Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-10-07-Speech-4-015"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Chechnya2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991007.2.4-015"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-07-Speech-4-0172
lpv:speaker	lp:Josu Ortuondo Larrea2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Partido Nacionalista Vasco (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, there is nothing new about the conflict between Russia and Chechnya, that small country in the Caucasus with little more than a million inhabitants which, nevertheless, has the same right as any large country to freely determine its own future. The last precursor to the current conflict took place between 1994 and 1996, a war which cost 100,000 lives. Now, since 22 September, Russian warplanes have begun to bomb Grozny and other cities. The Russian army has entered the Republic’s territory and has invaded, according to its own sources, a third of its territory causing death, destruction and a massive exodus of more than 100,000 refugees – women, children and the elderly – who have entered neighbouring Ingushetia, whose President is now talking of humanitarian disaster and is requesting international aid which is not arriving. It is also true that Russia has, in previous weeks, suffered horrendous terrorist attacks which have caused considerable loss of life, supposedly carried out by guerrillas who are based in the mountains of the Caucasus. The European Union must not remain passive in the face of this conflict, once again displaying the same spectacular inactivity that we showed during the early years of the war in Yugoslavia. It is essential and urgent that all the institutions of the European Union make a serious plea to the Governments of Russia and Chechnya to end the escalation of war, silence their weapons and take up political dialogue, using all our resources – of whatever type – so that our voice may be heard. It is essential and urgent that we use all the measures available to us so that we may re-assert human rights in the region, so that the refugees may count on all the humanitarian aid that they require and so that, finally, they may return to their homes as a result of peace being established once more."@en1

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