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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
13.11.2007
pursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure
by Vittorio Agnoletto
on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group
on the situation in Somalia
NB: This motion for a resolution is available in the original language only.
Procedure : 2007/2660(RSP)
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Dokumentforløb :
B6-0469/2007
Indgivne tekster :
B6-0469/2007
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B6‑0469/2007
European Parliament resolution on the situation in Somalia
The European Parliament,
- -having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Somalia,
- -having regard to the previous statements made by High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy of the Council of the Union, Javier Solana, and by Commissioner Louis Michel,
- -having regard to the Statement of Concern regarding the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Somalia signed by 40 international and national NGOs,
- -having regard to Rule 115 (5) of its Rules of Procedure
- A.concerned by the prolonged civil war in Somalia and its implications for the peace and reconciliation process in that country, as well as for the security and stability of the Horn of Africa as a whole,
- B.whereas the worsening state of security in the capital of Somali, Mogadishu, has prevented national and international NGOs from coping with an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe and respond to emergencies,
- C.whereas UN Refugee Agency estimates that at least 90,000 people have been displaced by recent fighting between the insurgents of the Union of Islamic Courts and allied Ethiopian and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) troops; whereas this fighting provoked loss of lives of numerous civilians; whereas the safety of the remaining population is a matter of grave concern,
- D.whereas Ali Mohamed Gedi, the Somali Prime Minister has resigned because a political conflict with Somali President, Abdullah Ahmed Yusuf;
- E.whereas according to UN Office for the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) – Somalia, about 450,000 people have been displaced by fighting during 2007, bringing the total number of displaced persons in Somalia to more than 850,000 including about 400,000 displaced since the civil year began in the 1990s,
- 1.Strongly condemns the recent fighting in Mogadishu, which resulted in the loss of life of numerous Somali civilians and humanitarian catastrophe; calls for immediate cessation of hostilities; demands that all warring factions refrain from indiscriminate attacks on civilians and respect International Humanitarian Law;
- 2.Reminds that the international community and all parties to the present conflict have a responsibility to protect civilians, to allow delivery of aid and to respect humanitarian space and the safety of humanitarian workers; demands therefore that conditions be immediately created for adequate response to the humanitarian catastrophe in Somalia;
- 3.Calls on the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to appoint a new Prime Minister;
- 4.Urges all Somali stakeholders to renew their efforts towards political dialogue and to remain focused on resuming the process outlined by the Transitional Federal Charter;
- 5.Calls for the strengthening of the role of the civil society in the process of national reconciliation, particularly women;
- 6.Renews its call on the on the International Somalia Contact Group to encourage positive political developments and engagement with actors inside Somalia to support the implementation of the Transitional Federal Charter and Institutions, establish effective governance and stability;
- 7.Calls on the international community, and the EU in particular, to increase the provision of humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons and the population in need;
- 8.Urges strict and renewed application and monitoring of the arms embargo against Somalia imposed by the UN in 1992;
- 9.Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Secretaries-General of the African Union, UN, IGAD, the President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, the Government of Ethiopia, the Chairman of the Union of Islamic Courts and the Pan-African Parliament.