22. Emphasises the importance of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) as a tool to help cities make more efficient use of transport infrastructure and services and improve integration into the urban area of the different mobility modes in a sustainable manner, thereby contributing to the reduction of air and noise pollution, CO2 emissions, congestion and road accidents; calls on the Commission to continue supporting the development and promotion of SUMPs; stresses that the European structural and investment funds should be used more systematically for cities that have developed an integrated local transport plan, such as a SUMP, an ...[+++]d identified the appropriate actions in accordance with the criteria set out in the relevant legislation;

22. Emphasises the importance of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) as a tool to help cities make more efficient use of transport infrastructure and services and improve integration into the urban area of the different mobility modes in a sustainable manner, thereby contributing to the reduction of air and noise pollution, CO2 emissions, congestion and road accidents; calls on the Commission to continue supporting the development and promotion of SUMPs; stresses that the European structural and investment funds should be used more systematically for cities that have developed an integrated local transport plan, such as a SUMP, an ...[+++]d identified the appropriate actions in accordance with the criteria set out in the relevant legislation;

18. Appreciates the efforts made by the EEAS and the Commission to report back to Parliament on the implementation of the first EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; calls on the VP/HR and the EEAS to involve the Member States, the Commission, Parliament, civil society and regional and international organisations in the review and consultations leading to the adoption of a new Action Plan, to take effect in early 2015; welcomes the discussions aimed at achieving better prioritisation of objectives in the new Action Plan, and at improving the clarity, effectiveness and coherence of this EU external policy tool, but warns against ...[+++] narrowing the scope of the Action Plan or lowering the level of ambition in terms of mainstreaming human rights across EU policy areas;

40. Urges the Commission to supplement the Social Agenda with a directive banning discrimination against people with disabilities; calls for more political significance to be given to the European Action Plan on people with disabilities and for the Action Plan to used as an instrument of real change; calls for the Action Plan to be used as the principle tool for disability mainstreaming, which must include reporting by the Member States on the transposition of disability provisions contained in EU legislation; demands that Member States actively involve disabled people’s organisations at national level in this process and that the Act ...[+++]ion Plan require political visibility and debate with the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament and recommendations for future actions;

36. Urges the Commission to supplement the Social Agenda with a directive banning discrimination against people with disabilities; calls for more political significance to be given to the European Action Plan on equal opportunities for people with disabilities and for the Action Plan to used as an instrument of real change; calls for the Action Plan to be used as the principle tool for disability mainstreaming, which must include reporting by the Member States on the transposition of disability provisions contained in EU legislation; demands that Member States actively involve disabled people's organisations at national level in this ...[+++]process and that the Action Plan require political visibility and debate with the Parliament and the Council and recommendations for future actions;

-"provision of the requisite statistical resources, making optimum use of resources already available under the European Statistical System".