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We should support the creation of an independent debt arbitration panel, likely to assist poor countries with their efforts to finance vital social services.
We should support the creation of an independent debt arbitration panel, likely to assist poor countries with their efforts to finance vital social services.
A new debt initiative should provide a speedier phasing out of debt for those countries whose governments respect human rights, the principle of good governance and give priority to poverty eradication.
A new debt initiative should provide a speedier phasing out of debt for those countries whose governments respect human rights, the principle of good governance and give priority to poverty eradication.
At the same time, the EU should take the lead on the cancellation of bilateral debt, setting targets for the EU as a whole as well as for individual Member States.
At the same time, the EU should take the lead on the cancellation of bilateral debt, setting targets for the EU as a whole as well as for individual Member States.
The Barcelona Commitments underline the need for the EU to improve harmonisation and co-ordination.
The Barcelona Commitments underline the need for the EU to improve harmonisation and co-ordination.
As a multilateral donor, the EU faces a number of specific problems, exacerbated by the frequently competing priorities of its 25 Member States.
As a multilateral donor, the EU faces a number of specific problems, exacerbated by the frequently competing priorities of its 25 Member States.
Europe has too many agencies and categories of funding and poor countries often can’t deal with the pressures they face from donors.
Europe has too many agencies and categories of funding and poor countries often can’t deal with the pressures they face from donors.
Demands for transparency and additional safeguards have resulted in the EU being slow to deliver aid and unable to provide long-term commitments.
Demands for transparency and additional safeguards have resulted in the EU being slow to deliver aid and unable to provide long-term commitments.
The OECD DAC reviews give useful information and recommendations, to which the EP Development Committee pays particular attention.
The OECD DAC reviews give useful information and recommendations, to which the EP Development Committee pays particular attention.
We see that too often aid is given for geopolitical reasons, with donor exporters in mind or simply to gain visibility.
We see that too often aid is given for geopolitical reasons, with donor exporters in mind or simply to gain visibility.
The MDGs are the tool, which should guide our policies and the EP should develop, as is the case with the JPA, ways of ensuring promises are kept.
The MDGs are the tool, which should guide our policies and the EP should develop, as is the case with the JPA, ways of ensuring promises are kept.
For the EP, and parliaments across the world, the way we target aid should be an issue of concern.
For the EP, and parliaments across the world, the way we target aid should be an issue of concern.
We must hold our governments to account.
We must hold our governments to account.
Member States should collaborate and co-ordinate with the Commission in a coherent way.
Member States should collaborate and co-ordinate with the Commission in a coherent way.
Initiatives such as the EU Donor Atlas, which attempt to coordinate development assistance across the Member States, should be used to identify areas where progress can be made.
Initiatives such as the EU Donor Atlas, which attempt to coordinate development assistance across the Member States, should be used to identify areas where progress can be made.
The Commission increasingly understands that developing countries should have ownership of their priorities and strategies.
The Commission increasingly understands that developing countries should have ownership of their priorities and strategies.
The introduction of budget support is key to the achievement of the MDGs.
The introduction of budget support is key to the achievement of the MDGs.
Naturally donors hold recipient governments to account and need to give support to often overstretched Ministries.
Naturally donors hold recipient governments to account and need to give support to often overstretched Ministries.
Individual Member States should end the practice of tied aid, which according to the World Bank reduces its effectiveness by 25%.
Individual Member States should end the practice of tied aid, which according to the World Bank reduces its effectiveness by 25%.
The proposal for a Regulation on access to Community External Assistance is positive, but we should call for specific measures to encourage greater involvement of developing country suppliers to guarantee aid is truly untied.
The proposal for a Regulation on access to Community External Assistance is positive, but we should call for specific measures to encourage greater involvement of developing country suppliers to guarantee aid is truly untied.
The European Commission should press for the untying of EU aid amongst Member States and should seek agreement on OECD-wide untying.
The European Commission should press for the untying of EU aid amongst Member States and should seek agreement on OECD-wide untying.
Moves to increase aid effectiveness can and must go beyond harmonisation and tackle the question of how aid can be put to best use to fulfil the MDGs.
Moves to increase aid effectiveness can and must go beyond harmonisation and tackle the question of how aid can be put to best use to fulfil the MDGs.
Developing countries should be assisted by donors, including the EU, in their efforts to develop a national strategy designed to meet the MDGs.
Developing countries should be assisted by donors, including the EU, in their efforts to develop a national strategy designed to meet the MDGs.
As has been recognised in the current discussions taking place during the Mid-Term Review of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement between the EU and 77 ACP countries, we need to make better and more systematic use of political dialogue.
As has been recognised in the current discussions taking place during the Mid-Term Review of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement between the EU and 77 ACP countries, we need to make better and more systematic use of political dialogue.
