Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-01-Speech-3-104"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Annual report on human rights2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991201.9.3-104"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-01-Speech-3-1052
lpv:speaker	lp:Matti Wuori2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; - (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the annual report in question is a welcome and important beginning, and its value is underlined by the fact that independent NGOs were equal partners at the human rights forum which has just ended and which was organised on the initiative of the country holding the presidency. This is the start of what must become a tradition. With human rights there is always the question of weighing up different values against one another: ‘horizontal tensions’ exist between the various human rights. Since the end of the Cold War they have manifested themselves more dramatically than before in the balance between classic basic freedoms, on the one hand, and collective rights, such as economic, social and cultural rights, on the other. The development has rapidly taken a direction which will weaken collective rights, which have been characteristic, for example, of the welfare state. Of all the human rights, however, it is freedom of speech that holds a special position, as without free and independent communication the other human and fundamental rights cannot be established and even serious violations of human rights, such as crimes against humanity, cannot be effectively exposed. As the President-in-Office of the Council said, reports on violations of human rights are an everyday occurrence. A free and independent media is also a vital prerequisite of civil society. For this reason, it would be advisable to accord greater emphasis in human rights monitoring and reporting by the Union to freedom of speech and to safeguarding, improving and monitoring the rights of journalists and their ability to work, for example, by devoting a special chapter or section to this area. As we develop the Union’s own position on human rights we must, as the Foreign Minister, Mrs Halonen, said, be consistent. But we must also maintain a balance. There must be balance between the different types of human rights, the pillars, as mentioned by Mr Verheugen, and the institutions. The European Union cannot complacently and regardless of others develop its own human rights culture in such a way as to upset the balance."@en1

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