European Parliament resolution on the earthquake of 23 June 2001 in Peru
Date: 2001-07-05
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU aid, Peru, earthquake, humanitarian aid

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Thursday 5 July 2001

7. Welcomes the decision of the UN Security Council to extend the panel(cid:146)s mandate and stresses the
importance of an addendum to the UN report that should provide an update of relevant data, an analysis
of further information, a response to the reactions on the report, and an assessment of whether progress
has been made;

Strongly condemns the murder of the six staff of the ICRC and urges all parties to the conflict to

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ensure full and secure access to vulnerable populations;

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Supports the UN(cid:146)s deployment of MONUC observers and liaison officers;

Urges all countries involved in the war in the DRC to withdraw their troops from the territory of

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the DRC, in accordance with the Lusaka Agreement;

11. Welcomes the announcement of the start of the inter-Congolese dialogue provided for in the Lusaka
Agreement;

Considers that the participation of civil society and non-armed political forces in the inter-Con-
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golese dialogue is an important factor in establishing a lasting peace, participatory democracy and sustain-
able development in the process of construction of the country;

Urges the Kabila government to embark upon the reconciliation and democratisation process with-

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out delay, in order to enable the European Union to fully resume structural aid to the Congo;

Calls on the Council and the Commission to take all appropriate measures to tackle the humani-

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tarian crisis;

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Supports the Belgian Presidency initiative to give the DRC a priority status on its agenda and urges
the European Council to encourage the inter-Congolese dialogue in order to create effective governance
and the re-establishment of the rule of law;

Calls on the European Union to respond favourably to any request from the Congolese authorities

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seeking to ensure nuclear safety (extraction, exploitation, reprocessing) in the territory of the DRC;

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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the United Nations
Organisation, the OAU, the Government of the DRC and the governments of Congo, Angola, Chad, Kenya,
Namibia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Gabon and the Central African Republic, the World
Bank, the IMF and the Co-Presidents of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

23. Earthquake in Peru

B5-0493, 0503, 0518, 0519 and 0520/2001

European Parliament resolution on the earthquake of 23 June 2001 in Peru

The European Parliament,

A.

shocked at the dramatic emergency in Peru, caused by the earthquake of 23 June 2001, the devastat-
ing effects of which have left more than one hundred people dead and more than one thousand
injured, destroyed more than 10 000 homes and left more than 40 000 people homeless in the
provinces of Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna,

B. whereas the earthquake destroyed part of the economic infrastructure and structures of the provinces

affected and also caused serious damage in the north of Chile and Bolivia,

C. whereas tremors are still occurring throughout the region, affecting Peru, Chile and Bolivia, and the

total cost of the damage has not yet been assessed,

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D.

E.

aware of the scale of the disaster and the enormous rebuilding and rehabilitation efforts which will
have to be made in the areas affected by the earthquake,

having regard to the enormously adverse effects on institutions and the profound economic crisis left
by the dictatorship of Alberto Fujimori and aggravated by the current recession,

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Expresses its deep concern and sympathy with the families of the victims and the people of Peru;

Expresses its moral support for the governments of the countries affected and congratulates the

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Commission and the Member States on their swift response to the disaster;

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Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of adapting Community aid to actual needs as
the full extent of the damage is revealed, and stresses that the rebuilding and rehabilitation work to be
carried out must improve living conditions, especially for the most disadvantaged sections of the popu-
lation;

Calls on the governments of the Member States to lay down appropriate criteria for coordination, to

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enable them to carry out their humanitarian work more effectively;

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Fully supports the strategic plans for national development drawn up by the Concertation Board for
Combating Poverty, involving social investment in the context of the 2002 budget, on the basis of the
decentralisation and transparency of public expenditure;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the govern-

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ments of Peru, Chile and Bolivia.

24. Cod stock in the Irish sea *

A5-0213/2001

Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2549/2000 establishing additional
technical measures for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa)
(COM(2001) 165 (cid:129) C5-0140/2001 (cid:129) 2001/0083(CNS))

The proposal was approved.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Regulation (EC) No 2549/2000 establishing additional technical measures for the recovery of the
stock of cod in the Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa) (COM(2001) 165 (cid:129) C5-0140/2001 (cid:129) 2001/
0083(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2001) 165),

(cid:129) having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37 of the EC Treaty (C5-0140/2001),

(cid:129) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries (A5-0213/2001),

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Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by

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Parliament;