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Thursday, 20 January 2011 - Strasbourg

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1. EU-Libya Framework Agreement

2. Situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion

3. Situation in Belarus

Motions for resolution: B7-0044/2011, B7-0046/2011, B7-0047/2011, B7-0053/2011, B7-0055/2011, B7-0057/2011


Subject	Am No	Author	RCV etc.	Vote	RCV/EV – remarks
Joint motion for a resolution RC-B7-0044/2011 (PPE, S&D, ALDE, Verts/ALE, ECR)
§ 2	§	original text		+	amended orally
§ 3	§	original text		+	amended orally
§ 9	§	original text		+	amended orally
§ 12	1	S&D		+
§ 13	§	original text		+	amended orally
§ 16	§	original text	sep	+
Vote: resolution (text as a whole)				+
Motions for resolutions by political groups
B7-0044/2011		PPE		↓
B7-0046/2011		S&D		↓
B7-0047/2011		ALDE		↓
B7-0053/2011		ECR		↓
B7-0055/2011		GUE/NGL		↓
B7-0057/2011		Verts/ALE		↓


Requests for separate votes
S&D:	§ 16

Miscellaneous

Justas Vincas Paleckis moved the following oral amendment to paragraph 2, which then read as follows:

‘Condemns the use of brutal force by the police and KGB services against the protesters on Election Day, in particular expresses its indignation over a brutal attack on Mr Niakliayeu, both examples of the severe violation of basic democratic principles, such as freedom of assembly and freedom of expression, as well as of human rights, and expresses its concern at the attempts of the Belarusian authorities to take into state custody Danil Sannikov, three-year-old son of the Presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov, and Irina Khalip, an investigative journalist, who have both been jailed since the 19 December election; is particularly concerned about the health of Mikalay Statkevich, who has been on hunger strike for the last 31 days;’

Jacek Protasiewicz moved the following oral amendment to paragraph 3, which then read as follows:

‘Strongly condemns the arrest and detention of peaceful protesters and most of the presidential candidates (e.g. Uladzimir Niakliayeu, Andrei Sannikov, Mikalay Statkevich and Aleksey Michalevich); the leaders of the democratic opposition (e.g. Pavel Sevyarynets and Anatoly Lebedko), as well as great number of civil society activists, journalists, teachers and students facing sentences up to 15 year prison; calls for an independent and impartial international investigation into the events under the auspices of the OSCE; calls for politically motivated charges to be immediately dropped’

Vytautas Landsbergis moved the following oral amendment to paragraph 9, which then read as follows:

‘Calls on the Commission to support, with all financial and political means, the efforts of Belarusian civil society, independent media (including TV Belsat, European Radio for Belarus, Radio Racja and others) and non-governmental organisations in Belarus to promote democracy and oppose the regime; sees the necessity to step up and facilitate the relations of Belarusian NGOs| with the international NGO community; at the same time calls on the Commission to halt ongoing cooperation and to withdraw its assistance provided to the state-owned media in Belarus; at the same time, the Commission should finance the reprinting and distribution of poetry books by Uladzimir Niakliayeu which were recently confiscated and thrown into fire by the Belarusian authorities;’

Kristiina Ojuland moved an oral amendment to paragraph 13, which then read as follows:

‘Calls on the Council to consider the possibility of suspending Belarusian participation in the Eastern Partnership activities no later than at the Eastern Partnership summit in Budapest if it there is not an acceptable explanation and considerable improvement of the situation in Belarus; this suspension not apply to NGOs and civil society;’

Mario Mauro also signed the joint motion for a resolution.

4. Report on competition policy 2009

5. A sustainable EU policy for the High North

6. A sustainable EU policy for the High North

7. Pakistan: murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer

Motions for resolution: B7-0041/2011, B7-0045/2011, B7-0059/2011, B7-0060/2011, B7-0061/2011, B7-0062/2011, B7-0063/2011


Subject	Am No	Author	RCV etc.	Vote	RCV/EV – remarks
Joint motion for a resolution: RC-B7-0041/2011 (PPE, S&D, ALDE, Verts/ALE, ECR, GUE/NGL, EFD)
§ 8 + § 17	§	original text		+	amended orally
§ 14	§	original text	split		amended orally
			1	+
			2/EV	-	1, 84, 1
§ 15	§	original text	split
			1	+
			2	-
Vote: resolution (text as a whole)				+
Motions for resolutions by political groups
B7-0041/2011		EFD		↓
B7-0045/2011		ALDE		↓
B7-0059/2011		ECR		↓
B7-0060/2011		PPE		↓
B7-0061/2011		S&D		↓
B7-0062/2011		GUE/NGL		↓
B7-0063/2011		Verts/ALE		↓


Requests for split votes
Verts/ALE
§ 14
First part:	‘Reiterates ... amendments’
Second part:	‘as suggested by the Federal minister of Minority Affairs’
§ 15
First part:	Text as a whole without the words ‘and the former minister Sherry Rehan’
Second part:	those words

Miscellaneous

Marietje Schaake moved oral amendments to paragraphs 8 and 17, which then read as follows:

§ 8

‘Calls on the Pakistani authorities immediately to release Asia Bibi and to take measures to guarantee the safety of her family, who have had to go into hiding; calls on President Zadari to use his constitutional authority to pardon her following conclusion of the appeal lodged on her behalf;’

§ 17

‘Views positively the signing by Pakistan of the instruments of ratification of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention against Torture (CAT); calls on the Pakistan Government to withdraw the reservations on these two agreements and to guarantee freedom of belief as enshrined in the UN Covenant, providing protection for their citizens in order to enable them to practise their faith freely;’

Charles Tannock moved an oral amendment to paragraph 14, which then read as follows:

‘Reiterates its call to the Pakistan Government to carry out a thoroughgoing review of the blasphemy laws and their current application, including the mandatory death penalty or life imprisonment prescribed by Section 295 C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which prescribes a mandatory death penalty for anyone found guilty of blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed, with a view to implementing amendments;’

Søren Bo Søndergaard also signed motion for a resolution B7-0062/2011 on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

8. Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti

9. Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh

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