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Publicat el 9 de març de 2011

Líbia, i ara què, UE?

Avui des de primera hora (8.30) debatem al
Parlament Europeu la situació a Libia, amb la presència de l’Alta Representant
de la UE, Ashton. En el meu twitter he anat fent algunes valoracions del mateix. Per altra banda, els Verds/ALE hem proposat un text de resolució que haurem de votar aquest migdia. La podeu
trobar en aquest vincle. Inclou, entre d’altres, els següents punts:

1.            Expresses
deep concern at the situation in Libya and strongly condemns the brutal
repression of peaceful demonstrations, including indiscriminate armed attacks
against civilians, which has resulted in the death of thousands of civilians
and a high number of injured people; denounces the incitement to hostility
against civilian population expressed at the highest level of the regime by
Muammar al-Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam;

2.        Fully
endorses the UN Security Council resolution 1970 which condemns the gross and
systematic human rights violations in Libya and decides to refer the situation
to the International Criminal Court while imposing an arms embargo on the
country and a travel ban and assets freeze on the family of Muammar al-Gaddafi;
strongly supports the launching by the Prosecutor of the ICC of an
investigation into the alleged crimes against humanity committed by Muammar
al-Gaddafi and members of his regime;

3.        Calls
on the HR/VP and the Council to consider within the framework of UNSC
resolution 1970 and UNSC resolution 1674 regarding the responsibility to
protect the population, the establishment of a no-fly zone, at the request of
the Transitional National Council in cooperation with the Arab League and the
African Union, aimed at preventing the regime from targeting population;

4.            Expresses
its firm support to the struggle of the Libyan people for freedom, democratic
reforms and the end to the authoritarian regime; calls on the EU to establish
direct relations with the Interim Transitional National Council and to support
them in the liberated area so as to relieve the population and to meet its
basic humanitarian needs, including medical assistance;

5.        Fully
supports the decision of the UNHRC to dispatch an independent international
commission of inquiry to Libya to investigate violations of international human
rights law and the UNGA decision of 2 March 2011 to suspend Libya’s membership
to the UNHCR;

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6.            Regrets
the lack of a prompt reaction by the Council to the Libyan violent repression
with regard in particular to the coordination of the evacuation of EU residents
and the urgent need for humanitarian assistance to the Libyan population as
well as to the adoption of appropriate targeted sanctions; notes in this
respect the recent measures and initiatives taken by some EU Member States to
contribute to the evacuation of Egyptian migrant workers to Egypt; stresses the
urgency to provide medical assistance in the Benghazi region;

7.        Is
deeply concerned by the growing humanitarian crisis as more than 170 000
foreigners are fleeing violence from Libya, many of them remaining stuck at the
border between Libya and Tunisia and others being stranded in transit centres
in Tunisia, Egypt and Niger; urges the EU Institutions and EU Member States to
mobilize the appropriate means to face this emergency situation and to give a
correct answer to support those escaping death and persecution and those
fighting for freedom and democracy in Libya;

8.        Calls
in this regard on the Commission and EU Member States to provide all necessary
means to support Tunisian and Egyptian authorities in order to overcome the
current humanitarian crisis faced particularly by the population fleeing Libya
towards Egyptian and Tunisian borders; urges in this respect the Commission to
further deploy ECHO funding and EU Emergency fund aid to support international
and civil organisations in their humanitarian action;

9.            Strongly
criticizes the approach endorsed by some EU Member States to overplay the risk
of a massive influx of migrants instead of adopting a genuine European
comprehensive plan in response to this humanitarian crisis; calls on the HR/VP
and the Council to step up the coordination with the Member States so as to
streamline the European action vis-à-vis Libya;

10.      Urges
in this regard EU Members States to proceed to the evacuation and reception
into the EU of those who can’t return to their own country with particular
attention to the most vulnerable persons such as Sub-Saharan migrants and
refugees; therefore calls on the EU Member States to list their reception
capacities in order to activate the Temporary Protection Directive 2001/55/EC
and to share responsibility for the relocation of persons protected under this
scheme to other EU Member States and calls on Council to adopt the Joint EU
resettlement programme without further delay, to put into action to the
foreseen resettlement scheme; reminds that the common policy on asylum,
immigration and external border control shall be governed by the principle of
solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, including its financial
implications, between the Members States;

