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Petr Ježek
Born in Prague in 1965. A graduate of Prague’s University of Economics, Petr Ježek joined his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as a diplomat. For some ten years, he held relatively high posts related to the country’s ties with the EU, e.g. heading the Foreign Ministry’s European Integration Department and serving as Deputy State Secretary for European Affairs. He also worked as chief of staff of then Czech Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla. In 2014, Petr Ježek was elected Member of the European Parliament on the ballot of the ANO 2011 party.
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The joint resolution adopted at the European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday by 626 votes strongly condemns the recent abduction of at least 89 children in South Sudan. MEPs also express deep concern over the worsening security and humanitarian situation in the country, and calls on all sides of the ongoing conflict to immediately end violence and cease human rights violations.
On the initiative of Petr Ježek, the resolution calls on the international community to convene a new international donor conference for South Sudan when all conditions for peace have been met and a mechanism of proper distribution of revenues is established.
The European Parliament also urges the African Union to publish its inquiry report on South Sudan. In his speech at the plenary session, Petr Ježek called for the establishment of an international contact group in South Sudan, which could bring together various actors involved in the peace process. This would ensure coherence and generate the desirable pressure and momentum.
The resolution is available here, the entire debate in EP on South Sudan can be viewed here.