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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	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991201.9.3-113"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-01-Speech-3-1142
lpv:speaker	lp:Lennart Sacrédeus2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in Belarus, the Christian Democrat parliamentarians Andrey Klimov and Vladimir Kudinov have disappeared without trace. What has happened to these colleagues of ours? One contributory and forward-looking feature of this report is the fact that it acknowledges the role not only of political decisions but also of civil society in creating an environment where human rights have the profound and enduring support of the people. The value of this insight cannot be underestimated. The right to life and respect for its inviolability are the basic human rights and therefore both the essence and goal of democracy. At the same time, they express the Christian view of human life which, for two thousand years, has formed a precious part of Europe’s cultural and spiritual heritage and which, as we confront the new millennium, is a valuable asset for Europe to further build upon in the struggle for human rights. The fact that the European Union has now started preparing annual reports on the ways in which human rights are respected within and outside the EU’s Member States is something which we Swedish Christian Democrats warmly welcome. With the right to life as its theme, the EU should continue to maintain a consistent line on the death penalty and, especially via the United Nations, to challenge those countries which consider it to be ethically and morally acceptable to defend the State’s right to take another person’s life. In the pressing work of extending the EU eastwards, demands for a moratorium on, and future abolition of, the death penalty have, in our own part of the world too, influenced ethical thinking and legislation in the direction of affirming human life. The present report illuminates the frightening developments affecting the smallest among us, who are also those most precious to us, representing our own future, namely our children. The fact that one million children on this earth work as prostitutes at the same time as dark forces disseminate child pornography is deeply alarming and causes a vast amount of bitterness. On the basis of the right which children have to a father and mother and to secure conditions in which to grow up in a family environment, it is our common challenge, in the face of the new millennium, to allow children’s needs to be our guide in all the work that is done in society."@en1

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