10. Welcomes the efforts of the US and of all the other contributing states to support the Iraqi national and local authorities in their fight against the IS; welcomes the call by the US for an international coalition against the IS, which is building up; also welcomes the decision taken by the members of the Arab League to endorse UN Security Council resolution 2170 (2014) and to take all necessary measures to fight terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq and cooperate with all international, regional and national efforts to re-establish peace and security in the region; calls on the international community to assist the Iraqi authorities ...[+++] in ensuring protection of, and assistance to, those fleeing the areas affected by terrorism in, particular members of vulnerable groups and of ethnic and religious communities; calls on all regional actors to contribute to efforts to promote security and stability in Iraq; recalls that it should be the ultimate commitment and responsibility of all regional actors, as well as of the EU, to do their utmost to guarantee the return of traditional minorities and all citizens to their original places of residence from where they were forced to flee; calls on the EU Member States to assist the Iraqi and local authorities by all possible means, including military assistance, in containing and repelling the terrorist and aggressive IS expansion;

5. Notes the comment of the Court of Auditors that the Institute does not have a formalised procurement planning and monitoring procedure and that its annual work programme does not include a procurement schedule linked to the planned activities; notes however that only 7 % of committed appropriations carried over to 2012 have not been used and had to be cancelled; underlines in this respect the Institute’s commitment to improve ...[+++]procurement planning and monitoring by creating a monitoring tool and budget monitoring guidelines; calls, therefore, on the Institute to develop and implement formalised procurement and monitoring procedures, and to incorporate a timetable for procurement into the annual work plan;

We were particularly pleased in this resolution to highlight the decision of Britain and the other G7 countries to cancel their claims on Haiti's international debt and to call on other nations to follow.

When exercising such residual powers, however, the administrator(s) shall respect the law applicable to the succession as regards the transfer of ownership of succession property, liability for the debts under the succession, the rights of the beneficiaries, including, where applicable, the right to accept or to waive the succession, and, where applicable, the powers of the executor of the ...[+++]will of the deceased.

12. Points out that achieving the Millennium Development Objectives calls for a comprehensive commitment involving all the international parties; in this regard, welcomes the G-8 decision to cancel the debt owed by the world's 18 poorest and most indebted countries and the EU's recent commitment to increase Community aid to 0.56% of gross national income by 2010, with a view to achieving 0.7% in 2005 and supporting the Millennium Development Objectives;

I wish to express my support for Amendment No 19, which requests the application of a water-debt trade-off, so that debts can be cancelled and the money used to fund basic water purification infrastructures.