Indeed, this dialogue should be seen as an opportunity to make assessments and share ideas between partner countries on the MDGs.
Indeed, this dialogue should be seen as an opportunity to make assessments and share ideas between partner countries on the MDGs.
We must ensure that none of the areas meant to be covered by the MDGs are neglected.
We must ensure that none of the areas meant to be covered by the MDGs are neglected.
Human rights, gender, the environment and children's rights have all been identified as mainstreaming issues by the Commission, but mainstreaming so far seems to have never gone beyond good intentions.
Human rights, gender, the environment and children's rights have all been identified as mainstreaming issues by the Commission, but mainstreaming so far seems to have never gone beyond good intentions.
The role of women should be better understood by the Commission and better reflected in policies and programmes.
The role of women should be better understood by the Commission and better reflected in policies and programmes.
Similarly, a rights based approach to children is lacking.
Similarly, a rights based approach to children is lacking.
In policies and action plans on HIV/AIDS, poverty, and food security, children have few references and in documents on trade and debt they are virtually invisible.
In policies and action plans on HIV/AIDS, poverty, and food security, children have few references and in documents on trade and debt they are virtually invisible.
If these are crosscutting issues, we should know why they are not systematically mainstreamed across all instruments and programming.
If these are crosscutting issues, we should know why they are not systematically mainstreamed across all instruments and programming.
Health and education
Health and education
Access to basic social services of good quality is central to the achievement of the MDGs.
Access to basic social services of good quality is central to the achievement of the MDGs.
The EC meets the 35% target for social sector spending set by the EP.
The EC meets the 35% target for social sector spending set by the EP.
However, this figure includes the total amount of EC budget support, even though it is too early to predict, at this stage, the impact of budget support for basic social services.
However, this figure includes the total amount of EC budget support, even though it is too early to predict, at this stage, the impact of budget support for basic social services.
Moreover, just 2.3% of social sector spending in the 2003 EDF Budget was allocated to basic education and 5.2% to basic health.
Moreover, just 2.3% of social sector spending in the 2003 EDF Budget was allocated to basic education and 5.2% to basic health.
130 million children are not in school.
130 million children are not in school.
2/3 are little girls and it is clear that the gender equality in education target which is due this year will not be met by 70 countries.
2/3 are little girls and it is clear that the gender equality in education target which is due this year will not be met by 70 countries.
The EU should be at the forefront of efforts to put the spotlight back on free and compulsory education otherwise the target will not be met until 2129.
The EU should be at the forefront of efforts to put the spotlight back on free and compulsory education otherwise the target will not be met until 2129.
A commitment to abolish fees and other costs must also be combined with substantial new resources for teacher training and better spending of existing resources.
A commitment to abolish fees and other costs must also be combined with substantial new resources for teacher training and better spending of existing resources.
While the Commission Report states that it has been a strong supporter of the Fast Track Initiative (FTI), the EC has so far made no financial commitment to the mechanism.
While the Commission Report states that it has been a strong supporter of the Fast Track Initiative (FTI), the EC has so far made no financial commitment to the mechanism.
Developing countries endure enormous rates of avoidable illness and premature death.
Developing countries endure enormous rates of avoidable illness and premature death.
Health systems, especially in Africa, require substantial investment, especially in primary care and first level referral hospitals.
Health systems, especially in Africa, require substantial investment, especially in primary care and first level referral hospitals.
There is a severe shortage of health professionals.
There is a severe shortage of health professionals.
More are leaving than are being trained.
More are leaving than are being trained.
Drugs treatments, including anti-retrovirals for HIV/AIDS are relatively scarce.
Drugs treatments, including anti-retrovirals for HIV/AIDS are relatively scarce.
The EP should propose to the Commission that a practical response would be to prepare a package of measures, including the provision of malarial bednets, immunization programmes organised through GAVI and increased and improved provision of condoms.
The EP should propose to the Commission that a practical response would be to prepare a package of measures, including the provision of malarial bednets, immunization programmes organised through GAVI and increased and improved provision of condoms.
In addition, the Commission should continue to work in a positive and supportive way with the Global Health Fund.
In addition, the Commission should continue to work in a positive and supportive way with the Global Health Fund.
The elimination of user fees for essential health services is critical as is the need to involve local communities.
The elimination of user fees for essential health services is critical as is the need to involve local communities.
There is, it is claimed, a missing MDG which recognises that empowering women is not only about obstetric care for mothers-to-be, but it is also about providing the full range of family planning services, including abortion, and that empowerment of women and combating HIV/AIDS can be helped by widespread access to condoms as well as increasing research on microbicides.
There is, it is claimed, a missing MDG which recognises that empowering women is not only about obstetric care for mothers-to-be, but it is also about providing the full range of family planning services, including abortion, and that empowerment of women and combating HIV/AIDS can be helped by widespread access to condoms as well as increasing research on microbicides.
