Saving lives in the Mediterranean Sea: the need for an urgent response

Amendment No. 2 | Doc. 14971 | 02 October 2019

Signatories:

Ms Petra BAYR, Austria, SOC ; Ms Thorhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Iceland, SOC ; Ms Rósa Björk BRYNJÓLFSDÓTTIR, Iceland, UEL ; Ms Lise CHRISTOFFERSEN, Norway, SOC ; Mr Vernon COAKER, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Selin SAYEK BÖKE, Turkey, SOC ; Mr Martin WHITFIELD, United Kingdom, SOC

Origin

2019 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 4.14 with the following paragraph:

"reconsider training, financing and equipping as well as the logistical support for the Libyan Coast Guard by the EU and its member States. A pre-condition for co-operation should be the full implementation of human rights standards set forth by the Council of Europe and other European and international institutions, and full respect for the Geneva Refugee Convention and related UN treaties."