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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Volunteer aid workers in Colombia2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000121.3.5-045"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-21-Speech-5-0462
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristina Gutiérrez-cortines2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-25--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-11-11--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr� President, the murder of a volunteer worker, Iñigo Eguiluz, and a Colombian priest, Jorge Luis Mazo, on the Atrato river in Colombia is a tragedy. We can only add this to the list of violent deaths suffered in recent years by volunteers who have dedicated their lives to the achievement of peace and who have also brought education to the most disadvantaged people. It is therefore logical that this Group and this House should be speaking out and sending a message of understanding and condolence to the families of these victims and of support and courage to their companions who are continuing to work in these places. At the same time, we call on the institutions responsible for ensuring justice, the Commission, the Secretary-General of the Council and the Colombian Government, to make every effort to ensure that justice prevails and that these events are punished in accordance with the law. The imprisonment of a suspect is a positive sign which we congratulate. We also welcome the willingness shown by the Colombian President, Mr� Pastrana, on his recent visit to this House. However, while understanding the complexity of the problem, we would remind the Colombian Government that support for the Red Cross and the United Nations Commission for Refugees is a measure which will always receive our backing, as will efforts to rigorously apply the rules laid down in 1998 and other previous rules establishing the real, legal protection of these groups. We also recognise that the systems of detection and legal protection of volunteer workers need to be improved. These volunteers necessarily work in areas of conflict, in places characterised by violence and poverty and in areas of darkness, into which the gaze of justice cannot penetrate. We therefore need to find other measures and devise new systems. Precisely for this reason, we who live in prosperity, together with the European institutions and governments, are obliged by a code of honour to establish a range of protection measures for humanitarian workers, with full support for justice. For while we try to help from the outside, these volunteers are building peace and solidarity from within. They are the ones entering shadowy places to bring healthcare and solve problems. They are the most noble side of a self-indulgent society, which is why our response must be effective and responsible."@en1

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