2. Expresses its view that the persecution, atrocities and international crimes amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity; stresses that the so-called ‘ISIS/Daesh’ is committing genocide against Christians and Yazidis, and other religious and ethnic minorities, who do not agree with the so-called ‘ISIS/Daesh’ interpretation of Islam, and that this therefore entails action under the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; underlines the fact that those who intentionally, for et ...[+++]hnic or religious reasons, conspire in, plan, incite, commit or attempt to commit, are complicit in or support atrocities should be brought to justice and prosecuted for violations of international law, notably war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide;

(1.1) The Attorney General or counsel instructed by the Attorney General may appeal, pursuant to subsection (1), with leave of the court of appeal or a judge of that court, to that court in respect of a verdict of acquittal in a summary offence proceeding or a sentence passed with respect to a summary conviction as if the summary offence proceeding was a proceeding by indictment if

As I said, there has been some progress and we are on the right track, but the EU must redouble its efforts, and call for more coordinated action and integration of European research into combating poverty-related diseases.

5. Strongly supports the call by the Turkish Prime Minister for President al-Assad to step down immediately; welcomes the condemnation by the Turkish government of the systematic violence by the Syrian government, and welcomes the imposition by Turkey of sanctions on the Syrian regime; commends Turkeys strong support for the Syrian population, including by accepting refugees along the Turkish-Syrian border; supports calls for the establishment of buffer zones along the Turkish-Syrian border to take in Syrian refugees and to allow those persecuted by the regime to find refuge and protection and allowing the Syrian opposition to organis ...[+++]e and strategise, as well as the creation of humanitarian corridors by the international community, including the Arab League, linking Homs to Turkey and to the Mediterranean, and Daraa to Jordan to enable an escape route for people seeking to flee the violence targeting citizens;

4. The actions referred to in this Article may be implemented by means of calls for proposals, calls for tenders, or directly by the Commission.

– The next item on the agenda is the Report (A5-0364/2001) by Mr Meijer on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council [COM(2000) 7 – C5-0326/2000 – 2000/0212(COD)] on action by Member States concerning public service requirements and the award of public service contracts in passenger transport by rail, road and inland waterway.