replace it with another text;
4. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
(1) Not yet published in OJ.C 125 E/118 EN 22.5.2008 Official Journal of the European Union
Thursday 7 June 2007
15.

Protests vehemently against the execution in Iran on 30 January 2008 at 4 am local time of the Ahwazi activist Zamel Bawi, the 19th Ahwazi activist executed in the last twelve months, and urges the Iranian government to desist from executing the Dutch citizen and human-rights activist Faleh Abdulah al-Mansouri and the UNHCR-registered refugees Rasoul Ali Mazrea and Said Saki, whose resettlement to Norway has been secured, as well as to allow them to proceed to their countries of citizenship or refuge; calls for the release of the Kurdish journalists Abdolvahed ‘Hiwa’ Butimar and Adnan Hassanpour who have been sentenced to death;