The debate on access to medicines has brought some agreement, but the effect on the actual levels of access to treatment needs to be monitored.
The debate on access to medicines has brought some agreement, but the effect on the actual levels of access to treatment needs to be monitored.
Patent systems may have been working as an incentive for R&D in developed countries but this has not been the case as far as the neglected diseases affecting the poor.
Patent systems may have been working as an incentive for R&D in developed countries but this has not been the case as far as the neglected diseases affecting the poor.
The Commission should identify mechanisms designed to set R&D priorities and to identify sustainable long-term funding.
The Commission should identify mechanisms designed to set R&D priorities and to identify sustainable long-term funding.
Trade AND THE DRIVE FOR POLICY COHERENCE
Trade AND THE DRIVE FOR POLICY COHERENCE
Within the drive for policy coherence, there are two EU policy areas that deserve particular attention: environment and trade.
Within the drive for policy coherence, there are two EU policy areas that deserve particular attention: environment and trade.
Environmental sustainability is included in MDG 7 and the EU must not neglect its obligations.
Environmental sustainability is included in MDG 7 and the EU must not neglect its obligations.
Trade is the policy area where developing countries have potentially the most to gain.
Trade is the policy area where developing countries have potentially the most to gain.
If Sub-Saharan Africa could increase its share of global trade by 1% it would earn over $60 billion more in exports.
If Sub-Saharan Africa could increase its share of global trade by 1% it would earn over $60 billion more in exports.
With the European Union negotiating as a single trading bloc at the international level, it is also the area where the EU has the greatest capacity to bring about change.
With the European Union negotiating as a single trading bloc at the international level, it is also the area where the EU has the greatest capacity to bring about change.
Trade liberalisation does not automatically generate self-sustaining growth and human development.
Trade liberalisation does not automatically generate self-sustaining growth and human development.
Reciprocity is a key issue and there is an understanding amongst developing countries that the same level of commitment cannot and should not be expected from them.
Reciprocity is a key issue and there is an understanding amongst developing countries that the same level of commitment cannot and should not be expected from them.
The conditions of market access, including meeting sanitary and phytosanitary regulations and other technical barriers need to be addressed, as do capacity constraints, especially institutional capacity.
The conditions of market access, including meeting sanitary and phytosanitary regulations and other technical barriers need to be addressed, as do capacity constraints, especially institutional capacity.
Poor countries’ exports are locked out by high tariffs.
Poor countries’ exports are locked out by high tariffs.
Reducing tariff peaks on products that are of export interest to them will be essential.
Reducing tariff peaks on products that are of export interest to them will be essential.
Even when Europe’s preferential market access opportunities are available, poor countries find it extremely difficult to profit from them because of restrictive rules of origin.
Even when Europe’s preferential market access opportunities are available, poor countries find it extremely difficult to profit from them because of restrictive rules of origin.
The EP should press all Member States to set a date for removing agricultural subsidies and call for rigorous reform of the CAP.
The EP should press all Member States to set a date for removing agricultural subsidies and call for rigorous reform of the CAP.
EU Member States must tackle practices which depress world prices distort poor country markets and undermine earning opportunities for their farmers.
EU Member States must tackle practices which depress world prices distort poor country markets and undermine earning opportunities for their farmers.
It is within the framework of the WTO, that the EU's bargaining power can be put to best use.
It is within the framework of the WTO, that the EU's bargaining power can be put to best use.
The EC report highlights the necessity for Special and Differential Treatment and this is welcome.
The EC report highlights the necessity for Special and Differential Treatment and this is welcome.
To the extent that special provisions cannot be provided within the WTO, the EU must provide additional support to help less developed countries adapt to the erosion of trade preferences, providing assistance to increase the competitiveness of industry or to support diversification.
To the extent that special provisions cannot be provided within the WTO, the EU must provide additional support to help less developed countries adapt to the erosion of trade preferences, providing assistance to increase the competitiveness of industry or to support diversification.
The review of the EU's Development Policy Statement this year presents an opportunity to centre the EU’s development policy more effectively on the MDGs.
The review of the EU's Development Policy Statement this year presents an opportunity to centre the EU’s development policy more effectively on the MDGs.
The Statement, which in 2000 established a single overall framework to guide Community development policy and co-operation, was drafted before the final signing of Millennium Declaration and therefore, does not refer to the MDGs.
The Statement, which in 2000 established a single overall framework to guide Community development policy and co-operation, was drafted before the final signing of Millennium Declaration and therefore, does not refer to the MDGs.
The primary objective of the Review must be to accord the MDGs a central role in the definition of EU Development Policy.
The primary objective of the Review must be to accord the MDGs a central role in the definition of EU Development Policy.
