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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991216.7.4-150"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-16-Speech-4-1512
lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Nicholson Of Winterbourne2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the state of Kuwait offers many opportunities for able women today. Dr Rasha Al-Sabah, the long-serving Under-Secretary of Higher Education, is joined by Dr Fayezah Al-Khorafi, President of the University of Kuwait; Her Excellency Nabila Al-Mulla, who is Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to Austria; Siham Ruzuqi, the Assistant Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Oil; another Assistant Under-Secretary: Sarah Duwaisan at the Ministry of Planning; and in civil society: Shaikha Hussah Al-Salim Al-Mubarek Al-Sabah, the President of Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiya, the Islamic Museum of Kuwait. It is not surprising with this record of achievement of highly able women in Kuwait that, on 16 May 1999, His Highness the Prince of the State of Kuwait issued an official decree giving the Kuwaiti woman the right of voting and of nomination to parliament, but it is parliament who has turned this down. Despite this, the Kuwaiti Parliament is different from the other parliaments of the Arabian Gulf. The 50 Members of Parliament are directly elected, not nominated, not appointed as is the case in other Arab Gulf States. The Members of Parliament can question ministers in parliament at any time. That questioning can be so fierce that it can even lead to the resignation of ministers. Also, the parliament controls the government's annual budget. I believe that there will be another vote before too long, perhaps within two or three months, because this is a democratically elected parliament. It is unthinkable that universal suffrage in a democracy will not be achieved in the end. As a parliamentarian, therefore, I call upon my fellow parliamentarians – here and in our national parliaments too – to urge Kuwaiti parliamentarians to give women that right to vote and stand. That is an historic step forward and one that I believe they will not regret."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2000-02-03)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Nicholson of Winterbourne (ELDR )."1

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