11.      Urges
the EU Member States to guarantee that Frontex operations, including national
operations, carried out at sea cannot result in persons being returned to Libya
or to another country where their life is at risk according to the principle of
non-refoulement enshrined in the Article 19(2) of the Charter of Fundamental
Rights; insists on the right for everyone to claim asylum and to have access to
a priority procedure in full cooperation with the UNHCR and relevant
organisations;

12.            Welcomes
the decision of the Council of 28 February 2011 to ban the supply to Libya of
arms, ammunitions and related material; points out that according to
independent sources in 2009 light weapons amounting to 79 million euro were
delivered by Italy to the Libyan government and that these weapons have been
daily used by the Libyan police and army to repress the peaceful demonstrations
of the Libyan population; stresses that Belgium, Bulgaria, Portugal, France,
Germany and the UK also sold weapons to Libya, from small and light weapons to
aircrafts and electronic jamming equipment, and that these supplies contradict
some of the criteria of the EU Code of Conduct on arms export;

13.      Calls
in this respect on the Council to verify whether there have been breaches in
the EU Code of Conduct on arms export and to adopt stringent measures so that
this code is fully respected by all the Member States;

14.            Welcomes
at the same time the decision to freeze the assets of Libyan dictator Muammar
al-Gaddafi and 5 of his family members as well as of other 20 individuals
responsible for the violent crackdown on the civilian population since 15
February; calls for a quick and precise search and accurate screening of these
assets; urges EU Member States to make sure that no European company continuous
to import oil and gas from Libya and to immediately stop all payments;

15.      Notes
the EU decision to suspend negotiations with Libya on a framework agreement,
which includes cooperation in the field of migration and asylum; deplores that
some EU governments had very close relations with Muammar Gaddafi and strongly
criticises the fact that some of them have opposed the quick adoption of
sanctions against the Libyan regime; deplores the statement by Commissioner
Dalli that weakens the EU position;

16.            Condemns
the recent capture of three Dutch soldiers by Gaddafi’s military forces who
were taken as hostages, while they were attempting to evacuate a Dutch citizen
and calls for their immediate release;

17.      Calls
on the Commission and EU Member States to develop a completely renewed dialogue
with Mediterranean partner countries on migration in order to adopt a
euro-Mediterranean Mobility Pact, including an ambitious approach which goes
beyond a targeted visa facilitation, taking into account that European
migration policy can no longer rely on cooperation with authoritarian regimes;
emphasises that such a revised policy could enhance further the EU support for
the ongoing transition process towards democracy;

18.      Notes
that the ‘Friendship Agreement’, concluded between Libya and Italy in 2008
inter alia for the purpose of cooperation in the field of migration was
declared as suspended by the Italian government on 26 February 2011; calls into
question this agreement and stresses that it constitutes a breach of international
conventions with regard, in particular, to the respect for asylum seeking
procedures;

19.      Takes
the view that once the provisional government is in control of the situation
the HR/VP and the Commission should assist the Libyan authorities in setting up
a trust fund where to put all the revenues from the sales of oil and gas laying
down clear and transparent rules for its management with a view to benefitting
the whole population;


20.    Calls on the
Council and the Commission in view of the Strategic Review of the ENP to adopt
the necessary measures and funding so that Libya can be fully included in the
European Neighbourhood Policy and share the values, founding principles and
objectives of the Euro-Mediterranean process;

Foto: Pro-Gaddafi forces used air strikes, helicopter gunships and heavy armaments in the offensives. Font: Reuters.



  1. Queríamos
    saludarte desde el Instituto de Estudios Políticos para América
    Latina y África. A través de tu blog hemos confirmado tu interés
    en la realidad por la que atraviesan los pueblos árabes y queríamos
    compartir contigo un nuevo espacio en la comunidad Gloobal.net, por
    si te fuera útil. Lo hemos puesto en marcha para contribuir y dar
    elementos en beneficio del debate, del pensamiento crítico y de la
    generación de un criterio propio sobre la situación, sin duda,
    histórica que viven estos pueblos vecinos.

    Leer
    el análisis que hacemos desde IEPALA:

    http://www.gloobal.net/aportespueblosarabes.html

    Ir
    a Alerta Países Árabes en Gloobal
    :

    http://gloobal.net/pueblos_arabes.php

    Muchas gracias por tu trabajo

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