Areas related to goals 1- 7 that will require more direct support from the EU should also be specified in the review.
Areas related to goals 1- 7 that will require more direct support from the EU should also be specified in the review.
Turning the MDG targets into realities has led to a call for a Marshall Plan for Africa.
Turning the MDG targets into realities has led to a call for a Marshall Plan for Africa.
In the 1940s Europe faced similar challenges.
In the 1940s Europe faced similar challenges.
Then, the US transferred 2% of its national income to assist our efforts.
Then, the US transferred 2% of its national income to assist our efforts.
The world's poorest and neediest people now require just such a response from us.
The world's poorest and neediest people now require just such a response from us.
k úloze EU při plnění rozvojových cílů tisíciletí
on the role of the EU in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Výbor pro mezinárodní obchod vyzývá Výbor pro rozvoj jako příslušný výbor, aby do svého návrhu usnesení začlenil tyto návrhy:
The Committee on International Trade calls on the Committee on Development, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
2. bere na vědomí nedávné studie UNCTAD a dalších institucí, které ukazují, že rozsáhlá liberalizace obchodu v nejméně rozvinutých zemích se příliš málo projevuje v dlouhodobém a podstatném snížení chudoby a že přispěla ke zhoršení podmínek obchodu v rozvojových zemích, zejména pokud jde o africké země;
Takes note of recent studies by UNCTAD and other institutions that show that the extensive trade liberalisation in LDCs has been translated too little into sustained and substantial poverty reduction and has contributed to a decline of the terms of trade of developing countries, in particular of African countries;
5. vyzývá Komisi, aby své politiky spolupráce a obchodní politiky co nejvíce uzpůsobila tak, aby vládám rozvojových zemí pomáhaly udržovat a rozvíjet veřejné služby, a to zejména ty, které zajišťují všem jejich obyvatelům přístup k pitné vodě, zdravotnickým službám, vzdělání, dopravě a energii;
Calls on the Commission to adjust its cooperation and trade policies as far as possible in order to help governments of developing countries to maintain and develop public services, particularly those guaranteeing access for the population as a whole to drinking water, health services, education, transport and energy;
7. opakuje s ohledem na diskusi o dopadech liberalizace na vodní sektor, že služby související s vodními zdroji musí ze zásady zůstat plně v odpovědnosti a pod kontrolou veřejné správy, přičemž je na národních, regionálních nebo místních orgánech, aby zajistily dodržování této zásady, a naléhá na Evropskou komisi, aby zastávala stejný názor;
Reiterates, with regard to discussions on the effects of liberalisation in the water sector, that water‑related services should, as a matter of principle, stay fully under public responsibility and control, leaving it to the national, regional and local authorities to safeguard this principle, and urges the European Commission to stay in line with this opinion;
8 vyzývá Komisi, aby usilovala o urychlenou reformu WTO, aby se udržitelnost a vymýcení chudoby dostaly na první místa na pořadu jednání o obchodu a aby bylo posíleno skutečně zvláštní a odlišné zacházení (S&D);
8 Calls on the Commission to promote urgent WTO reform in order to put sustainability and poverty eradication at the top of the trade negotiation agenda, and to enhance real special and differential treatment (S&D);
10. zdůrazňuje, že by Rada měla podniknout rychlé kroky k provádění rozhodnutí WTO ze dne 30. srpna 2003 o provádění odstavce 6 Deklarace z Dohá o dohodě TRIPS a veřejném zdraví, a vyzývá Komisi, aby naléhavě vyzvala členské státy, aby nové nařízení co nejdříve plně prováděly;
Stresses that the Council should take early measures to implement the WTO Decision of 30 August 2003 on the implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health and calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to implement fully the new regulation as soon as possible;
Úloha EU při plnění rozvojových cílů tisíciletí
The role of the EU in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
INTA 13.1 2005
INTA 13.1.2005
Caroline Lucas 18.1.2005
Caroline Lucas 18.1.2005
Kader Arif, Françoise Castex, Giulietto Chiesa, Jan Christian Ehler, Christofer Fjellner, Glyn Ford, Sajjad Karim, Alain Lipietz, Caroline Lucas, Erika Mann, David Martin, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Georgios Papastamkos, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Bogusław Rogalski, Tokia Saïfi, Peter Šťastný, Robert Sturdy, Johan Van Hecke, Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Zbigniew Zaleski
Kader Arif, Françoise Castex, Giulietto Chiesa, Jan Christian Ehler, Christofer Fjellner, Glyn Ford, Sajjad Karim, Alain Lipietz, Caroline Lucas, Erika Mann, David Martin, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Georgios Papastamkos, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Bogusław Rogalski, Tokia Saïfi, Peter Šťastný, Robert Sturdy, Johan Van Hecke, Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Zbigniew Zaleski